CADTutor Posted March 17, 2009 Posted March 17, 2009 Advanced warning of down-time As this site and particularly this forum grow bigger and busier every day, there comes a point when we need a bigger place with more space and resources and room to expand in the future. Currently, the site is hosted on a VPS (Virtual Private Server) and we are getting close to capacity. So, sometime within the next 2 weeks, the site and the forum will be moving to our very own dedicated server. This will provide bags of room for future expansion. However, it also means that there will be some down-time on the forum. Possibly one or two days while the move takes place (or hopefully less than that). I aim to co-ordinate this down-time so that it happens over a weekend but I will keep you informed using this thread.
Strix Posted March 17, 2009 Posted March 17, 2009 Will we be having the vBulletin upgrade at the same time? Please post 'chat' replies in What will we do in the downtime?
Geoffers Posted March 17, 2009 Posted March 17, 2009 (hope the move goes better than most of my 'upgrades' etc; there is ALWAYS a problem:oops::oops:- but i assume you are a professional IT man for whom such things never happen:roll::roll:) keep up the good work
CADTutor Posted March 17, 2009 Author Posted March 17, 2009 Will we be having the vBulletin upgrade at the same time? NO! :wink:
Ritch7 Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 are there going to be any additional changes when movin to our own server?
CADTutor Posted March 18, 2009 Author Posted March 18, 2009 are there going to be any additional changes when movin to our own server? Nothing you'll notice although in theory things should be a little quicker but whether you experience that will largely depend on the quality of your broadband connection.
ReMark Posted March 18, 2009 Posted March 18, 2009 So it's really just a move to a bigger clubhouse and no programming changes. Sounds fine to me. I'm sure this is done all the time without any problems. What could possibly go wrong? Right?
zabilya Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 i just got comfortable here:shock: whats a new adress?
Tiger Posted March 20, 2009 Posted March 20, 2009 i just got comfortable here:shock: whats a new adress? Ad far as I understand, and I do think CadTutor would have said if it was something else - the site is just moving to a new server, but the domain is still the same.
CADTutor Posted March 21, 2009 Author Posted March 21, 2009 As far as I understand, and I do think CadTutor would have said if it was something else - the site is just moving to a new server, but the domain is still the same. That's correct, there will be no obvious change. This was just a forewarning of some down-time next weekend. More details soon. **regrets even mentioning it**
Lee Mac Posted March 21, 2009 Posted March 21, 2009 why is a fish a logo to this site Haha... see here...quite a discussion...
Strix Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 That's correct, there will be no obvious change. This was just a forewarning of some down-time next weekend. More details soon. **regrets even mentioning it**For some people, the mention of downtime is like discussing turning off a life-support machine
Tiger Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 For some people, the mention of downtime is like discussing turning off a life-support machine wait. you mean.. CadT is not the meaning of life?
Tiger Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 I thought that was '42'? ah right. *pju* go ahead and close the site CadTutor - we're covered
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