Online!
Yay, I’m back online!
Got loads of mail to catch up on (can you spot the running theme here?) so please bear with me if you’re waiting for a response.
In other news, I took delivery of a brand spanking new server for BritBlog yesterday. Nice to have something new for once, and it should be a decent machine. It’s got dual processors (which are dual core xeons), and 4 GB RAM, so it should be able to cope with all the new features we’ve got in the pipeline for BritBlog. It’s going to take quite a few weeks to be built and setup, but it’s nice to know we finally have it. Sorry to anyone who has noticed all our downtime lately (on the live site)… the old server has a hardware problem by the looks of things, and there’s not a lot we can do about it.
Any other news? Well the reason for the lack of connectivity is because I’ve moved into a nice little flat all on my own, and it took a while to get the ‘phone line sorted and the internet connection. The new place is all nice and clean, and I’ve got loads of space. It’s great!
Right, better get on with work before I get hit over the head…
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February 28th, 2007 16:23
Rented virtual machines are the way forward. Services are amazingly cheap these days and you can spread the load over multiple virtual machines (that themselves exist on multiple physical machines) for almost the same price as one real server with the benefit that (a) you never have to traipse up to tele-house and install the stuff yourself and (b) you get load balancing and redundancy for the same price.
February 28th, 2007 16:24
PS. Happy new home
March 28th, 2007 20:55
Hey mark!
First time at your blogg. It seems great. Hope you’ll also visit mine too. But it is almost just in spanish and french… guess you should have to learn
Great to have you back online and I hope I could visit your new home soon.
xoxo
Andi