Category Archives: Hardware

New Database Server

Well, I installed our new database server last night and so far things are looking good. The new box has way faster disks (4 SAS disks that are RAID10′d) and 32 GB of memory. You can’t scale up a database forever, but now I’ll actually be able to see through the smoke and tune […]

Moving out of the living room

First post. It seems like a little overview of Ravelry’s network, hardware, and other systems information would be a sensible way to start things off.

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a starter home

If you are thinking about embarking on a web development project, I’d highly recommend that you find a […]