On Tue, Jun 15, 2004 at 08:30:56PM -0300, Marc G. Fournier wrote:
> On Tue, 15 Jun 2004, Dave Page wrote:
>
> >That's because they're currently running on different backend databases.
> >The one on www is using John's server as the search daemon. The one on
> >archives is using search.postgresql.org (which just can't seem to keep
> >up with the indexing. It's on my todo list to move archives over to
> >John's box as well (which despite being on the end of a bit of a damp
> >piece of string somewhere in the Aussie outback, seems to work quite
> >well :-) )
>
> I sent a 'report' of sorts to -core already on this, but pending a wire
> transfer tomorrow, we are ordering a Dual-Athlon server for the network as
> soon as it arrives ... at the same time, we are also upgrading our network
> switch from an unmanaged Linksys 10/100 switch to a Managed Dell Procurve
> 10/100 one to fix some network issues ...
Three cheers for Marc!!!
> ... most of the hardware is being picked up in Panama, but the
> motherboard/RAM are being picked up up here (MB is easier to get,
> and RAM is about half the cost) ... so there will be some delay on
> getting the MB in and ship'd down ... but this at least shines a
> light at the end of the tunnel ...
>
> Nobody on this list happens to work for a hardware supplier, do
> they?
I am awaiting results on a purchase of some bumpin' hardware loaded
with FreeBSD and PostgreSQL. Things look very promising from this
source, but until I've got it burned in, it's premature to say.
Cheers,
D
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