50,000 Watts of funkin'

[admin]

Actually, make that 40,000 files that make up this site on the server, not including the gigantic database.
(This is another don't read this, it's boring posts ... except for maybe Nemrod and the other web site techies here.)
I decided to re-fresh and sync my main laptop and main desktop by downloading *almost* the entire site - everything in the httpdocs folder, which are all the web accessible files, functionality and programming - basically, everything that makes the site work, excluding server system files that make the server work.
Been downloading since this morning and still going. 23,000 files to go on the desktop and 3,000 on the laptop.

 

[lordnoble]

Are you using cat5 cable or are you using something high-powered like fibre? Just wondering... I moved 500 GB of video data yesterday between fibre connected drives in our RAID and it move in no time. Less than 5 minutes I think. Just trying to get a handle on how much you're moving...
-Jason

 

[nemrod]

lordnoble: I have no insight into how it's hosted but it doesn't seem like an unreasonable assumption that his desktop and laptop aren't in the same place as the server, so it would make sense if it takes some time to download things if he has to do it over network or even a different internet connection. Could be wrong though
I "only" have about 10.000 files in the htdocs of my private server but at least a dozen times that on the company server I'm administering. 8-)

 

[lordnoble]

I confess to not knowing ANYTHING when it comes to servers, website hosting, etc. I was just trying to figure out how much info in terms of file space we are talking about. Moving 250GB of data over a 52 Mbps network is not particularly fast. Again, I'm just trying to picture in my head what he's doing equivalently.
-Jason

 

[rfrostrevelation]

Oh snaps......got to dust off my Frank Popp Ensasmble mp3s!!!!!

 

[admin]

I am using a broadband cable connection. My laptop was downstairs picking up the wireless from upstairs. It took 4 hours to download 6 gigs. My desktop is hardline connected and took about 1 hour.
The files included all the user uploaded stuff, like avatars and pipe photo albums as well as the articles and videos on the main site.

 

[admin]

We have an on-site back-up server that constantly backs up the website, but I like to have all the files locally backed up as well.

 

[lordnoble]

WOW! 4 hrs for 6 GBs is sooooo long. I totally understand backing-up locally. I have a ton of DVD-RAM discs that have backed-up data.
-Jason

 

[w1nd0wl1cker]

I thought my simple Java project was a pain in the butt....better you than me lol.
Thank God for beer and tobacco!

 

[igloo]

I like watchin the little packets fly across the screen . 8)