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Server migration! (Complete!)


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Hey there everyone!

Believe it or not, the site and forum have been living on the same sever for more than a decade! In computer years, that's like 100 million and 3 years, give or take a year or 2 million. Basically, the forum is being served by a Stegosaurus, or something like that. It also turns out that a comet is about to destroy the very part of the datacenter housing our server, so there's that tiny detail too.

Anyways, the server is really, really old, and it's living in a really old building that's about to be demolished pretty soon. Seriously, this is all true, I promise! So, I've spent a lot of time building a new server environment elsewhere which should be easier to maintain and upgrade, and it should cost a lot less to run! It also seems to run a bit faster/smoother, and we'll have the benefit of running on all the latest and greatest server software! :holiday:

I'm planning on running the final part of the migration on Wednesday, 9/26, which is basically the part where the forum database is moved over to the new server.

My plan is to take the board offline on Wednesday night, copy over the database, run the final maintenance steps, and then update the DNS to point to the new server. For you, this update should be completely painless, except for the fact that the forum will be offline for awhile (oh noes?). I'll update this topic when the work is complete!

If you have questions, or just want to post pictures of your favorite dinosaurs to celebrate the life (and impending shutdown) of the old server, please do so in this topic!

Cheers,
Sal :santa:

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15 hours ago, Sobend said:

Can't wait to wake up Thursday morning to that new server smell.

Hopefully it's not the smell of burnt electronics! :pirate2:

4 hours ago, Shooter585 said:

Thanks Sal

You're welcome! I haven't forgotten this place! ?

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  • Salmoneus changed the title to Server migration! (Complete!)

This work is now complete! The main website and forum are both running on a shiny, brand-new server! Things appear to be working just fine, but let me know if you notice anything amiss. :smile:

It's a bit of a bittersweet moment though -- after a decade of serving our community, the old server will be decommissioned once I'm sure the new setup is working properly. Hopefully it will be turned into new servers or shiny new iPhones or something!

Cheers! :ice:

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Hi Sal.

Yuan and Eggh says they are still IP banned. Yuan says he got IP banned when he posted "Test?", as he could not post in the mod board or send PMs.

They can't tell you about it since they're banned.

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15 hours ago, Un0 said:

Hi Sal.

Yuan and Eggh says they are still IP banned. Yuan says he got IP banned when he posted "Test?", as he could not post in the mod board or send PMs.

They can't tell you about it since they're banned.

thx Unoes!

now to see if I get banned again with this post :p

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Hey sal, since your formum migration the auto IP ban thing got much worse

No idea what happened but I think pretty much everyone is getting IP banned automatically if they log in frequently

and I get banned every time I try to respond to one of your posts (with your post quoted) or pm you

thins is another try to get a message out

we'll see if it gets through this time...

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