Grid Server

Leaving MediaTemple :-(

Stefanos Karagos | January 15, 2007

UPDATE:

The move from MT's buggy Grid server to a new dedicated server at SoftLayer.com just finished :-)
It was the most smooth move I ever done!
So here we are again :-D

The problems here in MT's Grid server are every day more and more, so for the next couple of days I'll make the move to my new dedicated server for hosting Anabubula and my other sites.
Unfortunately the Grid Server, really sucks :-(

Just the time I was prepare my new post about "how to learn Chinese [Mandarin] by yourself" ;-)

So I'll be back with daily activity in 2 days.
Thank you very much for your understanding.

Stay tuned

:-)

Media Temple's Grid problems

Stefanos Karagos | January 13, 2007

Before some months I was excited about MT's new Grid Server.
I was exited because of the idea behind the GS and also for the features that they are included [100GB space, 1TB bandwidth etc...]
Unfortunately Grid Server is suffering from the problems of its "early life" :-(

Bellow you can see the results of monitoring my "server"

51.000 ms is a worldwide record!


Take a look at the buzz of the HTTP response!


The down time of the server is one of the worst I've ever seen!

After all these issues, I have to move my sites to another server/company.
Do you have any suggestion? I'm looking of a dedicated server now...
Your advice, please!

Maintenance time...

Stefanos Karagos | December 7, 2006

(mt) Media Temple will be applying an update (GMR v.1.1) to (mt) Media Temple’s (gs) Grid-Server system.
This maintenance action will involve several tested software updates, server configuration changes, and network configurations designed to improve the operations of the system.
Although it is not expected that the full maintenance window will be required, it is expected there will be a few brief periods of inaccessibility of services while the maintenance is conducted.

Take a look here to see what this update includes ;-)