Server moving!!!

As you guys know we have been running two dedicated servers in two locations, ACMEctf.com from Superb in McLean, VA. and ACMEgamers.com with Softlayer in Dallas, TX. That is quite a bit of expense and work to keep both going sooooooo........I am very happy to announce that we will be consolidating Acmectf & Acmegamers into one server. It will save me some work as well as many headaches....and yowza is very happy to cut costs too! grin

We have decided to go with Softlayer in their new location just outside Washington, DC so everything will be based on East Coast. From the experience with both Superb and Softlayer there is no comparison, Softlayer offers better connectivity, better hardware, much better support and competitive pricing.

Hardware is dual processor, Xeon-Harperstown 5430 Quad Core @ 2.66GHZ, 4GB RAM, (2) 250GB HDD, and 100Mbps network ports for both public and private networks...this allows me to manage server on VPN, transfer files etc. without impacting public network or our bandwidth allocations. This box has the horsepower to run plenty of Q2 ports, the newer games we run now in Dallas and still have room to expand.

I have already completed some of the set-up and over the next few days should have everything ready to go. At this time we have all the games from acmegamers.com Dallas server running on DC box and the new IP's are as follows:

CoD4 TDM Pub - 208.43.95.242:28930

CoD4 Hardcore - 208.43.95.248:28930

Team Fortress 2 - 208.43.95.242:27015

Counter Strike: Source - 208.43.95.248:27015

Today I will drop TF2 & CS:S servers in Dallas. The CoD4 servers will remain up until I finish moving other files and cancel that server.

CoD4 Pub has been very, very popular and I hope that players follow us to DC. I do have an in game notice showing regularly with the new IP and have talked to some regulars there that say they will play on it. We depend on our regular players to keep all servers going.

There are quite a few Euro's that have been playing on CoD4 pub and even though ping is not as critical in that game the move will make their ping look better. Hopefully some of you guys from Q2 can join in there too!

I hope to get Q2 servers going on new box today. I have assigned IP 208.43.95.250 for Q2 servers. If all goes well I will probably force reconnects from the existing acmectf to the new server...players connecting to 66.36.243.128 will see an extra reconnect before entering new server.

I plan on setting up another port for No Tech CTF also, this probably will be the first one we get going.

Soon after Q2 servers are going I will point acmectf.com to 208.43.95.250 so domain can be used to connect, i.e. acmectf.com:27910 and so forth. Acmegamers.com domain is already changed for new location.

There are a lot of files on acmectf.com download page that I will have to move over so I will disable ftp access to it while I move them. It will be enabled on the new IP once I have all the files moved.

If all goes as I have planned there will be minimal disruptions. I do ask that you all help us to spread the word of the change so everyone knows where to find us once we shut down the old locations.

Thanks to everyone that supports us and plays on the servers, you guys make it the servers!

Constructive comments, suggestions, etc. are always welcome.