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Warrior Gryphon
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#1 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 4:41 PM Last edited by Delphy : 13th Oct 2008 at 3:01 PM.
Default Upcoming downtime for MTS2
Hi All,

In the next few weeks, MTS2 will be moving data centers to a new one, with more powerful machines, and getting rid of some old hardware.

What this means is that, starting this weekend and extending into the next 3 weeks or so, there will be downtime on all of the existing MTS2 servers.

I will commence migrating the data sometime this weekend. Once done, the new servers should be a lot more powerful and a lot quicker than the old.

So, if the site is down - don't worry.

Edit 13th Oct: The MTS2 downtime should now be all finished. I will be periodically taking the site down (usually once a month) for a few hours to do regular site maintenance, but all the servers except Freya have been migrated now, so this major downtime is finished.

SXS2 will be my next focus and should be back within a week.

Regards
Delphy

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#2 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 5:19 PM
Awesome! Will the IRC be affected by this, or is it completely separated from the downtime?


Theorist
#3 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 5:21 PM
Shawoot @ New Server

Dang @ Downtime.. But oh well, Its Ying/Yang

Thanks for the care Delphy!


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#4 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 5:25 PM
fway, No, neither IRC nor S2C will be affected.

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#5 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 5:29 PM
Thanks for the heads up Delphy!

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#6 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 6:42 PM
What's the IRC? And thanks for caring about us!
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#7 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 7:06 PM
Will freya disappear?
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#8 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 7:15 PM
Will the whole site be down for the whole three weeks?

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#9 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 7:41 PM
No the whole site wont be down for 3 weeks. It will be down intermittently though as I migrate things across.

Mootilda: Freya will be merged with special and static but will otherwise still exist

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#10 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 8:06 PM
I didn't even notice a donation drive. Did we have one? Did I miss it? Or are we getting new faster servers "for free"? Yay for new servers!

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#11 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 8:21 PM
Quote: Originally posted by ABCRic
What's the IRC? And thanks for caring about us!


ok it took over some months for me to walk here, now that I am here will someone tell me what IRC stand for? After all I am a turtle things do not come my way very fast. :D
Lab Assistant
#12 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 8:29 PM
Good news Delphy, new more powerful hardware is always a good thing.
Test Subject
#13 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 8:32 PM
IRC - Internet Relay Chat Using a program users are able to chat and exchange files. Most used program for IRC is mIRC which can be downloaded at www.mirc.com .
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#14 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 8:57 PM
CatOfEvilGenius: We didn't have one becuase these new servers are effectively replacing the old ones (with a 1 month overlap) and becuase we are getting 6 instead of 9, we actually save some money too. (Not much, but every little helps)

Simonut: If you are curious about IRC, check the "Live Chat" link in the Site Links dropdown.

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#15 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 9:20 PM Last edited by bbc100 : 19th Sep 2008 at 9:21 PM. Reason: a word worng
Do we have to make a new name or something???

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#16 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 9:24 PM
will all presets in profile like colors and such stay? this is exiting

(also...where is the drop down to TS2C?)
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#17 Old 19th Sep 2008 at 9:59 PM
Thanks for the heads-up. And for the constant improvements.

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Warrior Gryphon
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#18 Old 20th Sep 2008 at 12:12 AM
Okay let me make this obvious: Absolutely nothing will change! You will not have to re-do anything. As I take servers offline and migrate them I will inform you about it.

sim~obsessor: Thats currently disabled.

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#19 Old 20th Sep 2008 at 2:42 AM
thanks for the heads up delphy!

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Field Researcher
#20 Old 20th Sep 2008 at 3:51 AM
thanks for letting us know and all the best for the migrations

cheers
Wiki Wizard
#21 Old 20th Sep 2008 at 9:13 AM
That sounds great, thanks for telling us, i look foward to a faster site!


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#22 Old 20th Sep 2008 at 6:22 PM
"Pinapple"!

As far as I could tell, nothing broke.

You only told us to not say pinapple if something broke, not if it didn`t. :D

I`ve been having lots of issues lately with pictures --and sometimes whole pages-- failing to download from the servers, presumably because they were overloaded with traffic, as they would usually display fine after one or more retries. I`m hoping that this will clear that up. Thanks!
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#23 Old 21st Sep 2008 at 4:37 PM
You did again a good job. Faster servers and less costs. A little step closer to a free server time.
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#24 Old 21st Sep 2008 at 6:52 PM
Reyn, I'm confused. MTS2 has always been free to use and always will be.

Story books are full of fairy tales, of Kings and Queens, and the bluest skies.
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#25 Old 21st Sep 2008 at 8:42 PM
yay! no more glitchy screens =D
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