Site Maintenance Complete
I am now happy to announce that our recent site maintenance is complete, and was a great success!
PentaxForums.com has been moved to a faster webserver featuring imporved hardware in almost all aspects. Below are the new technical specifications:
-Dual Quad-Core Intel 'Nehalem' processors @ 2.93 Ghz w/HT
-12Gb DDR3 RAM @ 1333Mhz (host offered a special to double the standard 6Gb)
-RAID controller
-Primary drive: Seagate Cheetah 300Gb @ 15,000 RPM
As our site grows, this hardware should allow server-intensive processes, such as backups, to run with minimal effect on site performance, even during peak traffic. You should also notice an increase in file transfer speed.
Our old IP address will be pointed to the new server within 72 hours.
These changes have bumped our server bill up by a little over $100/month. I would to thank all Site Supporters for helping keeping the site online and ad-free, and would like to ask all other members to consider doing so as well! Any amount helps and is greatly appreciated. We wouldn't be here without you!
Note that in some geographical regions, our
www.pentaxforums.com domain may still be poiting to the old server. If this is the case, please use
PentaxForums.com - Pentax Photography Forum to access the site temporarily. Thanks for your patience during this whole process, and I apologize again for the downtime involved.
As a reminder, the SyncSnap gallery is now online; you may upload event photos here: User Photo Gallery - Pentax World SyncSnap.
You can also continue uploading World Pentax Day photos for another week here (note that they must have still been taken on October 10th): User Photo Gallery - October 10, 2009.
Thanks for reading!
Adam
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