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Significant Webserver Issue
Fri Dec 12 2003

Hi all,
Yeah, of course, moving a server its gonna break... Back to the drawing board! I am looking into whats causing the extended crashes (particularly since Windows is supposed to restart it all!) and hope to have something sensible to report later today.

Steve

5 Comments
  • From:
    Eliezer (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Dec 12 2003
    Why, in the name of all that is holy, would ANYONE host a PHP and PERL based site on Windows?

    It costs more, is more buggy and unstable, scales questionably, and generally costs more to maintain, in my experience.

    They can tout their groovy Windows data center edition all they want - but, a solid UNIX or equivalent is way better.

    At the very least, if you want cheap INTEL hardward, a good Linux distrbution is almost as good. Windows is overloaded with useless junk with security holes.

    OK...rant mode off. It's just I had enough slowness and weirdness under the old set up. Windows is just asking for more problems.

  • From:
    Waterspriteflying (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Dec 12 2003
    Steve,

    I have felt for you this past couple of days, knowing you were probably pulling your hair out with this move. I have nothing but appreciation for you efforts.

    Thank you, thank you, thank you!
    Ani
  • From:
    Musik (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Dec 12 2003
    your doing a great job! :)

    xox
  • From:
    Kelpie (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Dec 13 2003
    Hi Steve :)
    I don't understand what Eliezer is talking about as my tech knowledge is miniscule,lol, but just want to tell you that I think you're doing a great job with all this changeover stuff. The hiccups along the way are not a problem for me, I'm happy to hang in until you've had time to sort things out. I'm a happy DD customer and will continue to be as I know you're doing the best you can to make this all as smooth as possible,
    Take care and 'bye for now, Kelpie.
  • From:
    Becoming (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Dec 13 2003
    GREAT job. Thanks for all the hard work and effort getting this going. This site and all you do are very much appreciated!