4Elements, Amsterdam, Holland

Expressionengine 1.7.1 -> 2.4 Major upgrade
- We needed to upgrade for future grow, more on this soon.
- New version is faster and more secure.
- and a lot more....

Installed AutoMin (an EE module)
- caching
- Compressing HTML Markup (no more nice html code)
- Combining css files (into one)
- Combining js files (into one)

The website now uses MemCache and APC, a really great improvement in page loading speed.

Installed Http:BL antiSpam for forum and contact forms.
This is also why I joined the projecthoneypot.org

Apple just released Lion Server 10.7.3 update
Download and install the combi update, this prevents any miss behavior.

After the update all the custom settings and installed scripts stayed intact and are working as it should be.
With other words, it's save to update.

Part I: Intro and Goal.
Part II: Preparations.
Part III: Installation.
Part IV: Settings.

Intro:
My G5, dual 2Ghz and 8GB ram, server was still working like a charm.
(Including a G5 Jive to add 4 extra Internal Sata disks - total 6 Internal Disks)

But the downside:
- Heat, lots of heat. I even placed an airco in my server room.
- Costs, A PowerMac G5 uses max 604 Watt. Add the airco time and your monthly bill will increase rapidly.
- Noise, Due to the major fans, the heats it generates. I (sound)isolated the server room.

Goal:
My own new web/mail/file/media server that generates less noise, heat and uses less power. And the right storage solution.

Solution:
MacMini Server 2011 (2Ghz i7 Quad-core, 2 x 750 GB HD @ 7200 and 16GB RAM)
MacMini uses: 8W (Idle) 18W (regular use) 85W (max)
Sound: Silent (no sound)

MacMini server: English - Dutch
2 X 8 GB ram: English - Dutch

Empty Enclosure for my 4 extra Internal HD's (JBOD)
OWC RackPro Uses: 16W (Idle) 24W (regular use) 100W (max)
Sound: Silent (no sound)

Thunderbolt to eSata: Thunderbolt Adapter and eSATA adapter
(two eSata connectors for future grow)

Why eSata and not USB3:
USB3 is theoretically faster but eSata has no latency what makes it high responsible and low/none system resource use.

Part II: Preparations.

Full web server, mailserver, caldav and carddav with webmin/virtualmin.

Xcode 4.2 discontinued GCC 4.2 compiler and downgraded LLVM-GCC to 'legacy' compiler.
Meaning that a lot of scripts/programs will not compile right until they are updated.
This is the reason I stayed with Xcode 4.1. If you encounter problems please downgrade your Xcode 4.2.x to 4.1. (if you relay on my ffmpeg bash script you need to use Xcode 4.1)