random hardware failures that halt the system, getting more frequent in the last few weeks ...

time for that new server, should be here within a week ...
Andy

Hopefully it has linux on it.

I've noticed that every now and then the board seems to go down. It'll be good to have a new server! Thanks for everything you do Andy. It's much appreciated!

QUOTE (Verruckt @ Jun 4 2005, 04:01 PM)

Hopefully it has linux on it.  ;)

naaa, i'd rather have a *real* operating system instead ...

Andy

PS: i'm not sure how long you have been on here, but we did have a server running linux for quite a while (a year or so) until the box maxed out and couldn't handle the load no more ...
wen't back to a (now dying) windooze box and never looked back ...

whats happening to the old one?

QUOTE (bd1308 @ Jun 4 2005, 04:08 PM)

whats happening to the old one?

to quote myself:

QUOTE

random hardware failures that halt the system

looks like the motherboard is dying ...

time to upgrade and get a newer system ...
Andy

Thanks Andy!!!

Lisa

well if'n ya gonna throw away dem der SCSI drives, i'll take one....

Hi Andy
I am going to hound you till you accept...

Joe

We need a new box?

What we getting?

We need to chip in?

dying huh?
Sheesh....
Thanks for all your work!

Bookmark the lifeline for emergencies.
NARP
Andy, you need $$ help with new schtuff? Speak up!

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Jun 4 2005, 05:04 PM)

QUOTE (Verruckt @ Jun 4 2005, 04:01 PM) Hopefully it has linux on it.  ;) naaa, i'd rather have a *real* operating system instead ... Andy PS: i'm not sure how long you have been on here, but we did have a server running linux for quite a while (a year or so) until the box maxed out and couldn't handle the load no more ... wen't back to a (now dying) windooze box and never looked back ...

I'm just ribbing you a bit.

I've been here almost a year I think. So guess I missed that. Was it a performance issue on the server itself, or.. ?

Not trying to sell you on the virtues of linux, but "usually", it is better at allocating and releasing memory. Windows is certainly getting better with the newer versions. What windows flavor are you looking at?

I had a eval of 2003 .NET.....it was pretty cool i must admit, but I'm using Windows 2000 Advanced Server for my file server needs. i like having appletalk compatability in win2000 too.

i use debian on my ppro system
but i also like windows 2000 stuff....been a while since i messed with it, i had to re-teach myself how to create a domain and create roming profiles and stuff..

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Jun 4 2005, 05:04 PM)

QUOTE (Verruckt @ Jun 4 2005, 04:01 PM) Hopefully it has linux on it.  ;) naaa, i'd rather have a *real* operating system instead ... Andy PS: i'm not sure how long you have been on here, but we did have a server running linux for quite a while (a year or so) until the box maxed out and couldn't handle the load no more ... wen't back to a (now dying) windooze box and never looked back ...

Now let's be fair Andy. I'm as impartial as a unix admin can get (I like to think), but the server's problem wasn't the Linux OS. It was a slow old Pentium 450 PC that couldn't handle the load, not the OS.

QUOTE (Gint @ Jun 5 2005, 07:18 AM)

Now let's be fair Andy.

you're right ...

just like the current problems are not windooze problems but rather hardware problems with the box itself.

Andy

PS: it's going to be "Windows 2000 Advanced Server" ...

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Jun 5 2005, 06:54 AM)

QUOTE (Gint @ Jun 5 2005, 07:18 AM) Now let's be fair Andy. you're right ... just like the current problems are not windooze problems but rather hardware problems with the box itself. Andy PS: it's going to be "Windows 2000 Advanced Server" ...

Yay! No more windows 98Se with simple www (from Analog-X).