Salmoneus 445 Posted September 25, 2018 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! 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 1 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sobend 959 Posted September 25, 2018 Can't wait to wake up Thursday morning to that new server smell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shooter585 193 Posted September 25, 2018 Thanks Sal Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmoneus 445 Posted September 26, 2018 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! 4 hours ago, Shooter585 said: Thanks Sal You're welcome! I haven't forgotten this place! ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmoneus 445 Posted September 27, 2018 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. 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! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sobend 959 Posted September 27, 2018 Ahhh that new server smell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guitarguy 644 Posted September 27, 2018 Oh boy, I can log in again! I probably could have used a proxy to log in earlier, but ain't nobody got time for that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Egghebrecht 370 Posted September 28, 2018 hurray and I can post again too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Salmoneus 445 Posted September 29, 2018 18 hours ago, Egghebrecht said: hurray and I can post again too Darn it, I forgot to add Egghe's IP to the server ban list! I mean... Welcome back Egghe!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chaoss 89 Posted September 30, 2018 Woohoo! Worried Sal's was lost for a minute there :) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Un0 10 Posted October 3, 2018 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sobend 959 Posted October 4, 2018 Why does Yuan get IP banned and Shooter585 gets to post all he wants? Really hurting my enjoyment of this forum atm. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shooter585 193 Posted October 4, 2018 19 minutes ago, Sobend said: Why does Yuan get IP banned and Shooter585 gets to post all he wants? Really hurting my enjoyment of this forum atm. Shhh or I will IP ban you too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sobend 959 Posted October 4, 2018 16 minutes ago, Shooter585 said: Shhh or I will IP ban you too. This post literally got Shooter585 IP banned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Egghebrecht 370 Posted October 4, 2018 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Egghebrecht 370 Posted October 4, 2018 5 hours ago, Sobend said: This post literally got Shooter585 IP banned. trying to post in this thread got me banned on 3 different IP's too Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Egghebrecht 370 Posted October 4, 2018 And IP banned again from one of my ip’s... sigh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Darkest 18 Posted October 5, 2018 I've not gone 12 years on this damn forum just to get IP banned. Praying it doesn't happen to me too! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Egghebrecht 370 Posted October 10, 2018 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... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuanrang 410 Posted October 12, 2018 I just posted "Test?" in this thread and that gave me my IP Ban. It is indeed going haywire, and well.. I am still IP banned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Egghebrecht 370 Posted October 27, 2018 On 9/26/2018 at 5:20 AM, Salmoneus said: Hopefully it's not the smell of burnt electronics! You're welcome! I haven't forgotten this place! ? test one two test one two if this gets through it's fixed! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuanrang 410 Posted October 30, 2018 Not necessarily. My messages got through, but I was immediately banned after. Come to think about it, this might ban me too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Egghebrecht 370 Posted October 30, 2018 29 minutes ago, Yuanrang said: Not necessarily. My messages got through, but I was immediately banned after. Come to think about it, this might ban me too. no more problems here for now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuanrang 410 Posted November 2, 2018 On 10/30/2018 at 8:08 PM, Egghebrecht said: no more problems here for now I could ban you for nostalgia's sake if you miss those issues? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
