| BMZ wrote:
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Yes, I noticed that, Ahmed.
Thanks for the info, mate.
Salaams
BMZ
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| openurmind wrote:
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 , going virtual ah?
sounds great..
How r u mate?
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Hey dear friend
Long time no hear, I hope the credit crunch is not crunching hard in London, I actually missed the great time I had with you mate, hope we meet soon inshaallah
Yeh man, I have to go virtual to master the technology, I decided to know VMware to its minute detail
Hope the family is doing great after you trip in the USA
Take care
- Mon 18 May, 2009 7:25 pm
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Salam all
I just found out that my internet connection has been shaped to 64k/64k this is because the fact that I had traffice more than 25 GB (my limit) per month, pretty annoying, i tell you, I just upgraded my account to give me 50GB limit but will take about 3 days to be active, at that time the speed 24m/1m should be restored, but until then, free islam has to be browsed at speed of 64k, I am sorry for that but will be fixed in a matter of 3 days inshaallah
Salam
- Fri 22 May, 2009 6:59 am
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Salam all
The internet speed has been restored to 24MB/1MB, so free Islam will be browsed at speed of 1000KB
I am still waiting for the RAM, as well my accouont upgrade, with my account upgrade though, I have been asigned a new IP address, therefore the change over will take about 24 hours to probagate, however installing the new infrastructure will take at least 48 hours, so I hope that both happens at once so the down time will only be 48 hours, I will let you know when it will kick start
Cheers
- Fri 22 May, 2009 3:35 pm
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Salam all
I have recieved the extra RAM and I am planning to start the major upgrade later today inshaallah, hopfully by sunday Free Islam will be back on the new platform
Cheers
- Sat 23 May, 2009 5:13 pm
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Salam all
I finished the first and most important stage for the server virtulaization upgrade, I am currently running 3 virtual server but yet to add another 2, however I will be able to do that while not disturbing free islam site, the first impression is very cool, however I still have a lot of work to do including changing my ISP for a larger download quota, I believe it will happen within the next week, at that time free islam mst go down for about 24 hours
I still have one issue with free islam site that I cannot get it to work, the MP3 Player, a bit disappointed as I use it a lot and was even planning to get internet connection for my car then play the mp3 files directly from my site into my car stereo, if I cannot get it to work, I may look at another MP3 player
Cheers
- Sun 24 May, 2009 10:20 am
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Finally got the MP3 player to work, everything is looking cool now
Cheers
- Sun 24 May, 2009 11:34 am
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Salam all
There used to be a reported error by internet explorer status bar, this error is now something of the past
Salam
- Sun 24 May, 2009 11:51 am
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Just added a new Menu Bar at the top, enjoy the quick navigation
Cheers
- Wed 27 May, 2009 5:48 pm
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Hello all
I am currently working on the server and will continue for the next 10 hours or so, I have to look into further upgrades as well tackle a huge problem of Backing up the virtual machines, ironically, the virtual infrastructure rendered my current backup system incompatible so I have to look into a solution for this tough problem, I am looking at a few options, therefore the server operating system will be disturbed during these hourse
Sorry again
Salam
- Fri 29 May, 2009 4:24 pm
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Hello all
I am going to work on the server for about 2 hours, so disturbance is expected, sorry for the hassle as I need to get the infrastructure finalised and there is a lot of work still to do
Cheers
- Sun 31 May, 2009 10:58 am
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Salam all
Finally fisnished the major changes to free islam server infrastructure, sorry about the down time, there is a lot of work that needed to be done as well yet to be done, here is how the server infrastructer stands as of today:
You may also view it on its own browser:
http://free-islam.com/ExtraImages/LAN/FreeIslam_ServerInfrastructure.htm
Cheers
- Thu 04 Jun, 2009 11:52 pm
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Salam all
Sorry about the down time today, I had to solve the backup issue so I can sleep every night in peace, under the virtual environment, the virtual machines could not access the LTO2 backup tape that I have, which can backup to 400GB at speed of 320 MB/S, after struggling for a few days, I discovered the reason which is very complicated to explain, however in simple terms, I had my Tape connected on the same bus as the RAID configured Hard disks, both the Tape and the Raid were hosted by one SCSI card that is RAID compatible, now, for VMware to be able to see the physical tape device and consequently makes it available for the Virtual Machines, the tape device must be connected on its own SCSI card that is not RAID compatible
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I searched for a list of VMware SCSI without RAID cards, and managed to pinpoint one that will give me the least hassle, which is Adaptec 29320 LP, it is about 350 bucks, but I managed to get it for 50 bucks brand new, Ebay is awesome. Installing the card inside the server is a bit risky work, so I manually backed up Free Islam site just in case and dismantled the server, managed to add the card but when I started the server, it came up with the pink screen of death, which indicates the failure of VMware to start, I had my heart pumping really hard, not only that I want the tape backup to work but also I don't want to lose my 10 days of work setting up such virtual infrastructure, I restarted the server to pinpoint where exactly it will crash, and to my luck, it was crashing when VMware tried to load the driver for the new SCSI card that I added. At least I realized that to get things running again I just remove the card and live without automated backup.
I sat down thinking what to do, after dismantling the server again, and came up with an old trick that I learnt in my early days of IT, if after adding a card in an empty slot and the machine does not start, try inserting the card in another empty slot.
That is exactly what I did, I tried another slot, and bang, VMware started, however it had a new problem, I had 3 network cards installed on the server, one of them was on the same bus as the new SCSI card, and somehow it got confused and half of the network was not working, that was an easy one to solve as I do not need 3 network cards only 2 that I need, so I dismantled the server again and removed the third network card, and that was it, everything in now working as I designed, including the automated backup on a Virtual server that I assigned to be a backup server to backup all my data that are stored on the Virtual Environment.
Now I can accommodate losing the whole thing while having very recent copy of my data, consequently I can now sleep in peace
Salam
- Thu 11 Jun, 2009 10:29 pm
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Salam all
Just a quick note that may benefit some of you. after I redesigned Free Islam server infrastructure, I used to get the home page in 0.88 seconds (you can see how long Free Islam pages took to complete if you scroll down the page and see it at the footer), the reason I can get Free Islam pages on my browser that fast is simply, I browse Free Islam through my Local Area Network, the Free Islam server is located in my home, i.e. I do not go through the internet to browse Free Islam pages, however about 2 to 3 days ago, Free Islam pages became slow to download all of a sudden, the home page was taking 10 to 15 seconds to download, same with one of my favourite web sites (CNN), I was really puzzled to why all of a sudden, I did some checks and found the reason, one of Windows XP updates that I downloaded and installed, turned Windows Firewall on, so I turned it off and bingo, the pages are fast again.
I tried browsing Free Islam from the server in Egypt that I can remote control and Free Islam home page (the heavies page on the site) comes in 1.7 seconds, so if you have experienced any slow down with Free Islam or with any other intense web site, then most likely you have Windows Firewall turned on
Now, you can safely turn Windows Firewall off, you really don't need it whatsoever, let me explain:
A firewall can be hardware or software based, both do the exact same, checking all traffic coming into the Local Area Network, then either allow it or deny it.
There are so many different types of traffic that are going through any internet connection or even through the local area network, for any device on the network to identify such type of traffic, it needs to know what PORT is used for such traffic, in the computer world we have about 65,000 different ports, i.e. we can have up to 65,000 different types of traffic and each one is going through its road (PORT NUMBER) without colliding with other types of traffic (I am trying to explain it in very simple terms), for example
All internet traffic uses PORT NO 80, the type of traffic is named HTTP
All mail traffic uses PORT NO (25 or 110, or both), the type of traffic is named (SMTP or POP)
SQL traffic uses PORT NO 1433, the type of traffic is named (SQL)
Etc.
So what a firewall does is simply, blocking all those 65,000 ports and only allowing the ports that you want, like PORT 80 for HTTP (WEB) traffic, or PORTS 25 and 110 for sending and receiving Mail
if the firewall blocks port 80, then in no way you will be able to browse the Net, likewise, if the firewall blocks ports 25 and 110, then in no way you will be able to send and receive mail
now, some may say that Windows Firewall is needed then, I say yes but only if you have no other firewall, the fact of the matter is this, almost every broadband modem has built in firewall, I have never seen one yet that it does not, therefore your broadband modem is already firewalling your internet connection, so you don't need Windows Firewall, if you have it on, it will only slow down your internet browsing as it has to check every page you browse, and the more intense the page is, the more Windows Firewall will take to check it, at the end it will still allow it because browsing happens on PORT 80 and Windows Firewall already allows such port, yet it still has to check the traffic, such extra checking took an additional 8 seconds on my laptop, and without even going through the internet (as I browse my site through my LAN)
Therefore I advice you to turn Windows Firewall off with total confidence that nothing will happen because of it
If something happens to your computer then you should clearly know that any malice attack by a malice hacker, happens through an already opened port, for example all hackers know that all internet users must open port 80 so they can browse, consequently they will tray to attack your computer through such port and in that case the best firewall on the planet won�?????�????�???�??�?�¢??t help you at all, because you already told the firewall to allow traffic coming on that port.
People who have no IT knowledge will never know that, and for them, yeh let�?????�????�???�??�?�¢??s protect the computer by turing Windows Firwewsll on, this is just total crap. Again, please turn Windows Firewall for a faster experience of internet browsing especially heavy web sites.
Cheers
- Sat 12 Dec, 2009 8:17 am
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Salam all
Free Islam was down for almost 8 days, it was a problem by Australia's main phone company Telstra, they disconnected the line all of a sudden without any reason, however they managed to fix it the following day, but all ADSL codes were lost, so I lost my internet connection, when I contacted Telstra they told me that only my ISP can connect me back, but when I did I found out that it will be a whole new process, like I am applying for a new connection again, which takes a week, I was disgusted more after knowing that I have to also pay $99 to my ISP as a reconnection fee, which in no way should be paid, imagine the other losses I had with no internet connection for 8 days, so I am disputing that. Telstra said that they will reimburse me after I pay it to my ISP, but my point is I should not pay it from the first thing anyway, that is a problem between my ISP and Telstra. So expect that the connection may be lost again as I will insist on my argument with such unprofessional freaks, as if they refuse to accept what is right, I will use the opportunity to cancel my account with my ISP and the possibility of suing it as well, then I have to look for another ISP which I already found which will give me more traffic as well, I am looking at naked ADSL so I won't be dependant on having a valid phone connection to get my ADSL going
I will keep you informed
Salam
- Sat 12 Dec, 2009 8:50 pm
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Good to see the site back on line, Ahmed.
I think you should put down in writing, otherwise they will just ignore.
Salaams, mate
BMZ
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