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Server Upgrades
Posted December 11th, 2007 by rybolov
“Paranoia” is the name of the server this blog is hosted on. It’s a very “modest” box, probably a dinosaur at this point. Some quick specs:
- VA Linux (remember them?) 2240
- 2 x PIII-650 processors
- 1GB RAM
- 3 x 18GB drives in a RAID-5
And yet, it does everything I want it to: mail and web for a handful of domains. =)
A couple of months ago, paranoia hung on me. A quick hardware reboot and it came back up, but I was short a processor.
So last night I swapped out processors, added a new UPS and apcupsd, and while I was physically in the same room, upgraded the kernel.
One last word of advice for older hardware and upgrades: Check out stress, which is a program to put a load on your machine so you can test the processors, RAM, etc.
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2 Comments »
December 17th, 2007 at 2:11 pm
Nifty program! I used it to see why my older “dinosaur” (p4 3 Ghz)home boxen was hanging so much after a new HD install.
December 18th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
Try using a process viewer (top, free, or something more in-depth) at the same time as stress to get a better idea on what’s happening.