Re: [osl-tech] Update: new hardware behind ftp.udc.es

[ft...@udc.es]

El Tue, 25 Sep 2007 19:36:03 +0800
"Gav...." <br...@brightontown.com.au> escribió:

> Looking good from this end, I wont tell the Apache Http folks
> you said their server was sluggish :)

Ooppps... no pun intended at all :D

BTW, we are still using Apache in other services, especially since
mod_python works great.
 
> Gav...
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ftp@udc.es [mailto:ftp@udc.es]
> > Sent: Monday, 24 September 2007 11:23 PM
> > To: mirrors@apache.org; debian-mirrors-announce@lists.debian.org;
> > gentoo- mirrors@gentoo.org; mirrors@NetBSD.org;
> > openbsd-mirrors@rt.fm; mirrors@distribution.openoffice.org;
> > tsl-mirrors@lists.trustix.org; mirrors@ubuntu.com
> > Subject: Update: new hardware behind ftp.udc.es
> > 
> > 
> > Hello to all,
> > 
> > Some hours ago we have changed our mirrors to the a new machine.
> > Although the update happened quite smoothly, maybe you have noted
> > the small downtime. We apologize for any inconveniences you may
> > had. We hope the new hardware and software setup will make the
> > service more convenient and reliable.
> > 
> > From the view of the users, all should continue working as before.
> > The IP address (193.144.48.41) and the structure of the mirrors are
> > still same. If you notice some difference, error os misbehavior,
> > please let us know.
> > 
> > Amongst the changes, the most important ones include:
> > 
> >  * Hardware upgrade: the FTP is now serviced by a quad-core Dell
> >    PowerEdge 9600 machine, with 4 GB of memory and 7'5 TB of disk
> >    space. After system installation with RAID 5, 6'2 TB are
> >    available for the mirror service.
> > 
> >  * Switched over from Apache to Nginx for the HTTP service. This
> > will give a performance boost when the server is under heavy load.
> > We detected sluggish behaviour when important releases are done.
> > 
> >  * Now all our machines are located in a dedicated rack in the
> >    University's datacenter.
> > 
> > We hope this is good news for the mirrored projects, and we are
> > happy of being able to contribute with all of them.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> > --
> > Oficina de Software Libre     http://softwarelibre.udc.es
> > Universidade da Coruña                  http://www.udc.es
> > 
> > 
> > 
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Adrian Perez de Castro               <ad...@udc.es>
Oficina de Software Libre     http://softwarelibre.udc.es
Universidade da Coruña                  http://www.udc.es