Site migration: Mu-43 moving to a new host.

[Amin Sabet]

Dear mu-43 members:

We will be moving to a new host, which should be a better fit for our needs going forward. This will require a brief period of site closure on Thursday, April 22 beginning at 8:30 AM EST (-6GMT).

The site is expected to be inaccessible for approximately 4-6 hours. The actual server migration doesn't take very long. Most of that time is waiting for DNS propagation.

Thank you for your patience with this move. I've done quite a bit of research and feel confident that our new hosting company will deliver excellent performance and reliability.

Amin

 

[ajramirez]

Is it Wednesday the 21st or Thursday the 22nd?

Regards,

Antonio

 

[Amin Sabet]

Good catch, Antonio. I fixed it. Should read Thursday the 22nd. Thanks!

 

[josef]

You mean, on the DAY of the big Olympus firmware update?! We'll have so much to talk about!! Just kidding.. we'll manage.. i hope the migration goes well. Great site by the way.

 

[Brian Mosley]

So the site was down a while ago, and now it's back... have we done yet?

Cheers

Brian

 

[SimonL]

oh dear

Amin,

I hope you realise that by using the corporatespeak phrase "going forward" you have reduced yourself to the rank of 'corporate suit that carries a camera' down from 'talented, dedicated photographer' :smile:

You'll have to work hard in the coming months to regain your credibility

 

[Amin Sabet]

So the site was down a while ago, and now it's back... have we done yet?

Cheers

Brian

No, not even started yet. Should be happening in about 3 hours.

 

[Amin Sabet]

Amin,

I hope you realise that by using the corporatespeak phrase "going forward" you have reduced yourself to the rank of 'corporate suit that carries a camera' down from 'talented, dedicated photographer' :smile:

You'll have to work hard in the coming months to regain your credibility

I've never worked in a corporate environment, so I plead ignorance .

 

[Streetshooter]

I've never worked in a corporate environment, so I plead ignorance .

Excuses excuses.... no credibility for you....

 

[BBW]

I've never worked in a corporate environment, so I plead ignorance .

Be thankful you've never worked in one!

 

[Amin Sabet]

The migration is now done. Took about 1.5 hours :smile:.

Posts made during the 10 minute window just prior to the backup may have been lost due to the migration service closing the boards ~10 min late. Sorry for any inconvenience!

So far I've noticed that very large image uploads to the Gallery are giving an error, and I've asked the host to look into that (Edit: fixed)

Please have a look around and let me know if anything is broken. We'll try to get any kinks worked out asap.

 

[mabelsound]

Feels nice and snappy--nice work.

 

[Amin Sabet]

Thanks, John, that's good to hear!

 

[Djarum]

Excelent work. I'd buy you a drink if I could.

 

[ajramirez]

Amin,

For some reason, ever since the migration I cannot access the site from my Blackberry. I tried shutting it down and removing the battery, but to no avail. I continue to get the message that the migration is in process.

Regards,

Antonio

 

[Streetshooter]

Antonio,
Try clearing your cookies, & cache.
That should work....
There were many problems with the Iphone also but it's ok now.....
shooter

 

[ajramirez]

Shooter,

Cleared the cache. Works like a charm now.

Thanks a bunch!

Antonio

 

[Streetshooter]

Glad to help brother.....
Don