CIC Gets a Big Server Upgrade

The highlights are listed below, but the net effect is that the end user capability is some ten times as powerful in the areas that count hardware-wise. The operating system side has also seen a nice boost, which supports general web browsing plus services like the Forums and Wiki. It's hard to convey just how critical this kind of maintenance is, but we couldn't keep the CIC going without all of Kris' technical expertise in this area!

Hardware:
• NVMe storage (was SATA HDD)
• 32GB memory (was 4GB)
• 1Gb/s uplink (was 100Mbit/s)
• Improved CPU

Software:
• A fresh OS install with a long support horizon
• HTTP/2 should make for faster pageloads
• IPv6 (soon)