(WEBSITE ONLY) Scheduled downtime 03/22/2014 @ 2:00PM EDT

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(WEBSITE ONLY) Scheduled downtime 03/22/2014 @ 2:00PM EDT

Postby Gen.Jersey » Thu Mar 20, 2014 7:00 pm

***This only affects the SRRP website, not our DOD:S server***

The servers that host the SRRP website will be brought down at 8:00PM EST on 03/22/2014 and will be moved from Scranton, PA to North Carolina.

The server provider is moving all of their customers at this time, and while they have given themselves a 12-hour window to complete the migration, I have very low expectations they will be able to meet this timeframe. About 18 months ago they migrated to a new datacenter which was only a 30 minute drive away and it took them 16 hours, so there is no way they can complete a move which includes an 8 hour drive in only 12 hours. I'd expect the site to be down for 24-36 hours.

I am very disappointed in the way they are handling this migration. I was only notified this afternoon, and 48 hour notice for such a major operation is almost unheard of in this industry. I have become increasingly more concerned about this provider over the past year or so -- the company was sold, tech support had sometimes been a bit slow, and there have been several changes in upper management, and now this sudden move. All of this indicates that the company might be experiencing severe internal issues.

I have decided that even if this migration does go smoothly, it is time to find a new provider. I have increased the frequency of off-site server backups from once a day to once every hour, and will start researching alternate providers as soon as possible.
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Re: (WEBSITE ONLY) Scheduled downtime 03/22/2014 @ 8:00PM ES

Postby Col.Stohr (RO) » Fri Mar 21, 2014 3:49 am

Sounds like a good idea.
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Re: (WEBSITE ONLY) Scheduled downtime 03/22/2014 @ 8:00PM ES

Postby Gen.Jersey » Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:29 am

I found a new provider, BuyVM. They are highly recommended by many as THE best low-cost provider for unmanaged VPS's. The pricing is slightly higher than BurstNET's, but I think it will be worth it.

I'll try my hardest to get everything migrated over before the old servers are shut down for the move to North Carolina, but it's a lot of work building 4 servers from scratch. An update on the status will be posted a few hours before the old servers go down.
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Re: (WEBSITE ONLY) Scheduled downtime 03/22/2014 @ 8:00PM ES

Postby Col.Stohr (RO) » Fri Mar 21, 2014 10:32 am

If there's anyway any that we members can help speed up the process, let us know.
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Re: (WEBSITE ONLY) Scheduled downtime 03/22/2014 @ 8:00PM ES

Postby Gen.Jersey » Fri Mar 21, 2014 5:50 pm

I'll be taking down the site Saturday morning (EDT) a several hours before the servers are scheduled to be moved. I'll work on getting things set up on the new servers as soon as possible, and plan to be finished sometime Sunday night.
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Re: (WEBSITE ONLY) Scheduled downtime 03/22/2014 @ 8:00PM ES

Postby Gen.Jersey » Sat Mar 22, 2014 5:17 am

I don't want to jinx myself, but so far things have been going smoothly building the servers with the new provider. Being back online on Sunday night is on track.

The site will be brought down at around 2:00PM EDT tomorrow (Saturday), about 9 hours from now.
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Re: (WEBSITE ONLY) Scheduled downtime 03/22/2014 @ 2:00PM ED

Postby Gen.Jersey » Sun Mar 23, 2014 3:07 am

Back online ahead of schedule!

I'll need to take the site down for a short time tomorrow (Sunday) in order to move the site's database to another server. To get us back online more quickly, I set up a single server to run both the webserver and database servers, instead of the usual setup, with one server for each. Once the database server is set up, I'll bring the site down and move the data over.

Please let me know if you notice any problems with the site not already listed below.
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Re: (WEBSITE ONLY) Scheduled downtime 03/22/2014 @ 2:00PM ED

Postby Sgt.Superman » Thu Apr 03, 2014 5:46 pm

Update:How are things gone so far?
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