For those stats lovers out there, Drummer Connection has passed 1,000 members a few days ago. This is a dramatic increase since Summer NAMM 2008. We left having nearly 400 members and since (not really because of NAMM...) we have gained 600 members in less than 3 weeks. With that said, I'll let you know how Geeky we really are here and show you the new server I just placed on order from Dell strictly to run Drummer Connection in anticipation of it's growth.
The quick and nerdy summary is this server is 12 Ghz of 64 Bit CPU Power with 8 146 GB 10,000 RPM SAS drives and 32 GigaBytes of RAM :)
It will be located in our Data Center here in Kissimmee, FL where are offices are located.
Here's the nerdy specs of all of this:
Quantity
Item Number
Description

1
223-4223
PowerEdge R900, 2x Dual Core E7220 Xeon, 2.93GHz, 8M Cache 80W, 1066Mhz FSB
1
310-9791
No Upgrade to Quad Processors
1
311-7854
32GB Memory, 16X2GB, 667MHz
1
430-3224
Integrated NICs are TOE Ready
1
341-4732
146G,10K,SAS3G,2.5,HP
1
420-7822
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5AP x32 and x64, 1yr, FI x64 Auto-Entitle
1
430-2687
Intel PRO 1000PT Quad Port 1GbE NIC PCIe-4
1
313-5884
DVD-ROM Drive, Internal, SATA
1
330-0929
Optical Drive Cable, SATA Internal
1
313-5828
PowerEdge R900 Active Bezel
1
311-7861
1X8 SAS Backplane, for 2.5 Inch SAS Hard Drives only PowerEdge R900
1
310-9844
PowerEdge R900 Printed Documentation
1
341-4732
146G,10K,SAS3G,2.5,HP
1
341-5668
Internal SAS Drive Controller No RAID
1
341-5700
SAS6iR SAS RAID Controller
1
310-9842
Rapid Rails for Dell Racks
1
310-8511
Power Cord, C13 to C14, PDU Style, 10 amps, 10 feet / 3 meter
1
310-8511
Power Cord, C13 to C14, PDU Style, 10 amps, 10 feet / 3 meter
1
341-4732
146G,10K,SAS3G,2.5,HP
1
341-4732
146G,10K,SAS3G,2.5,HP
1
341-4732
146G,10K,SAS3G,2.5,HP
1
341-4732
146G,10K,SAS3G,2.5,HP
1
341-4732
146G,10K,SAS3G,2.5,HP
1
341-4732
146G,10K,SAS3G,2.5,HP
If you're a server software geek, we run Linux, Apache2, PHP5, MySQL5, memcached, and loads of other customizations. The site is prepared to be in a load balanced environment when necessary and is scalable to multiple memcache servers, multiple MySQL replication servers and etc. This is all maintained and managed by myself drumfreak / Eric and my Server Team. (Yes..shameless plugs!).
tobyandgypsy
LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL LOST ...
TODAY I LOST MY DRUMMER TEACHER, NOW I CANNOT LEARN MORE:( I OWN A BEAUTIFUL PINTEC SET, AWAITING TO FIND MY FIRST ROLAND BRAIN. AS SOON AS I CAN FIND A GOOD PRICED ROLAND 8. NOW AT LEAST I HAVE THIS SITE TO SEE HOW TO MAKE NEW DRUM MOVES, BUT A TEACHER WAS BETTER. I LOVE DRUMMING AND GOING CRAZY. MY BODY IS GETTING USED TO THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF IT. HO HUM, THAT'S ALL ON MY MIND AT THE MOMENT. UNTIL THEN, I AM TEACHER HUNTING. BYE. TobyandGypsy.
drumfreak
Re: LITTLE DRUMMER GIRL LOST ...
That's not really relevant to this article. Perhaps you should post it in the forums: http://www.drummerconnection.com/forums