[quote name='Liquid 2']If that was the problem, why not just back it up and install a better database system rather than replace the whole thing?
(Unless CAG needed the new server anyways, of course.)[/QUOTE]
A few reasons:
- Less downtime (considering we'd need have needed a complete OS reload anyway).
- The old db server was two years old, so we're getting a lot more performance now out of the new hardware for the same money.
- It's a good opportunity for us to upgrade to SSDs, which suit our purposes perfectly.