New Server ROCKS!

Damn, I am so impressed with this new server. I can't wait to move CoasterBuzz over to it as well.

In case you're wondering, a lowly Celeron 500 with 256 MB of RAM (a machine weaker than every computer sold today) was running the sites, databases and e-mail server. Not the best tool for the job in recent months, as CoasterBuzz has become too damn popular. The new machine is an Athlon running at 1.4 GHz (faster than the equivalent Pentium 4 in most tests) with 512 MB or RAM. It is seriously moving!

Thank you for your patience in the slow times early this week.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP
Watch my grass grow: http://www.sillynonsense.com/subdivision/

I have to say I noticed a difference this morning. Great job, Jeff!

-Eric

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E Blitz Entertainment
Bay City, Michigan
A Division of LCA Entertainment
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I noticed it was moving today...Last few days were slow! Nice!

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http://www.msu.edu/~armbrus9/cp.html
mf laps = 100! No More No Less!!
Wheres the Electricity!

IIS5 and SQL2000, then? (Being as this is ASP driven...)

What do you use for the e-mail server, Jeff?

I use IMail by IPswitch for the e-mail server. Not the greatest ever made, but it has web access and it's very nearly idiot proof to setup.

And yes, it's IIS5 and SQL2000.

Should be fun to see how the site runs when I move things to the ASP.NET platform over the next year or so.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP
Watch my grass grow: http://www.sillynonsense.com/subdivision/

I noticed some problems in the last week or so, but today has been lightning-quick! Thanks Jeff, for all your hard work!

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PO!NT OF VIEW - A Different Look at Roller Coasters
http://www.crosswinds.net/~justmayntz/thrills/

I'm quite impressed by the new server as well, I was getting frustrated with the slowness over the past week, but this sure as hell makes up for it. Nice work, can't wait till CoasterBuzz is on it too. :)
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Joe Cernelli
Webmaster, Kennywood Boulevard

Whew!

It's running much better... good to have it woking so well :)

Great job as always Jeff!

And I thought it was my computer...

-Joe, who still can't believe that his PC is almost 10 months old...

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I dont think I can take anymore. I am going to phone my family, read some comics and hopefully dream about the Authority being real and sorting this mess out. Naive? Sure, but I have dont have any other ideas right now."

have noticed tooo its sweet
thanks jeff

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enjoy the rest of your day at cedar point
americas roller coast ....transmission lost Cleveland rocks

*** This post was edited by crashoverride on 9/19/2001. ***

Jeff, Every time I try to use spell check I get this:

#!c:/perl/bin/perl.exe

use strict;

binmode STDOUT;

eval {
($0 =~ m,(.*)/[^/]+,) && unshift (@INC, "$1"); # Get the script location: UNIX / or Windows /
($0 =~ m,(.*)\\[^\\]+,) && unshift (@INC, "$1"); # Get the script location: Windows \

chdir "$1";
};

require "sproxy.ini";

my %data = &ParseInput();

my $cmd = $data{'cmd'};

my %escapes;

if ( ($cmd eq 'ver') || ($cmd eq 'blankform') || ($cmd eq 'frm') || (($cmd eq '') && ($data{'doc'} eq '')) || ($cmd eq 'init') || ($cmd eq 'sp_func') || ($cmd eq 'show') || ($cmd eq 'opts') || ($cmd eq 'unload') || ($cmd eq 'acheck') || ($cmd eq 'rdrct') || ($cmd eq 'chk_fr') ) {

...And it goes on and on and on. Just thought I let you know... since I am not a very good speller, so I really like the spell check feature.

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Andrew
http://www.experiencethepoint.com

I wondered why it has been so slow lately. Thanks Jeff! :)

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I HATE TERRORISM!!!
Force Laps: 365
VertiGo Shots: 32
6/11/01: Gemini 100

I feel like I'm on DSL! No joke! Awesome Jeff! :)
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Thank you for not feeding the trolls and enjoy the rest of your day, here at GuideToThePoint.com.

Site is running much faster now. Thanks Jeff!

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"Your obssesed w/ that place aren't you?"

before the new server, i kept getting Internal Server Errors, but now it seem like a cable modem connection!!!

also, Jeff how do you make the little smilies in the forums?

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Coasterbuzz name: Same
Home Park: PKI
Never Been To CP but will probably go in 2002

:)
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Coasterbuzz name: Same
Home Park: PKI

nevermind-figured it out ;)
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Coasterbuzz name: Same
Home Park: PKI

as we say in the motto of our Coaster Club over here (RCCGB)

"Super Fast Ride"

nice one

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MF Reaction::: F*****G Excellent.

This site is running faster than my friend with dynamite taped to his back!

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http://coolforce.cjb.net - The Most Important Internet Web Site... is down the street and to the left.
"This class is like sticking your finger in an electrical socket and not learning a thing."

I LOVE this site! Thanks for doing it, Jeff. It's so fun to hear all the stories and rumors.

I'm the only CP freak I know, and probably the only one who's on the other side of 50. But just 'cause my body got old doesn't mean I have to grow up. You guys keep me feeling W-A-Y young. My next unfulfilled dream--to be an op on the Iron Dragon or Mine Ride or Gemini or ..... well, just about any ride, now that I think of it. Maybe someday...

God bless you for keeping it up. I work with a woman who goes on and on about how she gets sick blah blah blah. As Old Timer Tim once said, if I stop riding, shoot me!

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP
Watch my grass grow: http://www.sillynonsense.com/subdivision/