iOGaming site move (again)
Going to be moving over our web server to a new Hybrid (VPS) server tomorrow. Hopefully it will go without issue. We recently dropped our dedicated server box in favor of a vps. This improved performance drastically. We went with a well known reputable provider ServInt. Performance was great with their signature VPS package:
Signature VPS
- 90 GB Storage
- 1.5 TB Monthly Transfer
- 2 GB Guaranteed RAM
- 4 GB Burst RAM
- Hardware RAID 10
- CentOS 5 or 6, 32 or 64-bit
- 4 IP Addresses
- Incredibly fast disk I/O
Well this VPS performed superbly for a few months, then all of a sudden the machine was almost dying. The site was slow to load, HLstats was super slow, things were basically not working. Note that we did change anything on our configuration, performance just shit it’s self overnight.
Well, we now are going to move over to a new provider WiredTree. This is what they call a Hybrid Server. From WiredTree,
What is a Hybrid Server?
A hybrid server is a combination of a powerful enterprise-class server with virtualization technology. We start with a dual processor quad-core Dual Xeon SuperMicro server with ECC Registered Memory and a Hot-Swap SATAII RAID-10 disk array and then use Virtuozzo to partition the server into seperate Hybrid server environments. Each Hybrid environment is securely isolated and has guaranteed resources available to it which ensures a high level of performance and responsiveness. A Hybrid server combines all of the benefits of virtualization technology with the performance of a full dedicated server.
I’ve always been in favor of a more hardware based visualization. I never liked OpenVZ, so we shall see how a XEN approach stacks. Full specs of the new server:
Hybrid Servers
- Intel Dual Xeon SuperMicro Server
- 1 Xeon CPU Core
- - with burstable CPU capability
- 3GB Guaranteed Memory
- 120GB RAID-10 Disk Space
- 5000GB Premium Transfer
- R1Soft CDP Daily Backups
- 8 Dedicated IP Addresses
Needless to say i would not recommend ServInt to anyone.
Terra Nova Cancelled
Well, just found out that Terra Nova has been canceled after just one season. I was really looking forward to this show developing it’s characters over a few seasons. It had really started to catch my attention near the end of the first season.
For those of you interested, it is about a society in the 22nd century, in which the global environment has been destroyed by technology and pollution. But a kind of portal has been discovered and an expedition has been sent on a one way trip, back to the dinosaur age.
The imagery was just amazing, which is probably why they canceled it.
Another one bites the dust.
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