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Discussion in 'Announcements' started by Loonylion, Nov 1, 2010.

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  1. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    Unfortunately there has been a disaster. The staff at our current datacentre did not bow sufficiently low upon Patton entering the building and so he has taken offense and we have to move to a datacentre with better trained staff. The move is happening sometime tonight, and will involve a change of IPs. While this doesnt mean you have to do anything, it does mean that the site may be inaccessible for a few hours at most until the DNS updates. (RFCs say 72 hours maximum, in practice the maximum is more like 24-48 and in 90% of cases its 4 hours or less).

    This is a wholy internal decision made by ourselves and our hosting company (Patton), so please do not firebomb the ESA building because they have nothing to do with it. We also would appreciate it if you refrain from rioting, as the global economic downturn has put severe pressure on police forces in most countries.

    If you must be violent, GTAIII will run on most computers and the realgta mod is awesome.

    We shall be back. (no, not you, Arnie)
     
  2. theunderling

    theunderling Well-Known Member

    Good luck Loony
     
  3. ace1o1

    ace1o1 Well-Known Member

    I thought it was something to do with a shutdown at first. ::)
     
  4. meganova

    meganova Well-Known Member

    Ah, okay GTA.

    Wait, when will this start?
     
  5. ace1o1

    ace1o1 Well-Known Member

    Tomorrow for my timezone I guess. And "today" for European users.
     
  6. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    tonight californian time.
     
  7. dedboy

    dedboy Guest

    Best wishes with the server switch. I had some minor fun installing(after uninstalling) a new SMF template. Fun times :/

    Hope all runs well with your new server, and the 'VSAT god' is sufficiently pleased.
     
  8. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    we're not switching servers, we're moving the servers we have so hopefully it should be pretty straighforward.
     
  9. garychencool

    garychencool Well-Known Member

    oh your just moving the servers, okay. LOL, at first I thought that this site was about to shut down or something XD
     
  10. dedboy

    dedboy Guest

    Never jinx yourself by saying anything should be straightforward.
    Hope for the best, prepare for the worst. But then again, I know you tend to be prepared before you do anything anyways.
    But here's hoping the downtime pays off with a better data management team.
     
  11. Loonylion

    Loonylion Administrator Staff Member

    This is now over and the move was carried out successfully
     
  12. Patton

    Patton Guest

    Bam! We kicked ass!
     
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