We are taking TN down at 9:00pm EDT, and should be down until 1:00am EDT.

This is because we are moving TN to the new server. We thank you for dealing with the slowness of the server for this time, and this new server is designed to be a buttkicker (Dual Xeons @ 3.0ghz, 64-bit capable, with a 64-bit OS).

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Everytime I ride a coaster, it valleys. I've never been on a stalled coaster or had one roll back (except Wicked Twister and what was Superman: Ultimate Escape, which does that by design).

Woooo Hoooo A new server. Yes!!!

Well, I have to delay it til tomorrow... I'm having to run a server update on it, and it will take longer than planned. TN will now be down from 8am until noon on 10/26.

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Everytime I ride a coaster, it valleys. I've never been on a stalled coaster or had one roll back (except Wicked Twister and what was Superman: Ultimate Escape, which does that by design).

Great. Maybe the front page won't load the bottom half slowly!

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It's been delayed yet again... there are some unforseen issues with the new server we have to correct.

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Everytime I ride a coaster, it valleys. I've never been on a stalled coaster or had one roll back (except Wicked Twister and what was Superman: Ultimate Escape, which does that by design).

Maybe this is some foreshadowing. Don't use that server. Just kidding.

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It's an issue that we're hoping to correct tonight... mainly it involves remote reboots.

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Everytime I ride a coaster, it valleys. I've never been on a stalled coaster or had one roll back (except Wicked Twister and what was Superman: Ultimate Escape, which does that by design).

Well good luck with it. I hope you can get what you need to work, to work.

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Aww... I was hoping for a new server tonight. Eh. When is the update going to happen now?

Well, because of the announcements going on... probably Saturday morning.

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Everytime I ride a coaster, it valleys. I've never been on a stalled coaster or had one roll back (except Wicked Twister and what was Superman: Ultimate Escape, which does that by design).

Ok. TN should become even better over the weekend...

TN will be going down at 9am Eastern time for the upgrade, should be back up by 1pm Eastern time.

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Everytime I ride a coaster, it valleys. I've never been on a stalled coaster or had one roll back (except Wicked Twister and what was Superman: Ultimate Escape, which does that by design).

Everything is now on the new server... it looks good now.

For the first time in ThrillNetwork's history, it is on an entire new server. Running dual Intel Xeon processors (both 3.0Ghz, with Intel EM64T extensions). In comparison, ThrillNetwork has been on a Pentium III - 733Mhz (or 0.73Ghz). ThrillNetwork is on a 64-bit Operating System, with everything (database, PHP, web server) optimized to run 64-bit. This will allow the site to handle future traffic as well as add/enhance features to improve your experience on this site.

There may be future downtimes as we adjust things on this site, but we will do our best to announce them ahead of time.

Thanks for all the patience.

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Everytime I ride a coaster, it valleys. I've never been on a stalled coaster or had one roll back (except Wicked Twister and what was Superman: Ultimate Escape, which does that by design).

It's nice to see that the site is improving. Keep up the great work.

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w00t. New server. TN is still kinda slow for me...

That's your connection then...

Overall, I'm pleased with the overall result... it's had its peak for a Saturday, and it ran exceptionally well (meaning it wasn't running hard).

Also, the network card is on PCI-Express, meaning that aside from the network speed, the system communicates with the network card a lot faster than normal PCI.

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Everytime I ride a coaster, it valleys. I've never been on a stalled coaster or had one roll back (except Wicked Twister and what was Superman: Ultimate Escape, which does that by design).

Besides the bome page, the site seems to run faster then it did before for me. The home page still loads like the obscenely slow beast it is. Everything else seems fine though.

Not that Steve is excited about this. Not at all. Doesn't mean much of anything to him really...

Seriously, congrats on the upgrade Steve. I know in many ways it's been your baby for a bit now.

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Actually... I built the new server with my own two hands, and shipped it to NYC, where it is hosted. So, it is indeed my baby, after I've pushed for it for over a year now. We're seeing the jump in traffic with the recent announcements, and it's nice to see that the new server is keeping up with ease.

If any of you watched the HBO Miniseries "From the Earth to the Moon", watch "Part 5: Spider"... there's a scene where the project Manager from Grumman was watching the Lunar Module (called Spider for Apollo 9, the first mission to include the LM -- they were testing it in space) get carried away by crane to be put aboard the Saturn V rocket. Well, that's how I felt when I shipped it.

I'm happy to have it done, and it will allow us to really do what we've wanted now.

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Everytime I ride a coaster, it valleys. I've never been on a stalled coaster or had one roll back (except Wicked Twister and what was Superman: Ultimate Escape, which does that by design).