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Major Cf Network Upgrade

Erwin

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I'm going to upgrade CF's hardware.

Basically, we are going to get a few more webservers and change our server cluster setup. :)

I've made the order.

We'll have ONE load balancer, FOUR P4 2.4 dedicated web servers, ONE P4 3.2 dedicated image server and ONE Dual Xeon 2.8 dedicated database server. Talk about a crazy server network. ;)

The Web
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Load balancer
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4 webservers - 1 image server
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1 database server

This should mean absolutely NO slowdown of CF for years to come, you'd expect. This new server cluster setup on a private network should mean that we can easily add more web servers if we need to.

This is going to cost me THOUSANDS to setup and THOUSANDS per month. :) Pray that we get the finances required to carry this through. It's a step of faith. ;)
 

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Erwin said:
This upgrade will mean a day or two of downtime, possibly early next week (I've taken a few days off work). We'll see how we go. ;)
I recently became a regular CF member, and I became a proud "Site Supporter" today. I hope my contributions and prayers will encourage others to do the same thing! :prayer: :pray: :prayer:

gb&po (God bless & peace out)
-J.Dizzle

p.s. THANKS ERWIN for EVERYthing! You and your site are truly doing God's Work!
 
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CPman2004

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Erwin said:
This upgrade will mean a day or two of downtime, possibly early next week (I've taken a few days off work). We'll see how we go. ;)
Um. I forsee some CF withdraw happening ;)

I pray that God will provide. You are sacraficing a lot for us, and God will bless you for it.
 
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d0c markus

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Erwin said:
This upgrade will mean a day or two of downtime, possibly early next week (I've taken a few days off work). We'll see how we go. ;)
Man... I seriously dont know what Im going to do with myself, one can only visit the drudge report so many times because its not constantly updated but here you can read and read.

:)
 
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CPman2004 said:
Um. I forsee some CF withdraw happening ;)]
CPman2004 said:

True, I fear. ;)

Erwin, I'm amazed at all you do for us here in CF. Bless you and your wife, and may God bless you with all that is needed to continue on in this ministry. I hope you get some downtime yourself in these days you've taken off. :)
 
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