Very covert-like, this server was completely rebuild on 9/20 without any posts announcing it! Alright, so news has been incredibly dry around here for some time. Just take a look around and everything is about boring servers. Sorry folks, it will probably be a bit before anything exciting happens.
However, the server upgrade is nice. It now runs on a hyper threaded P4 clocking at 2.8 GHz. That’s twice as fast as the previous CPU in clock speed alone. I also threw in two extra sticks of RAM since the new motherboard has two slots more than the previous system. We’re only at 1.5 GB RAM at this point but I’m looking into upgrades. Incidentally, the new motherboard only has SATA connectors so I had to toss out the old hard drives and add a single large-ish one. So the server got a bit of unplanned capacity in the upgrade as well.
We are in the process of gearing our second linux server. More (boring) information to come.
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All our servers will be shutting down on Saturday, August 30th. I will try to get them back up on Sunday, but it might take until Monday to be back online.
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No our server is not dying. But my IP updater is. I am working on it.
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I’ve been having technical issues with my main laptop for a month or so and recently learned it is the result of overheating. I’ve decided to regularly turn off the computer when I am not using it (*gasp* I must be insane!). This is hopefully temporary until I can come up with a good air flow solution, but in the meantime it means my Windows HFS server will be offline during much of the weekday hours as well as during the night. I apologize for the inconvenience this may cause. Please be sure to notify me if you want to access the server and have trouble doing so during the evening when I am not at work – I probably forgot to turn it on.
Again, this is regarding the Cuotl File Server. My Linux server that this site, the forums, and member sites are hosted on is unaffected.
Thank you for your understanding,
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Hey all,
It has been awefully quiet at BluHelix, and I appologize. Lots and lots of things have been creeping into my to-do list but only a handfull of things are actually progressing at the moment.
Among the changes I’m tossing around are a number of site upgrades, including a overhall of the sub-domain mechanics (consolidation and streamlining, with a possible extension to allow users to access their own settings!), as well as, duh duh duh, WordPress integration. Ben at http://benford.bluhelix.com/ has successfully deployed a WordPress engine already on the Czin server and I have been considering doing the same. This would do away with the sometimes clunky forum integration and ease the transition to phpBB3. I’m not sure if there would be any historical postings. Perhaps there will. Anyway this might be a long ways off, but it’s something on the list.
Also on the list – Kevin has given me a copy of RPG Maker XP that is Vista compatible! The question is: Resurrect my current project or start anew. It’s a question I’m continuously debating and would like to hear feedback on. My former project made the increadible milestone of 50% maps complete (which is not to be confused with 50% complete). Any thoughts? If this spurs interest I might post the old projects page on this from last year. Currently, only the screen shots are accessible.
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