RE: [cobalt-users] Upgrading RaQ1 to RaQ2 - is it a good idea?

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Hi Ali & Charlie,

The contents/structures of the sites are already duplicated off-line. So 
recreating the /home/sites is not a big deal. What I like to know is if 
there are any system conf files I need to be aware of so I can back them 
up. For example, the Apache conf files are slightly modified to firewall 
spam-bots, so we'll back them up first. Are there other conf files like 
the sendmail conf files that I may need to backup? Just didn't want to 
spend a couple of hours reconfig'ing if that can be avoided.

The RaQ1s have been pretty stable for us. Never had a crash in over a 
year. But we do notice that every so often a server slows to a crawl (may 
be ISP or scripts related) and on more than one occasion, we got an email 
from the server claiming that the cpu was overworked (or something to 
that effect.)

Thanks!
Kar Mui
webslave

>Hi,
>
>We did this to all our RaQ1 servers and have never looked back. The new
>software is a lot more stable and we have not had to reboot most of these
>machines at all since doing so approximately 4 months ago. One of these
>servers is under a very heavy traffic load and it has not so much as had a
>glitch since doing so.
>
>One downfall is that there is no easy way to transfer your existing sites
>over. We had to tar the /home/sites directory and then recreate each site
>again via the GUI and untar the files into their respective directories.
>There is a slight change in directory structure as well. If you search the
>Archives, we are sure you will find a number of posts in reference to how
>others have made this transition.
>
>If your current setup is working fine for you, then you might just want to
>leave it as it. This is really your decision, but for us, we had so many
>problems with units crashing under load, that we had to do something.
>
>Best wishes,
>Ali & Charlie
>
>> Subject: [cobalt-users] Upgrading RaQ1 to RaQ2 - is it a good idea?
>>
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Has anyone gone thru the RaQ1 to RaQ2 destructive upgrade? If so, care to
>> share any tips, suggestions, or experiences? Was it worth the "trouble?"
>>
>> We are perfectly happy with the RaQ1 we are running, but we have noticed
>> that most of the questions here are for RaQ2 owners and were wondering if
>> going to a RaQ2 will buy us anything more than a reformatted disk.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Kar Mui
>
>
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