wanga Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 As mentioned in the announcement, tonight marks the beginning of a round of upgrades to be performed to the 12oz servers. Feel free to suggest/ask/discuss. we'll be performing the first round of upgrades to our server cluster today starting 5PM EST today. We're scheduling a maintenance window for this site between 7:01PM EDT and 8:59PM EDT. You may notice a brief 15 minute outage during the beginning of the maintenance window and a few short outages thereafter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopsticks Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Awesome, any major changes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanga Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 We're adding a server to the cluster and moving where the database lies to the new server. Most importantly, the site should be way faster, and shouldn't go down (as often ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chopsticks Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Sounds good. Speedy site FTW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanga Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 Yep, it's been a long time comin'. My personal goal is to get a radio station going by this summer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 so i take it you made enough money to get a new server from all the V.I.P memberships are you implementing all the extras like what V.I.P has throughout the whole site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanga Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 Seffiks, I have nothing to do with how the upgrades are being paid for, nor do I know how they're funded. Misteraven is purchasing the hardware I'm taking care of the rest. As far as what V.I.P.'s have access to on the site, this is another thing I have no control over, I typically work in the background making sure the servers stay up and running, although recently I've gotten a little more involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XJONATHONX Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 How big are the servers? Like, physically. Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanga Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 Physically all the servers are 2U's. A rack unit is a unit of measure used to describe the height of a server, network switch or other similar device mounted in a 19-inch rack or a 23-inch rack (refers to width of rack). One rack unit is 44.45 mm (1.75 in) high. One rack unit is commonly designated as "1U"; similarly, 2 rack units are "2U" and so on. The size of a piece of rack mounted equipment is usually described as a number in "U". One rack unit is also sometimes referred to as "1RU"; most server racks have 42 U of height. I've attached a picture showing a server just like ours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Yep, it's been a long time comin'. My personal goal is to get a radio station going by this summer. i want on the list of dj's if that's possible. (put in a good word for me, i'll send you some homebrew) irc ever a reality? close? crossing my fingers that all goes well for the additions, etc. p.s.: what's the size of the database now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CALIgula Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 i want my own show on the radio station! but i doubt that'll happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanga Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 I'll tell you what casek, If the upgrade goes well today, I'll setup an IRC server tomorrow. Or maybe if I have some free time at work today, I'll set one up. CALIgula: I'll discuss the logistics of a station with Misteraven today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q666 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 IRC will be epic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autoteller Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 i want on the list of dj's if that's possible. (put in a good word for me, i'll send you some homebrew) irc ever a reality? close? crossing my fingers that all goes well for the additions, etc. p.s.: what's the size of the database now? i second IRC chat, i think that'd be great for a site like this with a lot of members that obviously have a lot of fun with eachother. i think if the idea for an IRC chat that'll be self contained on the 12oz servers can't be done, that we just make it on efnet, or another public IRC server. if a radio station is possible, i think the idea to give specific dudes shows is a great idea, too. i'm not sure if you're familiar with unixpunx.org (been dead for years), but awhile back they had a HUGE catalog of non RIAA protected music, mostly punk, but a lot of hip hop too that was fully requestable on a web application they had written. with the exception of new members queuing 25 casualties songs in a row, the radio worked great. but there would be an easy way to get around that if something can be written to block whatever IP address if whatever number of songs are queued. if there'd be any blockade, i think it would be riaa protection and how it translates over to radio. i'm not sure of the laws protecting that, but i would say if anything would threaten the existence of the radio, it'd be that. i hope i'm not getting too far ahead of what's going on, but it was an extremely useful implementation that brought a lot of traffic to unixpunx, i'm not sure if that's what you're looking for, but hey. food for thought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q666 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 im confused what kind of music would be played :lol: from lil wayne to king diamond best station evar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a kid growin up Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 IRC will be awesome. The radio station will be insane. Can't wait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanga Posted April 11, 2008 Author Share Posted April 11, 2008 i second IRC chat, i think that'd be great for a site like this with a lot of members that obviously have a lot of fun with eachother. i think if the idea for an IRC chat that'll be self contained on the 12oz servers can't be done, that we just make it on efnet, or another public IRC server. if a radio station is possible, i think the idea to give specific dudes shows is a great idea, too. i'm not sure if you're familiar with unixpunx.org (been dead for years), but awhile back they had a HUGE catalog of non RIAA protected music, mostly punk, but a lot of hip hop too that was fully requestable on a web application they had written. with the exception of new members queuing 25 casualties songs in a row, the radio worked great. but there would be an easy way to get around that if something can be written to block whatever IP address if whatever number of songs are queued. if there'd be any blockade, i think it would be riaa protection and how it translates over to radio. i'm not sure of the laws protecting that, but i would say if anything would threaten the existence of the radio, it'd be that. i hope i'm not getting too far ahead of what's going on, but it was an extremely useful implementation that brought a lot of traffic to unixpunx, i'm not sure if that's what you're looking for, but hey. food for thought. They used SAM Broadcaster, it's easily done. Radio station can go live this summer if all goes ok. IRC in 48hours or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Some1 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Honestly VIP is fucking amazing you all should come in the waters warm... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I'll tell you what casek, If the upgrade goes well today, I'll setup an IRC server tomorrow. Or maybe if I have some free time at work today, I'll set one up. CALIgula: I'll discuss the logistics of a station with Misteraven today. dude! thanks so much wanga. i woe you some beer. when i get this australian pale ale done (and if it goes well) i'll send a pack your way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
autoteller Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 shit man, if we have actual options about getting a show online, i'd like to do what i can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T4M* Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 Radio Station??!!!!11!! Finally! Cant wait to see how it turns out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOOGLE? Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 need more podrido mixes.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 hey wanga do you have apache environment and can run PHP how about a mobile version of the site? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 We're getting IRC? Cool. Will each forum have a channel (i.e. #Channel_Zero, #Brickslayers, and so on) or is it going to be one big free for all (#12oz)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 i thought the site was mobile ready? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 how about setting up a side project for the graff heads like drawball or webcanvas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Q666 Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 We're getting IRC? Cool. Will each forum have a channel (i.e. #Channel_Zero, #Brickslayers, and so on) or is it going to be one big free for all (#12oz)? i hope its like that, but then again, most of the brickslayer kids are too dumb to know how to use IRC anyways Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lord_casek Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 this will probably be some of the best shit to hit 12oz since kettiecat and her skanky poon. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seffiks Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 IRC has so much potential i really hope it happens ( but in the same hand it can destroy the site if not implemented correctly) do to the fact that this site is huge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shai Posted April 11, 2008 Share Posted April 11, 2008 I was thinking if you're setting up an IRC server, creating several channels early on makes more sense. The other thing is....who's gonna be admin/op? IRC needs even more moderation than a forum, because it's in real time and people can run scripts, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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