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Help Slashdot Test Our New Data Center

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it-seems-like-only-yesterday dept.

After many years of living in California, Slashdot is preparing to move to a new data center in Chicago, and we need your help. We have our new site running a dump of our database from a few days ago. You can hit it at beta.slashdot.org. Please go there, post comments, submit stories, and do whatever you do normally. Or maybe abnormally — run crawlers, write poll spamming robots or something. If you find any crazy issues, please submit them to our sourceforge tracker. If you're curious, the new system features 18 2x quad-core 2.3 GHz webservers each with 8 gigs of RAM, and 4 quad-core 2.3 GHz databases with 16 gigs of RAM.

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  1. well done slashdot by nih · · Score: 5, Funny

    it's working gre

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  2. Wow...all that computer power! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wow...all that power just to push a few kilobytes of text to my computer.

    1. Re:Wow...all that computer power! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      Well, with a mysql and perl combination... it's not hard to see why they need all that power.

  3. Obligitory by BluffBlank · · Score: 5, Funny

    But does it run linux?

    1. Re:Obligitory by brxndxn · · Score: 3, Funny

      Imagine a Beowulf cluster of those!

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    2. Re:Obligitory by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Well, who would want to when you can run Windows Server 2008 with IIS7?!

    3. Re:Obligitory by moderatorrater · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's impossible. I thought BSD was dead, or at least dying.

    4. Re:Obligitory by Schemat1c · · Score: 3, Funny

      Did you read the history of Slashdot when it hit 10 year anniversary mark? I think someone should go read and stop asking silly questions. Whoosh!
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  4. oh yeah by stoolpigeon · · Score: 5, Funny

    my cowboy neal bot has already gained complete control of all survey functionality.
     
    A Natalie Portman statue and a 10 gallon tub of hot grits or I wont give control back. Oh - and I want the ponies theme back. Permanently.

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  5. Re:Obligitory trolling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Of course not!

  6. L8r D00dz by FurtiveGlancer · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm off to ride the new iron!

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  7. "dump"... by MadFarmAnimalz · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't explain it (oh okay, maybe I can) when the database in question contains /. comments and old Jon Katz stories (quite apart from Taco's nicely spelled and eloquent posts), calling it a dump somehow seems appropriate in the more scatological sense of that word...

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  8. Re:Abnormally? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    So it was really a typo: Run ab normally.

  9. you're done by amazon10x · · Score: 5, Funny

    I have access to the storm botnet. Should I try to DDoS the new data center?

    1. Re:you're done by idiotwithastick · · Score: 5, Funny

      Alternatively, we could always just try the Slashdot effect.

    2. Re:you're done by Culture20 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Does having your computer be a zombie node equate to "access"? ;-)

    3. Re:you're done by compro01 · · Score: 2, Funny

      so we're gonna slashdot slashdot?

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  10. I think.... by ForestGrump · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think slashdot slashdotted themselves.

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    1. Re:I think.... by Idbar · · Score: 4, Funny

      They just wanted to coin the term: "recursive slashdotting".

  11. Slashdot hardware specs... by madskyllz · · Score: 5, Funny

    "If you're curious, the new system features 18 2x quad-core 2.3 GHz webservers each with 8 gigs of RAM, and 4 quad-core 2.3 GHz databases with 16 gigs of RAM" What do you mean, "If" ?

    1. Re:Slashdot hardware specs... by Talen317 · · Score: 5, Funny

      Does this mean that "If I'm not curious" the system runs on some other hardware?
      Perhaps an Apple IIe?

      What if I'm curious one day but not curious the other day?
      Will that dramatically affect my user experience?

  12. Seems recursive by linuxwrangler · · Score: 5, Funny

    So let me get this straight. You want us to Slashdot....Slashdot?

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    1. Re:Seems recursive by Bovius · · Score: 2, Funny

      Stop it, you're freaking me out.

    2. Re:Seems recursive by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

      Here's a Coral Cache link, just in case. ;)

    3. Re:Seems recursive by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      Exactly. My first thought was that this might be more dangerous than the Large Hadron Collider.

      I'm picturing the entire internet collapsing in on itself. Either that or we're looking at the genesis of Skynet.

  13. I'm in downtown Chicago right now by lpangelrob · · Score: 5, Funny

    If you want me to try to walk out with your servers, just post the address. I'll let you know if I'm successful, but odds are you'll know long before then...

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    Biblical fiscal responsibility

  14. Not a problem by dedazo · · Score: 2, Funny

    18 2x quad-core 2.3 GHz webservers each with 8 gigs of RAM, and 4 quad-core 2.3 GHz databases with 16 gigs of RAM.

    twitter will create a few more sockpuppets and bring this rig to its rack-mounted knees.

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  15. Only on Slashdot by FurtiveGlancer · · Score: 2, Funny

    do they intentionally slashdot the beta.slashdot.

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  16. Re:new account by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Funny, *mine* still works...

  17. I'm sure I'm not alone... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    "the new system features 18 2x quad-core 2.3 GHz webservers each with 8 gigs of RAM, and 4 quad-core 2.3 GHz databases with 16 gigs of RAM"
    I just got an erection

    1. Re:I'm sure I'm not alone... by StarfishOne · · Score: 4, Funny

      You just gave my mind a way to fast association with "uptime"... ;o

      And to be ahead of obvious replies: has Netcraft confirmed it? :P

  18. Oblig by felipekk · · Score: 2, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new beta Slashdot overlords.

  19. Re:More info about the hardware? by felipekk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yeah, what version of IIS are they running?

    And SQL 2008 I suppose?

    *hides*

  20. Morbo crush your puny data center by davidwr · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you're curious, the new system features 18 2x quad-core 2.3 GHz webservers each with 8 gigs of RAM, and 4 quad-core 2.3 GHz databases with 16 gigs of RAM. Morbo crush your puny data center with his mighty story submissions!
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  21. Re:Power consumption? by hansamurai · · Score: 3, Funny

    Three puppies and a hair from CmdrTaco's head every 108 minutes.

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  22. Re:Power consumption? by Tubal-Cain · · Score: 1, Funny

    1.21 gigawatts.

  23. Re:Power consumption? by sYkSh0n3 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now if we can just find a way to get the datacenter up to 88mph...

  24. Best of luck, by hwyengr · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hopefully it's just downtown and not at 64th and Oakley. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=6436+S+Oakley+Ave,+Chicago,+IL+60636&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=28.611123,60.292969&ie=UTF8&ll=41.780049,-87.680275&spn=0.00656,0.01472&t=k&z=16&layer=c&cbll=41.776747,-87.681011&panoid=R4fqWJEJkVCRco2uu3GK9Q&cbp=1,248.03517600888696,,1,8.383780676689486 Security's pretty tight down there.

  25. Re:Old content by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny

    Those aren't old stories, they're dupes.

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    These aren't the 'roids you're looking for.

  26. Re:Just one question by Omestes · · Score: 2, Funny

    Then why do you guys keep moving to my state, and messing it up?

    We have no beaches, we have 2 cities, the weather is NEVER mild, but yet we have an endless stream of Californians coming to to mess everything up.

    Living in AZ, sometimes I wonder if Californians are like locusts, they all swarmed to CA, killed it, and now have to move on to somewhere else.

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  27. Re:Power consumption? by linuxpyro · · Score: 2, Funny

    That would explain the dupes.

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  28. Re:More info about the hardware? by allscan · · Score: 2, Funny

    Only dual 10G uplinks?

  29. Re:Tempus Interruptus! by Mastadex · · Score: 2, Funny

    In other words:

    "First Post"
    Re: "First Post" - "Second Post"
    Re: Re: "Second Post" - "Third Post"
    etc...

    I know your kind.

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