We are running out of space, updates required
Folks, no way to deny: we are running out of drive space. You pumped a whooping 16 Terabytes onto the system and we are 86% filled. Today I talked to ThePlanet, what we can get to solve that issue and a solution is at hand. In August we will double the cluster space to somewhere around 30 TB and streamline the backend infrastructure to increase speed and functionality.
The cluster is in planning at the moment and ThePlanet is able to provide us with some real hard core 64bit Linux boxes, each with Dual Quadcore processors and 8 GB RAM for the frontend. That should make tradebit a real joy to work with regarding speed.
Regarding usability: I also wanted to thank Jason, Lizzie, Ben and Joe for giving some valuable feedback about current feature developments and problems in the member area. We will try to implement your suggestions until the end of August.
Now I will plan the move to the new cluster, which should serve us well for 2-3 years if I put it right and scalable. In my upcoming speeches on Linux clusters that will be some additional know-how to talk about!
