GoGrid Blog » Maintenance http://blog.gogrid.com "Complex Infrastructure Made Easy™" Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:20:00 +0000 en hourly 1 GoGrid Update: Windows Image Updates & Base RAM Allotments for Windows Virtual Machines http://blog.gogrid.com/2010/03/26/gogrid-update-windows-image-updates-base-ram-allotments-for-windows-virtual-machines/ http://blog.gogrid.com/2010/03/26/gogrid-update-windows-image-updates-base-ram-allotments-for-windows-virtual-machines/#comments Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:38:47 +0000 Michael Sheehan http://blog.gogrid.com/?p=1813 Yesterday GoGrid finished the rollout of a series of updates designed to make the GoGrid Windows end user experience even better. While not a major feature release, there are some important items to note moving forward.

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Windows Image Updates

With this update, there are a few things that GoGrid users should be aware of, specifically:

  • The following GoGrid Windows images have been updated with the latest (as of February 2010) Microsoft Windows Security Hotfixes (see table below).
  • Windows image names are now more consistent with Microsoft naming standards
  • This only applies to GoGrid Virtual Server Images and does not affect Partner or Personal GoGrid Server Images (MyGSIs).

The full list of updated Windows images is below.

 

Architecture OS Service Pack App Stacks Type Filename Display Name (OS (Arch) w/ App + App) RAM Sizes
32bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 SP2 None Web/App Server w2k3r2_32_base Windows 2003 Server R2/SP2 (32-bit) w/ None 1 – 4
64bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition R2 SP2 None Web/App Server w2k3r2_64_base Windows 2003 Server R2/SP2 (64-bit) w/ None 1 – 8
64bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition R2 SP2 MSSQL 2008 Standard Database Server w2k3_64_mssql2k8std Windows 2003 R2/SP2 (64-bit) w/ MSSQL 2008 Standard 2 – 8
64bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition R2 SP2 MSSQL 2008 Workgroup Database Server w2k3_64_mssql2k8wg Windows 2003 R2/SP2 (64-bit) w/ MSSQL 2008 Workgroup 2 – 8
32bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 SP2 MSSQL 2005 Workgroup Database Server w2k3r2_32_mssql2k5wg Windows 2003 R2/SP2 (32-bit) w/ MSSQL 2005 Workgroup 2 – 4
32bit Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition R2 SP2 MSSQL 2005 Standard Database Server w2k3r2_32_mssql2k5std Windows 2003 R2/SP2 (32-bit) w/ MSSQL 2005 Standard 2 – 4
32bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 None Web/App Server w2k8_32_base Windows 2008 Server SP2 (32-bit) w/ None 2
64bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 None Web/App Server w2k8_64_base Windows 2008 Server SP2 (64-bit) w/ None 2 – 8
64bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 MSSQL 2008 Standard Database Server w2k8_64_mssql2k8std Windows 2008 SP2 (64-bit) w/ MSSQL 2008 Standard 2 – 8
64bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 MSSQL 2008 Workgroup Database Server w2k8_64_mssql2k8wg Windows 2008 SP2 (64-bit) w/ MSSQL 2008 Workgroup 2 – 8
32bit Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition SP2 MSSQL 2008 Express / PHP5 / IIS 7.0 + FastCGI Database Server w2k8_32_iis_fast_mssql2k8xp Windows 2008 SP2 (32-bit) w/ IIS 7.0 + FastCGI + MSSQL 2008 Express 2

For more details, please visit the Windows Server Images section on the GoGrid Wiki.

New RAM Allotments for Windows Virtual Servers

In order to ensure stability and optimal performance, we are now setting recommended RAM Allotments minimums and maximums for Windows Server Images. We have been working closely with Microsoft to implement the best range possible for any new servers that are deployed on GoGrid. Do note, these limits do not affect currently deploy Windows Virtual Servers.

  • Maximum RAM allotments for Windows Virtual Servers have been updated:
    • Windows 2003 R2/SP2 (32-bit) w/ Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Workgroup –> 4 GB RAM Maximum
    • Windows 2003 R2/SP2 (32-bit) w/ Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard –> 4 GB RAM Maximum
  • Minimum RAM allotments for Windows Virtual Servers have been updated:
    • Windows Server 2003 – 1 GB RAM Minimum
    • Windows Server 2008 – 2 GB RAM Minimum
    • Microsoft SQL Server – 2 GB RAM Minimum

    If you have any questions or comments, please leave a note on this blog post.

    • ]]>     http://blog.gogrid.com/2010/03/26/gogrid-update-windows-image-updates-base-ram-allotments-for-windows-virtual-machines/feed/ 2     GoGrid Maintenance Notification: Feb 9, 2010 from 19:00-23:00 PST http://blog.gogrid.com/2010/02/05/gogrid-maintenance-notification-feb-9-2010-from-1900-2300-pst/ http://blog.gogrid.com/2010/02/05/gogrid-maintenance-notification-feb-9-2010-from-1900-2300-pst/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:19:19 +0000 Michael Sheehan http://blog.gogrid.com/?p=1657 We are polishing up some great enhancements to GoGrid and the results of our efforts will be live shortly. To that end, please be notified that we are performing Scheduled Maintenance in order to roll out new functionality and features which does require some downtime of the GoGrid Portal. This information has already been delivered to existing GoGrid customers via email and is also available on the GoGrid Status Blog.

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    Scheduled Maintenance Details

    Infrastructure Update:
    Tuesday, February 9th, 19:00 – 23:00 PST
    (Wednesday, February 10th, 03:00 – 07:00 GMT)

    Customer Impact:

    The GoGrid “my.GoGrid.com” customer portal and API will be unavailable for up to 4 hours while we upgrade our infrastructure. There will be no impact to existing GoGrid VMs, load balancers or cloud storage during this time.

    Maintenance Details:

    GoGrid is making software improvements to the GoGrid customer portal and API.

    Inquiries:

    If there are any additional questions before, during or following the maintenance, please direct them to the GoGrid Support Center at 877-946-4743 or +1-415-869-7444, or contact us via the customer service portal at https://my.gogrid.com. (Note: during the scheduled maintenance, you will NOT be able to access the GoGrid Customer Service Portal for support so we recommend using the phone numbers listed above.)

    For the latest details on GoGrid’s systems & Data Center status, please visit our system status blog: http://www.GoGridStatus.com

    For More Information

    Once the release is completed, we will be updating the GoGrid blog as well as the GoGrid Wiki with information about the new features and enhancements. Be sure to subscribe to the blog feed for up-to-date information. You can also get email delivery of blog posts by subscribing here. Lastly, you can get real-time information from our Twitter stream by following @GoGrid there.

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