UMSF - Server Switch 10th & 11th May |
UMSF - Server Switch 10th & 11th May |
 May 8 2008, 03:53 PM
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Founder  Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1  |
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 12 2008, 02:59 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1870 Joined: 20-February 05 Member No.: 174 |
I'm not sure that what's important is that the board is exactly "faster", in some respects, though it is.
But, so far, it doesn't have short, extended, or long pauses, and it doesn't just "hang" as though the net connection between me and it had died. |
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May 13 2008, 02:04 AM
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 Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
It just loads at lightspeed for me no matter what. I'd swear I was on a LAN site instead of the Net. Dunno; maybe I live just a few blocks from the server?
-------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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May 13 2008, 07:47 AM
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Senior Member Group: Moderator Posts: 4279 Joined: 19-April 05 From: .br at .es Member No.: 253 |
I'm pretty sure the server is located quite far from my location here in Spain, and the change was significant.
What I always do after checking in is look for new posts and open each new thread of interest in a separate tab. Just a few clicks and I have a number of pages loading simultaneously on the browser. This process was taking a significant time on the previous server but now the time is almost irrelevant. |
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May 13 2008, 04:09 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
Significantly faster for me too, in South of France; which means about the same distance from the server as Edouardo
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May 14 2008, 11:03 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
We've got an issue on the new server with registrations - the security CAPTCHA image isn't being generated. If you're trying to register, and can't - drop me an email ( djellison@mac.com ) and I'll do it the manual way. We're working the problem, hopefully we'll figure it out soon.
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May 14 2008, 11:10 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
There always has to be one damn bug, doesn't there?
Speaking of which...has anyone yet tried typing The Word That Must Not Be Typed yet? (I don't wanna do it!) -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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May 14 2008, 11:11 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
DO IT - I dare you.
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May 14 2008, 11:12 PM
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 Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
chunked
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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May 14 2008, 11:25 PM
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Merciless Robot Group: Admin Posts: 8783 Joined: 8-December 05 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 602 |
Ha-HA!!!!! Man has triumphed over machine!!!!!
 (I wanted an admin to do it; damned if I was gonna be blamed for screwing up the brand-new server!!!!) -------------------- A few will take this knowledge and use this power of a dream realized as a force for change, an impetus for further discovery to make less ancient dreams real.
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May 15 2008, 09:05 AM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
Ahh - our PHP compile doesn't include the GD libraries required to do things like generate the thumbnails, produce the CAPTCHA graphic etc. Hopefully the server-admins will do that today. I'll then do a complete thumbnail rebuild to bring things up to speed
 Update There may be some downtime in over the next 24 hrs to get this sorted. |
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May 15 2008, 02:23 PM
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Solar System Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 10162 Joined: 5-April 05 From: Canada Member No.: 227 |
Maybe Bob will be able to get back on now...?
Phil -------------------- ... because the Solar System ain't gonna map itself.
Also to be found posting similar content on https://mastodon.social/@PhilStooke Maps for download (free PD: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...Cartography.pdf NOTE: everything created by me which I post on UMSF is considered to be in the public domain (NOT CC, public domain) |
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May 15 2008, 04:49 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
CAPTCHA now working with the GD library - I'll run a rebuild of thumbnails now as well.
Doug |
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May 15 2008, 05:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2920 Joined: 14-February 06 From: Very close to the Pyrénées Mountains (France) Member No.: 682 |
I had to enter my username and password again (normaly automatic on my computer); It happens once in a while. Anything to do with the change ?
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May 15 2008, 05:56 PM
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Senior Member Group: Admin Posts: 4763 Joined: 15-March 05 From: Glendale, AZ Member No.: 197 |
If you are losing the password cookie, try using www.unmannedspaceflight.com instead of just unmannedspaceflight.com
-------------------- If Occam had heard my theory, things would be very different now.
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May 15 2008, 06:07 PM
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Founder Group: Chairman Posts: 14432 Joined: 8-February 04 Member No.: 1 |
I've switched to the stronghold cookie - which is more robust than the usual one and would prevent a similar hack to the one that caused a virus to be linked-to from the foum previous.
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