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In: GrabPERF
23 Sep 2006The folks who host the server are slammed and trying to figure out what is happening. Hopefully it will return to action tomorrow.
In: GrabPERF| Web Performance
21 Sep 2006Last night, the folks at the hosting facility moved the servers to a new rack. The database server is up and data is coming in from the measurement agents, but the Web server is not yet back up.
I hope that this will be resolved later today. Sorry for the inconvenience.
A few years ago, I wrote an article ablout how to best set up Web server cache-control messages to take advantage of this free form of content distribution. Until now, it has only existed as a PDF file.
Last night, I sent a copy to Kevin Burton of TailRank in response to some of his recent [...]
In: Life| Linux: Server| Software| Web Performance
2 Aug 2006I took the big leap today and upgraded the base Web server to Apache 2.2.3. This required some finagling with httpd.conf file, and a re-build of PHP, but once that was done, the app bounced up happy as a clam.
As usual, let me know if you see anything unusual — with the server, not with [...]
In: GrabPERF
29 Jul 2006At our garage sale today, I sold off the original GrabPERF Web server. Sad to see it go, but it was time.
I am still trying to sell the database server. But I might turn it into a file server with a couple of massive drives.
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In: GrabPERF| Web Performance
12 May 2006If you try to access GrabPERF via http://www.grabperf.com/ or http://www.grabperf.net/, you will have noticed that you can’t reach the Web server.
The domains are being transferred to a new registrar, and the authoritative servers have not yet been set up. Just use http://www.grabperf.org/ for the next few days.
Sorry.
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19 Feb 2006I have noticed that GrabPERF has been responding increasingly more slowly as of late. Well, I believe that I have resolved the performance issue: I moved the Web component of GrabPERF off of the machine where the database is housed.
However, when I did this, I hit a really stupid issue that was the result of [...]
In: GrabPERF| RANTING| Web Performance
18 Feb 2006As a Web performance analyst, this is the sort of graph that melts your mind and makes you want to scream at the gods|goddesses to rain a plague of locusts on the offending System|Network|Web Site Administrators.
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This is a classic display of the “run in circles, scream and shout” problem identification and [...]
In: GrabPERF| Life| Technology
10 Feb 2006So, the move to the new datacenter is complete. We finished off the final changes last night | early this morning, and the Web server and database are now running on a big fat pipe at 365 Main in downtown San Francisco.
How did I spring for new hardware and hot hosting? Well, I had a [...]
In: Blogging| Canada| GrabIP| GrabPERF| Life| Linux: Server| RANTING| Web Performance| smp
16 Nov 2005In order to reduce personal costs for both connectivity and electricity, this Web server and all associated applications will no longer be available as of 14:00 EST (19:00 GMT) November 22, 2005.
I am deeply saddened to have to take this step, but the cost of operating them is becoming a burden to my family.
Thank you [...]