2009-09-22: We are moving host

[infoxicated]

Over the next couple of days we'll be moving to a new server.

This will cause disruption due to the fact the forum will have to be turned off during the transition. This is to stop things getting all out of whack due to time differences between the current host and the new one - nothing I can do about that, so please bear with me.

Or bare with me, if you like... nothing wrong with getting nekkid while things are a bit up in the air.

Anyhow, I'll be copying the forum over to the new host tonight and once that's done I'll lock it down this one. There's currently >230Mb of content on the forum - with a little luck it'll make it to the new server unscathed.

[Lance]

lol. "bare". Although relative to the move, I guess that's "defininAtely" a "sepErate" issue, "to".

Only 230 MB? I guess I thought it would be more with the memberfiles on the non-forum portion of the "sight".

[mdhay]

Only 230 MB? I guess I thought it would be more with the memberfiles on the non-forum portion of the "sight".

It's actually suprising, considering the amount of posts here. What are these memberfiles you speak of? I'm sure I know, but I can't remember for the life of me.

[Lance]

The members on the main site have a moderate amount of space on the WZ server to store their own pics and such.

[mdhay]

Oh, like attachments? That'd explain the size of the content.

Edit: I know what you mean now. Silly me.

[infoxicated]

I'm just talking about text content above, which is pretty large because text compresses a lot.

The actual files take up quite a bit of space, too, and I'd forgotten about the files hosted on the main site. Moving might well break that, so I'll need to take a good look at how it can be re-implemented on the new host, as I had to set it up in a particular way on the current server.

It might be that those assets are the last thing to make the transition, because my focus will be on the forum initially.

[mdhay]

Yeah, the forum is proabably the first thing that should make the transition - I don't think anybody would be miffed if the file storage thing took a bit longer.

[stin]

No Zone for couple of days!, got a helpline for addicts?

Not a problem mate.

stevie

[Aeroracer]

why are we moving to new server..is this going to make things better for the site..

[KIGO1987]

No Zone for couple of days!, got a helpline for addicts?

Not a problem mate.

stevie

I survived for 24 days quite well, its possible

[infoxicated]

why are we moving to new server..is this going to make things better for the site..

1. Because the old server contract is being terminated.

2. Possibly.

[Darkdrium777]

Well now it's done. Seems to be working again.

[infoxicated]

^ Not entirely.

Right. Well. That went a bit more rubbish than I hoped.

So we're still in the same place as we were when I shut the forum down a few hours ago.

Essentially... well, something went wrong with the database export and I waited it out for a few hours because I thought it was doing something. It wasn't. But then it did. So now I have a database export and no time left to import it onto the new server because I want to go to sleep.

I'll have another go tomorrow night and hopefully I can make it happen. Until then, carry on as normal.

Oh, it would help if folk emptied out their PM boxes of old messages they don't need - the table that holds all that stuff is 10Mb by itself and it'd be a good place to trim some fat.

[Darkdrium777]

Oh... That sucks. I'll work on my PM box.

[KIGO1987]

done

[stin]

Ok, I will do that till I get home from my work!

[KGB]

Deleted

[Zoth-Ommog]

Did my part as well

[Rapier Racer]

*Wonders off to vast mountain of PM's...*

And away they go.

[stin]

Job`s done!

stevie