I performed and update on my music server placing some security patches about 20 minutes ago and rebooted the server. Now back up and streaming to you and will update the Web Server in a bit.
System OS Updates
Performed system updates of the Music server and the web server one Centos 7 OS (web server) and the other Windows 2012 r2 (Music server). Web server is back up as you can see and the music server will be up and streaming again music soon!
A Friday of Eclectic Old School and a Few new Songs
Trying to get back into the groove of things while I plow through some household chores while not feeling optimal with some old school a few new tunes mixed in ending up with a nice mellow mixture of jazz, R&B, blues, rock and pop with drops of reggae.
I updated my Windows OS music server that plays my mixes and my Linux system that runs my music relays plus a few other systems now time to be balanced and do some non-technical clean up and need to hear some tunes
Some of the artist that will be in this mix are YG, O’Jays, Ella Mai, Nickelback, Bootsy Collins, Darren Rahn, WC, Kylie Minogue so you can see it will be a very eclectic mix but I will try and make it flow.
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New Music Server Switch Complete
Well I built up the new server moved over the database and pointed the configuration files and ports to the new server off of the evaluation server and the migration from old server is complete. I actually went from older server, then to evaluation server and now permanent server as of now. This is something I normally do every 2 or 3 years dependant on technology changes. I went a bit longer than normal this time so was really due for an update!
Basically I moved my SAM Broadcaster software off of an old ancient system running Xeon multi-core (not dual core) with W2003 to evaluation copy of W2012 R2 with dual Quad core Xeon CPUs server for testing then to w2012 R2 Essentials for my permanent solution also running dual Quad core Xeon CPUs with more memory on the music streaming side of the house. I continue to run my web servers with Fedora & Centos Linux flavors mostly in the virtual environment of XenServer with FreeNAS providing the storage. Now the evaluation music server which is identical will switch to music server backup.
What the new server provides is the ability to scale the way I want with double the encoders without impacting CPU or memory as on my older system. You will hear a much cleaner sound with less buffering. I also went back to using internal soundcards since the USB with 2012 r2 seemed a bit flaky but the side on this is it will also provide much better sound with the way I use SAM and better interface if I want to use items such as mikes or other inputs.
More updates coming soon on the web side of the house since the backend is stronger so stay tuned but in the mean time enjoy the updated sounds provided from my update of the music server!
Evaluating New Streaming Music Server Tonight\This Morning
Tonight I am evaluating a new music server I built. I have a new OS and new hardware with updated streaming application. There has been a little up and down with the music stream as I get everything configured but it’s looking very good!
I will end up having the equal amount of streams on Icecast as I have had for years on Shoutcast with identical bit rates.
This new setup will allow me to also use my NAS setup to manage my music better. There will be less buffering for listeners even with the amount of encoders I have running more than doubling the system is handling this increase with very little memory or CPU impact.
Stay tuned the backend is changing dramatically and I like to have that solid before making the website changes that will better reveal my backend updates for you to use.