I have 2 dedicated servers:

One at Dailtoneinternet and one at Rackshack.net

1) Linux Box:
PIII 650
256 ram
18 g 10k HD

Load average: Less than .5

2) Raq4i
AMD 450
256
20 g IDE

Load average: 3.0-14.0 (Is this ok??)



I've been hosting at Dailtoneinternet for over a year now. The server is good but they rip me off in terms of service. Anyways, what should I do with the raq?

Should I get another rack or look for another dedicated provider?

*Rackshack is down for over a hour!! Thats not a good impression on a new customer*

Please comment. Thank you.

what are you running on the raq4? as far as heavy mysql / php usage? alot of dynamic websites vs. static?

I run a vbulletin with avg of 60-80 people. I also run a lot of perl.

I read post regarding, tweaking mysql by editing the my.conf. I can't seem to find my.conf file. They said its located at /etc/my.conf. But the file does not exist at that path.

yeah, for some reason, i did a base mysql cobalt package install, and it wasn't there for me either. i just copied the my-large.cnf over to /etc/ and pico'd it to change the variables, then renamed it to my.cnf(and then rebooted my whole sever, after restarting mysql didn't seem to make a difference). here are some posts that might help you out. i've done wonders with my server just by tweaking the mysql schtuff...


these are what i used to tweak mine(raq4i W/ 512mb ram). i at first raised my values and did a few benchmarks, and it was pretty good. then i just copied that my.cnf verbatim and it's been even better. it seems to be vb specific, so it might help you more than me. the last post on the first page.

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=20454&highlight=tweak+mysql

http://i4net.tv/marticle/get.php?action=getarticle&articleid=3




some others i've used to learn about it.
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13480

http://www.mysql.com/doc/O/p/Optimizing_the_Server.html

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23930&highlight=tweak+mysql


hope that helps you out a little.

by default the my.cnf file does not exist, u must create it urself :-)

and then restart mysql :love: