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SERVER ROOM, DATA FEED, CHARTSCHOOL

Chip Anderson

Chip Anderson

President, StockCharts.com

SERVER ROOM PROGRESS REPORT - We've had a bit of a set back on the construction front for our new server facilities. The building management team veto'd some of our construction plans at the last second (Chip was livid) and we are redesigning some things as a result. It has set back our schedule by about a month. The good news is that we have found ways to upgrade our servers even before the new server room is completely finished. Look for us to start installing more servers in the next couple of weeks as we continue to expand our capabilities.

DATA FEED CAPACITY DOUBLED - In addition to expanding the servers that we use to drive the site, last week we completed an upgrade to our Thomson Datafeed servers that doubled their capacity. In addition to giving us data faster, this change will allow us to upgrade the data feed servers in the future without impacting the website's performance.

CHARTSCHOOL UPGRADE - We've just moved our ChartSchool content into a new web page management system (a "wiki"). At this point, the content should be the same as before but some pages will have slightly different formatting. Moving forward, this change enables us to continue expanding ChartSchool quickly and easily.

Chip Anderson
About the author: is the founder and president of StockCharts.com. He founded the company after working as a Windows developer and corporate consultant at Microsoft from 1987 to 1997. Since 1999, Chip has guided the growth and development of StockCharts.com into a trusted financial enterprise and highly-valued resource in the industry. In this blog, Chip shares his tips and tricks on how to maximize the tools and resources available at StockCharts.com, and provides updates about new features or additions to the site. Learn More