The above graph is far from typical, but I love that the box (the top one in this picture) can do the job when it needs to. This activity is a result of bulk record imports, web activity results in relatively little database traffic due to my use of Memcached and Batcache.

Posted February 19, 2009 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Dispatches, Technology. Tags: batcache, memcached, mysql, optimization, scriblio, server, wordpress. Be the first one.

Jonathan Schwartz made the kind of news that makes Slash Dotters happy: he announced Sun is (sort of) giving away free servers. It’s a promotion, a media play, of course, but one that might make a few lucky people very happy.
Here’s the deal: Sun is really proud of their new T2000 eight core server. Each [...]

Posted February 26, 2006 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Libraries & Networked Information, Technology. Tags: 8core, 9.6ghz, big db, challenge, coolthreads, free, free server, Jonathan Schwartz, performance, server, solaris, sparc, sun, t2000, try and buy, try-n-buy, ultrasparc, wpopac. 9 Comments.

Or, er, my server will be crushed. I guess I should admit that my stuff could do with some optimization, maybe. Perhaps what I really need is something faster than Celeron with 512MB RAM. Maybe.

tags: 512mb ram, apache, break point, breaking point, celeron, crushed, load average, mysql, php, server, top, web server

Posted November 2, 2005 by Casey Bisson
Categories: Technology. Tags: 512mb ram, apache, break point, breaking point, celeron, crushed, load average, mysql, php, server, top, web server. 5 Comments.