Is Free Republic running faster?

Vanity | March 8, 2013 | Me

[PROCON]

I'm on an old work computer that I've used for years so I know it's not on my end, but FR seems to be running faster/smoother....Sweet!

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Wheeee!!!

[Jim Robinson]

Howdy everyone!

Yup. John brought the new db server on stream this morning about 4:00 am after much stress testing. It’s now our primary db server and the old one is serving as back-up. We immediately noticed a tremendous boost in speed and throughput, but of course there were very few posters online. Was praying it would continue under a load. Thank God, it appears to be. The new eight cpu db server is very powerful and has many gigabytes of ultra fast memory and solid state storage devices, etc. (and that’s just about the limit of my technical vocabulary). But it appears to be working just fine.

[Jim Robinson]

Woo hoo!! And that was posted with my largest ping list. Lightening fast and no duplicate posts!

[FlingWingFlyer]

Lightning fast. Thanks Jim and John.

[Jim Robinson]

Thank you, John! Appears to be working great! And it may have solved our double post problem with large ping lists, too!

[jazusamo]

You’ve made my day, Jim. Our Internet service has been down for nearly 3 hours and I was ticked. Just got back online and FR is super fast for me.

Woo hoo!!

[tillacum]

Jim Rob, you’re just this side of wonderful I usually click onto pings then begin looking at the headlines, today..I clicked onto pings, and WHAAP, up comes pings.
Thank you.

[trisham]

This is wonderful!

[NEMDF]

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

Now I will have extra time to wait in TSA lines, have my pocketknife blade measured, sit in traffic behind car accidents caused by released criminal illegal aliens, etc. etc. To think that JimRob & John have double-handedly overcome the effects of sequestration! It truly is a miracle!

[MestaMachine]

I LOVE this place!

[mylife]

I can hardly wait for a live thread to stress test it!

[Jim Robinson]

And special thanks to all the FReepers and lurkers who provide the funds to keep FR ON THE AIR!! Woo hoo!!

[Servant of the Cross]

Roger that JimRob!

Sporkweasel is grinning from ear to ear!

source: FReeper roscoekarns

[KC_Lion]

Free Republic is now ever Stonger!~

We are going to need it!

[johngrace]

That’s Great!! Wonderful. Thanks!!!

[meyer]

It’s fast, like it was several years ago. Nice job, John Rob!

[KC_Lion]

I LOVE this place!

Don't let THIS Happen to you!

GO F.R.!

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Thanks back atcha for all you do.

[humblegunner]

[metmom]

I noticed it as well.

Thanks to the JRs!