New Server

The upgrade was driven by three factors: ever increasing traffic, the increasing complexity and interactivity of the Website, and the need for greater relaibility.

Traffic to this Website continues to grow at a healthy pace. For example, traffic for October 2005 was up about 29% compared to traffic for October 2004.

As the Website grows in complexity, interactivity and utility, it requires more and more horsepower to keep things speedy, especially under peak loads. At high demand times, such as days with snow delays or early closings, parts of the site were noticeable slower.

And finally, the Website has been taking on a ever larger role in the school system' communications efforts, especially in inclement weather and emergency situations, when Web traffic can spike at loads 10 to 20 time normal, or more. We can't afford to have it get overloaded and go down.

So we moved to a more capabable server. One that has faster processors, more processors, more RAM, and faster hard drives. One that sports RAID arrays and rendundant power supplies to reduce the likelihood of hardware failure. And one that can easily handle the current load, and future growth.