With some downtime, i was able to completely move ObjectGraph.com to a virtual server running on an AMD 64 X2 with 4GB of RAM. Looks like dictionary is running very fast after the upgrade.

We have an old server that served us well for the past 5 years. It has a 500 MHZ Xeon and makes a lot of noise. Definitely needed an upgrade. Since we already have dedicated linux servers at our hosting facility, this machine was just legacy Windows stuff that i wanted to preserve. I have been using VmWare workstation for a long time and really a big supporter of Virtualization. So we decided to go the virtual server route

I had two options

• 1. Create a new virtual machine from scratch, Install OS, and move the necessary files
• 2. Try to create the exact replica of the machine if possible

I started option 1 and then realized its too much work and you always are not sure if you moved everything. Then i found VMWare converter, that just needs the address of the physical machine and creates a virtual machine out of it.

It works by installing a client utility on the remote machine. After the installation is done it starts copying the hard drives to a network volume. This volume needs to be accessible to the source machine.

Just started rebuilding the interface for Objectgraph.com using some recently gained knowledge of CSS. Here is the outcome so far.

http://www.objectgraph.com/beta

I just love the new firebug (http://www.getfirebug.com), it has become an indespensible tool for debugging Javascript and CSS