Server Migration

The T-Jacs sites have migrated to a new datacenter.  This move allows us to keep costs lower while providing a better structure with more reliability, flexibility, and growth potential.  You should also expect to have a snappier response when using T-Jacs.

As with any migration, we anticipate some growth pains.  We'll continue to monitor and tweak as issues are discovered.

The migration gives us the following advantages:

Structure

• Dedicated Database Server

  • Having the database server separate from the web server supports maintenance and backup tasks.
    

• Load Balancing

  • As needed, we can quickly add more servers to balance the traffic so that servers aren't overloaded with work.
    

• Growth Potential

  • When usage increases, the server capacity can easily scale to fit.  We can add more of everything quickly.

Reliability

• The new datacenter will allow us to prevent power outages that have plagued us in the past.

Speed

• The servers use SSD drives which are much faster than our old drives.

• The datacenter has more bandwidth for faster uploads and downloads.