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Welcome To The New Slashdot Server

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the HELLO-MY-NAME-IS-BRAK dept.

After much blood, sweat and tears, the new server appears to be up. It'll probably be a few hours yet while the DNS trickles over. We'll have a more extensive report describing the new hardware in the next couple of days... but first, we gotta iron out any kinks that pop up.

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  1. Something's not quite right ... by IntelliTubbie · · Score: 4

    There's something not quite right about viewing Slashdot on a fast server ... sort of like listening to old Beatles LPs on mp3, or seeing the Blair Witch Project in THX.

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  2. slashboxes by leiz · · Score: 4
    is it just me or are the slashboxes about one month behind?
    • security focus is taking about the Netpliance i-opener
    • hollywood bitchslap has a link to the review of keeping the faith
    • linux.com tuneup has some old tip bash history
    • geek in space is on "Mellow Trancey Version"
    btw, extrans (html tags to text) doesnt work (at least in preview mode) ... comments?


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  3. Congrats on the upgrade. When's the upgrade? by IvyMike · · Score: 4

    It's an axiom: when a web site is good AND fast, it attracts more and more viewers. There are no good fast web sites; there are only popular, good but slow websites. I expect Slashdot to be fast for about a month, at which point it will be slow as it ever was.

    At least a lot more people will be reading, though.

  4. History of Slashdot servers by Brighten · · Score: 5
    It would be interesting to see a history of the boxes (and net connections) that have been used to serve Slashdot over the years, and when each was swapped out. Does such a thing exist?

    P.S. I'm definitely noticing a nice speed improvement... good work guys! :-)