Klarinet Archive - Posting 000334.txt from 2002/04

From: "Bishop L.D. Jackson III" <lubydjackson@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] New "Sneezy" servers update
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2002 19:39:50 -0400

Can you reset my receive email address to; mus_ldj@-----.com

mcharette@-----.com wrote:

>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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