Cody Taylor

miller60 writes “The social bookmarking service Ma.gnolia reports that all its user data was irretrievably lost in the Jan. 30 database crash that knocked the service offline. Ma.gnolia founder Larry Halff recently discussed the crash and the lessons to be learned from Ma.gnolia’s experience. A lesson for users: don’t assume online services have lots of staff and servers, and always keep backup copies of your data. Ma.gnolia was a one-man operation running on two Mac OS X servers and four Mac minis.”

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The switch to holding the complete search index in memory results in the use of 1000 machines to handle a single query compared to just 12 previously.

I need a new computer. Badly. My old iMac, which I’m using to write this now, has seen better days. My Windows machines, strewn across the house, are old and tired.

1sockchuck writes “Have you ever lost your patience with a server? We’re not sure who was the first person to intentionally blow up a server, but plenty of others have followed in their footsteps, and many seem to have captured the event on video. The Gallery of Exploding Servers documents the sometimes incendiary relationship between man and machine. Those who prefer a kinder, gentler disposition may prefer the guide to Flying and Crashing Servers.”

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