SU-Server: Scheduled Hardware upgrade
January 18, 2012 in SaabsUnited Related
Reminder: This last weekend of extreme amounts of data upload caused the RAM to fill up a bit on the server which made it really slow at times, so we decided to buy bigger and better memory cards. 16 GB of RAM will be added to the server and those will be installed at 21:30 Central European Time tomorrow tonight. During this time the server will probably be down for about 45-60 minutes. We’re also going to do some database updates while we’re at it.
With the new memory cards installed we anticipate that the days of server overload due to extreme amounts of visitors will be history. The server should easily be able to handle up to at least 150’000 visitors per day. During the bankruptcy days in december we peaked at up to 76’000 visitors several days in a row.
A third SU-Server is on the drawing board as well together with a new DNS server that will be acquired soon as well.
You should take this as a sign, that we expect the servers to be working hard again while we’re posting nice news about Saab! =)
TurboLamko said on January 17, 2012
Oh i really hope for exciting news mate
Hope these will be very happy news 
Fingers crossed!
But this is last chance for Saab now, and this time it’s more serious then earlier…
Cheers Tim
Saabissimo said on January 18, 2012
Exciting enough?
Youngman eyes fresh bid for Saab: sources
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/18/us-saab-youngman-idUSTRE80H19J20120118
TurboLamko said on January 18, 2012
I hope that will happen, but i don’t care from which country the owner comes from, as far as Saab is alive and making cars plus that people over there have jobs = i’m fine
terry9000k said on January 19, 2012
GM seem to be extending it’s objections beyond china:
”GM has said it would be difficult to support a sale of Saab that hurts GM’s position in China and other key markets.”
julie@KellySAAB said on January 17, 2012
Thanks for all your work as usual : ), SU Team!
Marino from Belgium said on January 17, 2012
Great news for the server , now great news for Saab and al will be OK
TurboLamko said on January 17, 2012
Never ever give up the hope about Saab like Till72 said earlier, remember that we are back to the same spot as 2 years ago, that it was close for Saab to be liquidated.
Saab UP
Griffin UP
SU Crew UP
VM UP
xelav said on January 17, 2012
Can’t wait! I really need good Saab
news now ! Goodluck with the new server! Good work TimR and team! Thanks
E said on January 17, 2012
I really like the “You should take this as a sign…” closing.
JH said on January 17, 2012
Nice to hear! When you add 16 GB of RAM, how much will it be in total?
dezzer said on January 17, 2012
getting our hopes up Tim ?
TurboLamko said on January 17, 2012
Be patient and stay calm man
Tim said on January 17, 2012
We wouldn’t be investing a lot of money into SU if we didn’t believe in a future!
TurboLamko said on January 17, 2012
+1
CSD_ChineseSaabDriver said on January 17, 2012
+1+1+1+1+1+1+1+1
DUTCH900C said on January 17, 2012
It’s really great what you of SAABsunited are doing!
Thank you for verything!
CSD_ChineseSaabDriver said on January 17, 2012
You should take this as a sign, that we expect the servers to be working hard again while we’re posting exiting news about Saab! =)
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OH MY GOD THIS CAN’T BE TRUE RIGHT?
Yeah but it IS RIGHT, we Saabers will get great news again, Saab WILL COME BACK
Oh today can not go wrong anymore
karl said on January 17, 2012
GRIFFIN UP !!!!!!!!
sandycapp said on January 17, 2012
I really hope he means ‘exciting news…’ rather than ‘exiting news…’ !!!!!!!!!
ArchDandy said on January 18, 2012
I will write this becuse all speculations with the “sign”.
I just read at Reuters that YoungMan plans to add a big billion bid at Saab next week. I think it´s possible, something is going on behind the scenes right now and I am happy that something going forward.
We will just wait and see.
e170ar said on January 18, 2012
You might want to add good quality SSD to handle traffic spikes?
OliverH said on January 18, 2012
Don’t mix up RAM and HDD. With this amount of RAM data are still in high speed access and cached. Still with SSD you’re on a low speed bus compared to RAM bus speed.
e170ar said on January 21, 2012
I am not mixing it up. If I/O is issue, SSD will help …
Oskar Malmgren said on January 18, 2012
Hope that this good news also may concern the museum…
terry9000k said on January 18, 2012
Tim,
The Site is certainly running much quicker. Well worth the extra money it’s cost SU….Well done.
Tim said on January 19, 2012
Thanx, Peter did a good job with it =)