After doing a little bit of thinking on what might be a good idea, I've decided to offer a little bit of information on what it takes to run a bit torrent tracker.
This will probably take place within a few other different posts that might be completely different in content, but these posts will come. Maybe other people who are interested in learning about this will find some good information from my thoughts on this and can do something better.
I had found a similar guide/insights from a different tracker Sysop. The thoughts of that individual helped provide some insight into good ideas and bad ideas while running this.
Hopefully, you'll be able to pick up a thing or to. As they come, enjoy.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Recent PC Build
Just also thought that I would post a recent build of the computer I just made (about 3 months ago). It's awesome, and it's a beast:
*i7 950 Processor
*GTX 285 Video Card
*3 One Terabyte Hard Drives in a RAID 5 array
*12 gigs DDR3 Triple Channel Memory
*Intel P6T Motherboard
*Bluray Burner
*1000 watt powersupply
This computer stomps on and spits out Left for Dead 2 and Crysis
*i7 950 Processor
*GTX 285 Video Card
*3 One Terabyte Hard Drives in a RAID 5 array
*12 gigs DDR3 Triple Channel Memory
*Intel P6T Motherboard
*Bluray Burner
*1000 watt powersupply
This computer stomps on and spits out Left for Dead 2 and Crysis
Time for Heavy Raining?
So, I am a little interested in the PS3's newest release, Heavy Rain. I really don't know a lot about thsi game. It looks as if it is designed to be more along a story telling type of game, vs a traditional video game.
The girlfriend of mine actually likes watching me play games, and loves it even more when the story of it pulls her into the game. She has actually asked me to go play some games so she can watch and we can get further into the story. I feel like this seems like a game she would really enjoy watching.
I have to get her into Uncharted and Uncharted 2 as well. Both great games.
Any suggestions on getting a girlfriend into gaming?
The girlfriend of mine actually likes watching me play games, and loves it even more when the story of it pulls her into the game. She has actually asked me to go play some games so she can watch and we can get further into the story. I feel like this seems like a game she would really enjoy watching.
I have to get her into Uncharted and Uncharted 2 as well. Both great games.
Any suggestions on getting a girlfriend into gaming?
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Sharing and Pointing to the SQL
Yesterday was a fairly productive day for myself. Finally, with a fully updated version of Windows Server 2003, I was able to install SQL Server 2008 and SharePoint Server on the VM.
The SQL Server installation went perfect. All that was needed was to create an account (a non-admin account) that SQL Server could use for starting the database services on the server. Other than creating this, all features were selected for installation, and all went without a hitch.
SharePoint Server was then installed without an issue. One thing I recommend when installing SharePoint is to not do it in stand-alone mode (where it installs its own express version of SQL Server). I attempted this about a week ago and was continuously having issues with setting it up. It would always fail when SharePoint would attempt to create dummy data.
After avoiding this option, everything was installed fine. I am in the process of configuring everything on the SharePoint. At the moment, I have a very quick test site up, but I am trying to figure out if I can get it to operate over port 80 versus the random ports that are assigned to it (upon creation). Also, anyone have any good suggestions or their own tips and tricks for configuring SharePoint?
If so, definitely share.
The SQL Server installation went perfect. All that was needed was to create an account (a non-admin account) that SQL Server could use for starting the database services on the server. Other than creating this, all features were selected for installation, and all went without a hitch.
SharePoint Server was then installed without an issue. One thing I recommend when installing SharePoint is to not do it in stand-alone mode (where it installs its own express version of SQL Server). I attempted this about a week ago and was continuously having issues with setting it up. It would always fail when SharePoint would attempt to create dummy data.
After avoiding this option, everything was installed fine. I am in the process of configuring everything on the SharePoint. At the moment, I have a very quick test site up, but I am trying to figure out if I can get it to operate over port 80 versus the random ports that are assigned to it (upon creation). Also, anyone have any good suggestions or their own tips and tricks for configuring SharePoint?
If so, definitely share.
Friday, February 5, 2010
The Hosts File
Just a quick tip for all of you out there. The Windows Hosts file can be a good asset that helps to make life a little easier and quicker on you when using your computer/server.
There might be times in an application that you are prompted to input a network address for the application to connect to. One common example, Remote Desktop. Instead of having to type out the IP address every time, you can make your own mini DNS Server like file. This file would be.... the hosts file.
What happens is you need to open and edit the existing hosts file that Windows uses. Within the file, you can make a string equal to an IP address. For example, say you have a kitchen computer at the network address 192.168.1.130. Instead of having to type the full IP address to connect to it, you can edit the hosts file. Make "kitchen" equal 192.168.1.130. When you do this, then your set. Go to Remote Desktop, and when it asks for the network address, type "kitchen". Windows will automatically reference the hosts file, it will see that the IP address corresponding to "kitchen" is 192.168.1.130, and it will connect to that address.
As you can see, it is basically what a DNS server does, except its located and used only by your computer. Hope this helped out.
There might be times in an application that you are prompted to input a network address for the application to connect to. One common example, Remote Desktop. Instead of having to type out the IP address every time, you can make your own mini DNS Server like file. This file would be.... the hosts file.
What happens is you need to open and edit the existing hosts file that Windows uses. Within the file, you can make a string equal to an IP address. For example, say you have a kitchen computer at the network address 192.168.1.130. Instead of having to type the full IP address to connect to it, you can edit the hosts file. Make "kitchen" equal 192.168.1.130. When you do this, then your set. Go to Remote Desktop, and when it asks for the network address, type "kitchen". Windows will automatically reference the hosts file, it will see that the IP address corresponding to "kitchen" is 192.168.1.130, and it will connect to that address.
As you can see, it is basically what a DNS server does, except its located and used only by your computer. Hope this helped out.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
It's Just Degrading
Today has been a long one. I was working at my desk, on a server in a distant land, and about to have a team meeting, and then, the text message comes. "Meet me in the server room" Hm... I haven't received one like this before. Then a second, "I just got a call from security".
With this, myself and two others are expedited to the server room. As we arrive, we just hear this noise going off inside. After taking apart the server, looks like our raid array has been degraded as one of our drives has failed.
The bad thing is, this server is so old, that we are afraid to try to rebuild. If we do, it's very possible that the whole server can just crash and then we might lose everything. So, our first thought is to make a backup, while we still can, of everything on the server. Although as we attempt to do so, we discover that the dvd drive is broken. It won't close.
I find a server that is the same model, and attempt to switch out dvd drives, only to discover that for the life of me, I cannot get this drive out of the server case. I call another admin to come take a look at it, and 20 minutes later, we're still unable to get it out.
I end up placing the second server right next to the degraded server, and run a SCSI cable from the degraded server, into the dvd-drive of the other server. Finally, it looks like we're able to back this up. But then we learn more...
This server is an extremely old server. It was donated by a team who no longer needed it, and we decided to turn it into a file server for everyone. However, this server is so old, it doesn't even support USB 2.0. To backup all of the information on this server would take atleast the entire night, and possibly some into the next day.
Our only other option is a network backup. We create a new share on another server. We then load Acronis, and tell it to prepare a backup of the entire system. We were successfully able to get it to see the newly created share, and we begin its dump.
Yup, the degraded server has only a 10/100 NIC Card. So, it won't be gigabit speed, but it is faster than USB. The full backup is going to take about 9 hours. Looks like it's going to be an early morning for me in the office.
With this, myself and two others are expedited to the server room. As we arrive, we just hear this noise going off inside. After taking apart the server, looks like our raid array has been degraded as one of our drives has failed.
The bad thing is, this server is so old, that we are afraid to try to rebuild. If we do, it's very possible that the whole server can just crash and then we might lose everything. So, our first thought is to make a backup, while we still can, of everything on the server. Although as we attempt to do so, we discover that the dvd drive is broken. It won't close.
I find a server that is the same model, and attempt to switch out dvd drives, only to discover that for the life of me, I cannot get this drive out of the server case. I call another admin to come take a look at it, and 20 minutes later, we're still unable to get it out.
I end up placing the second server right next to the degraded server, and run a SCSI cable from the degraded server, into the dvd-drive of the other server. Finally, it looks like we're able to back this up. But then we learn more...
This server is an extremely old server. It was donated by a team who no longer needed it, and we decided to turn it into a file server for everyone. However, this server is so old, it doesn't even support USB 2.0. To backup all of the information on this server would take atleast the entire night, and possibly some into the next day.
Our only other option is a network backup. We create a new share on another server. We then load Acronis, and tell it to prepare a backup of the entire system. We were successfully able to get it to see the newly created share, and we begin its dump.
Yup, the degraded server has only a 10/100 NIC Card. So, it won't be gigabit speed, but it is faster than USB. The full backup is going to take about 9 hours. Looks like it's going to be an early morning for me in the office.
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