Is it just me, or does the new database server make the site faster?
John has the new database server up and running, but I don’t think he’s brought it online yet as far as being our primary db server. He attempted to do so yesterday, but weird things happened so he reverted back to the old one. He repaired the old db server while he was up in San Jose the other day. It was a failed power supply. He now has both db servers receiving all db transactions so we’ll have a mirror image in real-time. I believe he’s planning on switching over to the new server on Tuesday, then the old one will serve as back up.
By the way, the last message he sent to me regarding the new server before flying out on a trip he had planned before the crash was, “It’s really insanely fast.”
At some point during this unfortunate incident, he told me that the new db server has enough memory to hold nearly our entire database in memory. If so, it should be a screamer.