[cod] Request for some help

Joker{eXtreme+} joker at mycallofduty.com
Thu May 28 22:36:08 EDT 2009


Giving this a dry run guys :)

Thanks for all of the help so far, if i run into any problems or need some 
advice, i'll hit you up individually.

Thanks again, thanks BIG TIME


~Joker
eXtreme+ mod
http://www.mycallofduty.com



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tyson" <twisted at twistedgamingservice.com>
To: "'Call of Duty server admin list.'" <cod at icculus.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 7:12 PM
Subject: Re: [cod] Request for some help


>I agree that many visitors even on a beefy machine could cause issues with
> I/O running on just one server.
>
> I'd make the beefy machine your DB server and maybe consider two smaller
> servers for HTTP traffic with load balancing.
>
> With a company IGN's size I would not doubt it if your hosting was a
> clustered setup and you didn't know it.
>
> Tyson
> Twisted Gaming Service
> http://www.twistedgamingservice.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mavrick Master [mailto:mavrick.master at gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 4:21 PM
> To: Call of Duty server admin list.
> Subject: Re: [cod] Request for some help
>
> May I suggest the use of say, dynamicDNS, or setting up a DNS server
> separate to the web box itself. Might seem a little bit of overkill just
> for one site, but with visitors like that you want to make sure they're
> getting there ;) You could also take it one step further and look into a
> mySQL cluster for improved performance and data redundancy :) Just some
> food for thought really, we're changing to centOS from Red Hat
> Enterprise Server 4 soon; so centOS is the way to go IMO.
>
> Mavrick
> mavrick.id.au
>
> DNK wrote:
>> I just meant for the admin of the apache, etc - the nuts and bolts.
>> Not the management of the site itself (for whatever CMS you are
>> using).   =-)
>>
>> d
>>
>>
>> On 28-May-09, at 11:27 AM, Joker{eXtreme+} wrote:
>>
>>> Might seem like overkill to you or some on the list, but the website
>>> was created July 2007, has hit 5 million visitors
>>>
>>> We average 10,000 visitors per hour, which equals about 300,000
>>> visitors per month.
>>>
>>> Anyways, like I have said, I have the hardware, so might aswell use
>>> it, just not familiar with the software is all.  I have a few places
>>> with the work I do that I could put the server or I could colo it
>>> with a datacenter. Atleast this way I would get someone like IGN (or
>>> any other webhost company) shutting the site down LOL
>>>
>>> ~Joker
>>> eXtreme+ mods
>>> http://www.mycallofduty.com
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "escapedturkey"
>>> <escapedturkey at escapedturkey.com>
>>> To: "Call of Duty server admin list." <cod at icculus.org>
>>> Sent: Thursday, May 28, 2009 11:17 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [cod] Request for some help
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yah, those lazy people who use a mouse. Keyboard only FTW.
>>>>
>>>> *sarcasm* ;-)
>>>>
>>>> DNK wrote:
>>>>> If it is only for one site, seems like overkill to have a whole
>>>>> hosting
>>>>> panel type thing. It is pretty trivial to run over the CLI, but I
>>>>> guess
>>>>> it is nice to have a gui for it.
>>>>>
>>>>> D
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 28-May-09, at 11:08 AM, <schlup at bulletproofnerds.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> He's not running game servers...he's wanting to run a web server.  I
>>>>>> agree with an earlier comment about running virtualmin as well as
>>>>>> webmin to the website hosting stuff.  I do and it works great!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From:  Donald Stephens <donald.stephens at activant.com>
>>>>>> Subj:  Re: [cod] Request for some help
>>>>>> Date:  Thu May 28, 2009 12:12 pm
>>>>>> Size:  2K
>>>>>> To:  "Call of Duty server admin list." <cod at icculus.org>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If you are looking for an admin panel to use with this new build I
>>>>>> suggest seeing if you can get a sponsor from scinterface. I run a box
>>>>>> for my clan and I've used it for a few years now. I think its a great
>>>>>> way to admin the servers from a web page.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> www.scinterface.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -Don
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ________________________________
>>>>>>
>>>>>> From: DNK [mailto:d.k.emaillists at gmail.com]
>>>>>> Sent: Thu 5/28/2009 12:07 PM
>>>>>> To: Call of Duty server admin list.
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [cod] Request for some help
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are quite a few over at howtoforge.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://howtoforge.org/howtos/linux/centos
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That link lists all of the CentOS related tutorials.... and there are
>>>>>> a few depending on things like x64 vs i386, etc. So depending on
>>>>>> hardware, that is the place to go.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Their stuff is usually written pretty straight forward.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> But if you need help, I can pop in as well.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Dustin
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 28-May-09, at 8:57 AM, Joker{eXtreme+} wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Hey guys and gals,
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    I am in need of some help from some of you Linux Guru's.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    I need to setup a new webhost box.  Perhaps with CentOS and
>>>>>> ISPConfig.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    mycallofduty.com - the home of the eXtreme mod is hosted and
>>>>>> sponsored by IGN, and they are going to close down their
>>>>>> hosted/sponsored sites program.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    So I need to get a new host up, configured and running so I can
>>>>>> keep giving you guys links to patches and bins and what have you.
>>>>>> Instead of looking for another sponsor or searching the net for a
>>>>>> webhost, probably be best to just build it, install it, and colo it
>>>>>> somewhere. Which is not an issue, I already have the equipment just
>>>>>> need to put it all together.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    I am not very good when it comes to working with a *nix OS from
>>>>>> the server side of things, I was hoping one of you out there could
>>>>>> help, or perhaps you have a tutorial/step by step list of how to
>>>>>> install - something like CentOS?  Aswell as ISPConfig (or any other
>>>>>> webhost software)?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    I don't want to bog this mailing list down with replies, so if
>>>>>> there is anyone out there that can or wants to help, please email me
>>>>>> directly  joker at mycallofduty.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>    Thanks,
>>>>>>    ~Joker
>>>>>>    eXtreme+ mods
>>>>>>    http://www.mycallofduty.com <http://www.mycallofduty.com/>
>>>>>>
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