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Slashdot Prepares for a Server Move

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the everything-goes-better-with-whiskey dept.

At about 10pm Eastern Time tonight, the overworked and mentally deranged Slashdot crew will make the transition from our current overburdened setup to our brand spanking new hardware over at Exodus. It'll take a few minutes for us to dump the existing data over there, and a second story will announce when this actually occurs, but at that moment, any comments posted here will be lost. We've tested the new metal pretty extensively, but none of us are planning on sleeping much. Bug reports can go to CowboyNeal (who plans to not sleep until friday anyway ;) Don't say we didn't warn ya ;) Update: 05/09 09:48 by CN : You can also post bugs at our SourceForge bugs page so that you can see what's already been filed, and make the transition that much smoother.

6 of 94 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Box specs? by karmma · · Score: 5

    Here is the story containing the specs on the boxes, the network topology, database and slashcode.
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  2. Box specs? by doog · · Score: 3

    So what are the specs on the box? I assume its from VA... How many processors? How much Ram? Raid? What kernel version??

  3. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4

    Finally switching to Win2000, IIS, and Active Server Pages, huh?

  4. The Trolls are ready by Livn4Golf · · Score: 4

    Every troll and their brother is going to be ready at 10 hoping to the the first 'first post' on the new boxen. I can't wait.

  5. Re:Epiphany by Yebyen · · Score: 3

    First of all, no 6th post, and second of all: to clarify. Messages now are ok, messages posted at the moment they change the server will be dumped.

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    Restating the obvious since nineteen aught five.
  6. Troll pie! by TACO+TROLL · · Score: 5
    A long long time ago I can still remember
    how those trollers used to make me smile
    And I knew that if I had my chance
    I could make Slashdot:ers dance
    And maybe they'd be happy for a while.

    Did you write the stuff that matters
    And do you have faith in CmdrTaco
    If the /. tells you so
    Now do you believe in rock 'n troll
    And can moderation save their mortal soul
    And can you teach me how to troll real low

    Well I know that you're in love with her
    'Cause I saw you posting in the forum
    Pouring hot grits down her pants
    Man, I dig those flamebait rants

    I was a lonely teenage broncin' h4x3r
    With a pink iMac and a Beowulf cluster
    But I knew that I was out of my mind
    The day The Slashdot died

    I started singin'

    Bye-bye, Miss Petrified
    Surfed my IE to the forum but the forum was dry.
    And good old trollers (were) drinkin' whiskey and rye
    Singin' this'll be the day that I die
    This'll be the day that I die

    I met a geekgirl who sang the blues
    And I asked her for some nerdy news
    She stole my coke and turned away
    Well I surfed down to the sacred forum
    Where I'd saw the posts years before
    But the 404 said the posts woudn't come

    Well now on the street the trollers screamed
    The l33t3rs cried, and the h4x0rs dreamed
    But not a word was posted
    The Taco Bells all were broken (OT?)
    And the free man I admire the most
    OOG with the Holy Post
    He sent the last post to the host
    The day The Slashdot died

    We started singin'

    ||: Bye-bye, Miss Petrified
    Surfed my browser to the forum but the forum was dry.
    And good old trollers (were) drinkin' whiskey and rye
    Singin' this'll be the day that I die
    This'll be the day that I die :||
    (repeat plz)

    (TTL 4) We started Pingin'
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     By: TACO TROLL of the Troll Liberation Lobby