New AOA Server

[Gizmo]

Daniel asked me to do a writeup and let everyone know what is going on.

Yes, you read the headline right: AOA is getting a new server.

Read more on the Front Page:
http://www.aoaforums.com/frontpage/content/view/2394/2/

[Gizmo]

Needless to say, I'm going to be fairly scarce for the next few days. Actually, about as scarce as I have been the last few days.

[danrok]

Thanks for giving up your free time to do this upgrade for us!

[raphael2040]

Yay.

Server upgrade.

Awesome stuff.

Looking forward to it. =)

[Favu]

I didn't find the old server too slow, but more BHP never goes amiss! And ofcourse the better value is brilliant news for AOA!

[danrok]

Originally Posted by Favu

I didn't find the old server too slow, but more BHP never goes amiss! And ofcourse the better value is brilliant news for AOA!

We're still on the old server, don't get too far ahead!

Just you wait, soon we will be going at warp factor 5.

[Wolf2000me]

Congrats

And of course, thank you

[Samuknow]

Yes, but does it Fold?

Thanks Gizmo for all that you do.

[Got EpOx]

Got any specs of the old server? I wonder what hardware is in the new server perhaps Xeon processors?

[captaincurran]

Originally Posted by danrok

We're still on the old server, don't get too far ahead!

Just you wait, soon we will be going at warp factor 5.

No! that's just way too slow! take it to Warp Factor 10 Mr. Sulu!

[dsio]

AOA has actually been very lucky, as its always had very high quality servers and an extremely reliable connection, coupled with an admin team that would not go astray in any top tier IT company, but keeping up to date is one of those things that you have to keep on top of, as after a certain point, you're still paying the same money for three year old servers, as you were paying for them when they were brand new, while with declining costs and new technologies, far superior servers are available new for much better value.

So aside from the added room to grow, its another major investment in AOA's future.

For a preview of the migration process from Gizmo's point of view:

"Sweetheart, throw a case of Dr. Pepper in the fridge... this is going to be a big weekend."

"Oh.. how cool is that... this works quite well... damn this is fast"

"MOTHER****ER dependency missing my %$#@ING ASS"

"Do you want to get RMed? Is that it? Piece of %$#@ I'll RM your ass if you don't play ball"

"Oh.. well that worked ok. What about..."

[captaincurran]

so what's RM do to a server?

[dsio]

Good question, but I'll let someone more experienced in that area tell you.

[Gizmo]

Originally Posted by gizmo

open shell on server.

cd aoafiles
mkdir playpen
cp -Rp * playpen



open new shell

cd aoafiles/playpen
do lots of stuff
get a phone call



change back to first shell
do lots of stuff while on phone.
forget which shell you are in

cp * ../aoafiles
rm -rf *

Originally Posted by narrator

At this point, Gizmo starts to cry because he realizes what he just wiped out the entire AOAFiles, instead of just the playpen. And the copy he made? Well, it went to limbo, because the directory he copied to didn't exist, and cp didn't tell him so.

Now, panic-stricken, Gizmo calls Aidan, the God of All Things Server Related, who has a couple of jokes at Gizmo's expense and then has compassion for poor Gizmo and says "Fear not, for I HAVE BACKUPS"

And thus, now you know what RM does to a server.

And may Dsio find another spider on his derrier

[dsio]

Which is why dsio always uses absolute paths when he 'rm -rf's :P

Also shows why its helpful to have Aidan around. He even keeps carbon copies of his grade 3 history assignments in storage, just in case.

[captaincurran]

so.... it deletes all things eh?

[Gizmo]

rm is the unix 'remove' command, equivalent to the dos 'del' command.