[Tony(admin)]

On Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday of this week, you may find MUT's forums shut off and not allowing registrations/threads/posts for approx 24-72 hours.

Basically what I'll do is this: I will shut off the old server's message board. Then we'll do our dump of the database info and copy to the new server(seems easy, but it's a ton of data). Once that is done, I'll change MUT's DNS (domain name server's IP) then activate, or turn on, the boards on the new server while the name propagates down through the web.

The end result is that for most of you users, after I change DNS, will hit the old server for a period of 6-18 hours. If you come to the site and see the boards turned off, you are on the old server and will have to continue to check back often to see if the site is back on. Some will hit the new server sooner than others and that's out of our control.

If you come and see the site online, you will be ready to post away!

[daer0n]

omg that sounds confusing lol
i see some mut withdrawals coming :s
Thanks for letting us know Tony

[MissElaine]

Withdrawls is right, daer0n!!! That's exciting about the new server stuff, but what am I going to do?!?!

[KatJ]

Originally Posted by daer0n

omg that sounds confusing lol
i see some mut withdrawals coming :s
Thanks for letting us know Tony

Seriously. Hmmmm, maybe I'll actually try having a life? Haven't done that in a while, lol.

[Darla_G]

Originally Posted by Tony(admin)

On Tuesday or Wednesday or Thursday of this week, you may find MUT's forums shut off and not allowing registrations/threads/posts for approx 24-72 hours.

Basically what I'll do is this: I will shut off the old server's message board. Then we'll do our dump of the database info and copy to the new server(seems easy, but it's a ton of data). Once that is done, I'll change MUT's DNS (domain name server's IP) then activate, or turn on, the boards on the new server while the name propagates down through the web.

The end result is that for most of you users, after I change DNS, will hit the old server for a period of 6-18 hours. If you come to the site and see the boards turned off, you are on the old server and will have to continue to check back often to see if the site is back on. Some will hit the new server sooner than others and that's out of our control.

If you come and see the site online, you will be ready to post away!

question: couldn't you just give out the new IP if anyone wanted it? (it is static) I mean before DNS is propagated? iust wondering..

[Kookie-for-COCO]

Sounds reall techno to me!!!

[Karren_Hutton]

Nooooooooo.......... Ohh well... Guess I'll have to ...... clean my office.... Do some work....... Rebuild one of the cars....... Remodel the house....... Lol. Noooooooooo

[Karren_Hutton]

Is it soup yet? Lol. If so then that was quicker than expected?

[Darla_G]

Tony,
we can see you made the appropriate offering to the Cutover Gods so it went well. just like you said it would . Congrats.

[Karren_Hutton]

So where's the photos of this new baby?? And stats!! CPus? Speed? Storage... Drive rpm?? What are you doing with the old one?

Inquiring minds want to know!! .

[Darla_G]

Originally Posted by Karren_Hutton

So where's the photos of this new baby?? And stats!! CPus? Speed? Storage... Drive rpm?? What are you doing with the old one?

Inquiring minds want to know!! .

ooh that would be an interesting one plots of drive rpm vs time,,,,,,,,zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

if you're thinking of interesting stats/information & maybe some of this exists already:

• Number of unique users
• Number of posts/avg posts per person
• A map of the world with all the countries represented both for members and page views. I think the world wide representation is real interesting

[Tony(admin)]

Originally Posted by Darla_G

Tony,
we can see you made the appropriate offering to the Cutover Gods so it went well. just like you said it would . Congrats.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Karren_Hutton

So where's the photos of this new baby?? And stats!! CPus? Speed? Storage... Drive rpm?? What are you doing with the old one?

Inquiring minds want to know!! .

LOL, it's in a secret underground bunker lol

Originally Posted by Darla_G

ooh that would be an interesting one plots of drive rpm vs time,,,,,,,,zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

if you're thinking of interesting stats/information & maybe some of this exists already:

• Number of unique users
• Number of posts/avg posts per person
• A map of the world with all the countries represented both for members and page views. I think the world wide representation is real interesting

Number of unique users = MANY ;-) and yes they exist already

[Karren_Hutton]

Hahaha. Well turn on the wireless bunker web cam!!

Ohhh and stats like posts / unique user Id / operating minute / country / state * Gross National Product / speed of light in furlongs per fortnight are sooooo insightful.....