UMSF - Server Switch 10th & 11th May |
UMSF - Server Switch 10th & 11th May |
 May 8 2008, 03:53 PM
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After the great 'server drive' fund raising by UMSF members, we have our dual 3ghz server up and running. I have another domain hosted on it already. It has been fast, and 100% stable ( touch wood ) for 2 months.
Thus, the intention is to move UMSF to the new server this weekend. At approx 1200UT ( 1300 my time ) UMSF will be 'turned off'. The database is rather large, and can not be moved in an instant - nor can the 4Gb of attachments. After the forum is switched off, a full backup will begin, sending the entire forum content to the new server ( this has been tested just now - and takes 2-3 hours ) Only once the full backup is successfully completed, will the DNS settings be changed, pointing the domain to the new server. Once the backup is completed, the database must be repopulated on the new server, the attachments moved to the right place, the settings updated and checked - and only once the forum itself is up and running will it be turned 'on' again. At that point, it will take a couple of hours ( potentially significantly less ) for the domain-name shift to propagate across the web to your own ISP. The move is scheduled for what is the quietest days of the week, and the quietest hours of that day for UMSF - to minimize withdrawal symptoms. Things might not go perfectly, so you'll just have to hold tight. To keep everyone up to date - I will use a new external blog ( http://umsf.blogspot.com/ ) with news of the transfer - once UMSF is down, check there for details! |
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May 16 2008, 08:13 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14448 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Just for those that like stats...
CODE Day Number of visits Pages Hits Bandwidth 13 May 2008 2124 17937 113466 1.30 GB 14 May 2008 2435 24260 130078 1.55 GB 15 May 2008 2367 20564 127519 1.34 GB New server doing beautifully. Also - the problem of getting GD to rebuild the thumbnails from the few days when it wasn't working is fixed - PHP didn't have enough memory allocated to play with. Fixed with a quick ini file setting change. Doug |
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djellison UMSF - Server Switch 10th & 11th May May 8 2008, 03:53 PM
Stu QUOTE (djellison @ May 8 2008, 04:53 PM) ... May 8 2008, 04:04 PM ngunn Good luck Doug. Hello Stu . . May 8 2008, 04:37 PM nprev Give 'em hell, Doug, and thanks! May 8 2008, 11:59 PM ElkGroveDan Perfect. I am also moving my home this weekend so... May 9 2008, 02:40 AM
djellison QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 9 2008, 03:40 AM... May 9 2008, 07:32 PM Stu QUOTE (djellison @ May 9 2008, 08:32 PM) ... May 9 2008, 07:57 PM djellison QUOTE (Stu @ May 9 2008, 08:57 PM) The BE... May 9 2008, 08:24 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (djellison @ May 9 2008, 11:32 AM) ... May 10 2008, 03:25 AM nprev Have fun, Dan...(sorry; I know how bad moving suck... May 9 2008, 02:52 AM Tesheiner QUOTE (djellison @ May 8 2008, 05:53 PM) ... May 9 2008, 07:49 AM djellison QUOTE (Tesheiner @ May 9 2008, 08:49 AM) ... May 9 2008, 08:19 AM remcook good luck! May 9 2008, 07:58 AM climber Not as scary as an EDL but good luck anyway!
I... May 9 2008, 11:17 AM nprev Speaking as a current LA dweller born & raised... May 9 2008, 08:15 PM nprev Huh. There are 4 or 5 new condo towers going up ri... May 9 2008, 08:30 PM djellison This one's a few decades old. A really really... May 9 2008, 08:48 PM nprev Ah, yes, developers...everybody's favorite peo... May 9 2008, 08:54 PM Zeke4ther Dan, good luck on your house move. I will envy yo... May 10 2008, 04:47 AM dvandorn Yes, good luck to you, Doug on the transfer. I ha... May 10 2008, 05:15 AM DEChengst After firing "dig" at several nameserver... May 10 2008, 03:41 PM djellison Well - the transfer is done. Currently, the DNS h... May 10 2008, 03:42 PM DEChengst Just add the new server's IP address to the lo... May 10 2008, 03:50 PM dvandorn OK -- it's about ten minutes since I noted in ... May 10 2008, 04:20 PM dvandorn Must be propogating out pretty fast -- control pan... May 10 2008, 04:28 PM Tesheiner Got it!
First attempt half an hour ago pointed... May 10 2008, 04:35 PM Stu All's well here too... good to be back! May 10 2008, 04:38 PM Greg Hullender Wow. I'm impressed how snappy it is now!
... May 10 2008, 05:05 PM djellison Yup - if you can post, you're on the new site.... May 10 2008, 05:05 PM dvandorn Response times for pretty much all functions are n... May 10 2008, 05:14 PM djellison Page process times show on the bottom of the admin... May 10 2008, 05:27 PM elakdawalla QUOTE (djellison @ May 10 2008, 09:27 AM)... May 10 2008, 08:33 PM djellison QUOTE (elakdawalla @ May 10 2008, 09:33 P... May 10 2008, 09:51 PM nprev Got it...and it's rippin'!!!... May 10 2008, 05:54 PM DEChengst QUOTE (nprev @ May 10 2008, 07:54 PM) I r... May 10 2008, 06:26 PM djellison That will be one of the steps taken by my server m... May 10 2008, 07:02 PM nprev Thinkin' we should call this a success...damn,... May 10 2008, 08:39 PM nprev Just for testing purposes, a noted member & I ... May 10 2008, 08:58 PM nprev Sometimes probability doesn't suck, by definit... May 10 2008, 11:22 PM Zeke4ther Nice and fast!! May 11 2008, 12:42 AM stevesliva Wow, this is indeed MUCH faster. Thank you Doug... May 11 2008, 08:43 PM mhoward I'm impressed. I thought my mediocre Internet ... May 11 2008, 09:01 PM Shaka Amazing, but I'm concerned about one thing.
D... May 12 2008, 12:52 AM dvandorn Well, after a full day of using the forum on the n... May 12 2008, 01:43 AM nprev Second that as well; this is a quantum leap. Gonna... May 12 2008, 02:17 AM edstrick I'm not sure that what's important is that... May 12 2008, 02:59 AM nprev It just loads at lightspeed for me no matter what.... May 13 2008, 02:04 AM Tesheiner I'm pretty sure the server is located quite fa... May 13 2008, 07:47 AM climber Significantly faster for me too, in South of Franc... May 13 2008, 04:09 PM djellison We've got an issue on the new server with regi... May 14 2008, 11:03 PM nprev There always has to be one damn bug, doesn't t... May 14 2008, 11:10 PM djellison DO IT - I dare you. May 14 2008, 11:11 PM ElkGroveDan chunked May 14 2008, 11:12 PM nprev Ha-HA!!!!! Man has triumphed o... May 14 2008, 11:25 PM djellison Ahh - our PHP compile doesn't include the GD l... May 15 2008, 09:05 AM Phil Stooke Maybe Bob will be able to get back on now...?
Phi... May 15 2008, 02:23 PM djellison CAPTCHA now working with the GD library - I'll... May 15 2008, 04:49 PM climber I had to enter my username and password again (nor... May 15 2008, 05:50 PM ElkGroveDan If you are losing the password cookie, try using w... May 15 2008, 05:56 PM climber QUOTE (ElkGroveDan @ May 15 2008, 07:56 P... May 16 2008, 07:08 PM djellison I've switched to the stronghold cookie - which... May 15 2008, 06:07 PM Floyd I'm having trouble staying loged in. Bumped o... May 16 2008, 04:21 PM djellison I've switched back to the non-stronghold cooki... May 16 2008, 07:41 PM nprev Oooo...AWESOME new banner, Doug, thank you!... May 18 2008, 08:22 PM djellison The latest in a series of 'Pimp my banner... May 18 2008, 09:12 PM nprev Obviously. Astro0 is a Mac Daddy pimp then...well ... May 18 2008, 10:30 PM Astro0 PC Daddy actually. Photoshop Rules!
Astro0 May 18 2008, 10:40 PM nprev PC Daddy it is then...nevertheless, thank you... May 18 2008, 11:22 PM nprev Doug, I just dumped my entire cache (finally), and... May 22 2008, 03:23 AM djellison You shouldn't, I certainly don't. Not a f... May 22 2008, 08:23 AM nprev Yeah, seems to have been me; it's working fine... May 22 2008, 11:57 AM djellison Well that was interesting. No idea of a cause for... May 23 2008, 12:56 AM nprev #1: GO TO BED & READ THIS LATER!!... May 23 2008, 02:13 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (nprev @ May 22 2008, 09:13 PM) #1:... May 23 2008, 02:20 AM nprev <grumble>...ya just gotta worry about the gu... May 23 2008, 02:23 AM centsworth_II QUOTE (nprev @ May 22 2008, 09:23 PM) ...... May 23 2008, 02:26 AM elakdawalla QUOTE (centsworth_II @ May 22 2008, 07:26... May 23 2008, 02:55 AM nprev Oh, yeah, THAT lasts forever... . My warranty r... May 23 2008, 02:38 AM nprev Would you believe two tornadoes that skirted the s... May 23 2008, 04:22 AM PhilCo126 Just emphasizing that the new server switch couldn... May 26 2008, 08:41 AM nprev Wondering that myself; we got 124 people on right ... May 26 2008, 03:46 PM Tesheiner 160 people right now. No doubt that we would have ... May 26 2008, 03:57 PM djellison I'll give it a day or two, and then show the b... May 26 2008, 05:00 PM ElkGroveDan QUOTE (djellison @ May 26 2008, 09:00 AM)... May 26 2008, 05:07 PM djellison Forum time is BST (so 1810 right now ) - but the r... May 26 2008, 05:10 PM jmjawors Speaking of time zones, I've noticed a problem... May 31 2008, 06:42 PM djellison Thought people might enjoy this - UMSF over the pa... Jun 10 2008, 02:13 PM climber QUOTE (djellison @ Jun 10 2008, 04:13 PM)... Jun 10 2008, 03:01 PM djellison Week 21 on '08 saw 39 registrations.
That... Jun 10 2008, 03:19 PM nprev Well, the server just withstood a 5.6 earthquake a... Jul 29 2008, 07:33 PM ElkGroveDan I heard it was down in Chino Hills. I called a fr... Jul 29 2008, 08:01 PM dvandorn I guess it's apropos to ask here, then -- ever... Jul 29 2008, 08:02 PM elakdawalla All's fine here. I think anything under magni... Jul 29 2008, 08:12 PM nprev Yeah, all's well here in downtown LA, but it r... Jul 29 2008, 08:15 PM djellison FYI - still working from the donations pot - the s... Nov 30 2008, 11:29 PM Astro0 Hmmm, only until June '09.
Time to start think... Dec 1 2008, 03:23 AM PhilCo126 Next time ( MSL 2009 ) I'll double my donatio... Dec 1 2008, 07:50 AM PhilCo126 With MSL being delayed, we'll need to find ano... Dec 6 2008, 10:22 AM |
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