Klarinet Archive - Posting 000331.txt from 2002/04

From: Mark Charette <mcharette@-----.com>
Subj: [kl] New "Sneezy" servers update
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 16:37:15 -0400

The servers arrived a couple of weeks back and their burn-in is now
complete. I am now starting to install all the software that was on the
"old" Sneezy, partition it onto the two machines (previously there was
effectively only one machine), and finish all the customizations. This
is a tedious process - I spent the last 6 or 7 years tuning the system
with customizations, and moving those if they apply to the new system
just takes time. They are all localized, however, so it shouldn't be a
horrible problem. The machines will be driven from Texas to Michigan on
May 2-3 and installed the next week. Their operation will be staged in
rather slowly to make sure that any glitches will only affect a small
portion of their duties.

The two machines are being partitioned into a

1) web server/ bulletin board/ other web utilitities and
2) mail/ database/ indexing server.

The machines are connected together with 2 ethernet ports each via a
switch, which means that the two machines can talk to each other _very_
quickly (200 Mbit/sec full duplex) over a private network, and more
slowly to the public network. What this boils down to is database
searches should now be an order of magnitude (at least) faster than
before and re-indexing during the US Eastern Time evenings should have
a barely perceptible effect on web users.

I have received a number of offers from people to be board members. I
thank all that applied. I have selected four from the applicants who
applied to be board members - I've only had time to contact one
officially, so I'll put the names out in a short while. Those four
people will be assisting in the organization and other efforts of a new,
improved "Sneezy.Org" in the near future. There are a couple other
people that will become direct assistants to the care & feeding of the
machines and my "backup" should something untoward befall me.

As this new endeavor goes forward I'd like to take the time to thank
each and every one of you for the support over the last few years in
contributing to the "Sneezy.Org" effort. If we can get the 501 (c)(3)
status as a non-profit organization here in the US it will open up new
chances of promoting our chosen wind instruments.

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