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The server that holds Medusa is being physically relocated to a new facility in the next two weeks. I'll have a temporary server in place while the moe is happening, but due to the vagueries of DNS updates, shipping schedules, holidays here in the USA, etc, it is possible that Medusa will be unavailable for several days.
Once the physical move is close to imminent I'll post with more information. Until then, just be forwarned that there may be several days wherin you have to step away from the computer and go outside or something.
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Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:14 pm
Cripes ! This is currently my only connection with the outside world - i have the Mother / Father-in-law staying (10 days in and no sign of the end....) and the forum is my only respite in the hour a day that i'm allowed not to be up a ladder / painting / plastering etc. Don't leave me here on my own too long!
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Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:17 pm
With luck there'll be no gap for you at all. Fingers crossed, eh?Caukill wrote:Don't leave me here on my own too long!
“I know all those people that were in the film [...] But that’s when they were young and strong and full of life, you know?”
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Mon Nov 21, 2005 11:47 pm
DzM, You run a top notch site here. Just wondering about the initiation fee I was charged upon registration. The $50 check I sent cleared the bank, but was signed C. Manson #3917364256. ??????????
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And thank you for that. Bought me a grade-A pack of cigs.derelict81 wrote:The $50 check I sent cleared the bank, but was signed C. Manson #3917364256. ??????????
“I know all those people that were in the film [...] But that’s when they were young and strong and full of life, you know?”
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Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:11 am
Just wondering, when you put up the temporary server, will information posted on it be lost when the original is put back up, or will it be transferred over?
e.g. I post on the temporary server, but the posts are killed when the regular one is back.
e.g. I post on the temporary server, but the posts are killed when the regular one is back.
“An’ this is the last of Brummy,” he said, leaning on his spade and looking away over the tops of the ragged gums on the distant range.
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Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:22 am
Short answer:TheIrishRover wrote:Just wondering, when you put up the temporary server, will information posted on it be lost when the original is put back up, or will it be transferred over?
e.g. I post on the temporary server, but the posts are killed when the regular one is back.
Your posts during the transition will continue to haunt you for years to come.
Long answer:
1) The temporary server (Server B) is brought online. It will have a complete copy of the data currently on this server (Server A).
2) DNS records are changed to point to Server B rather than Server A.
3) Server A will have the database changed to read only preventing new data from being posted to it.
4) As the DNS changes propagate you will slowly find yourself being directed to Server B and able to post (unless you're looking at IP addresses you really shouldn't see a difference).
5) I will then take a weekend road-trip to retrieve Server A from its current home in Portland, OR.
6) I'll perform some much needed hardware and OS updating to Server A.
7) Server A will be brought back online at the new colo facility (only two hours from my house instead of the current 10+ hours). All data will be transferred from Server B to Server A.
8) Server B will be shut down and the IP address reassigned to Server A.
9) There will be rejoicing in the streets, rainbows will cover the sky, and fluffy bunnies will romp through the green fields with unicorns. Why? Because clearly steps 1 through 8 happened in some kind of alternate universe where everything goes smoothly and according to plan rather than this universe where things explode and I get annoyed and end up spending many, many days not sleeping as I try to fix whatever blew up.
Ta-da!
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Tue Nov 22, 2005 2:00 pm
That is the most awesome post I have seen in a long time... 
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If by "we" you mean "all of us" then no. You guys get to go on (hopefully) oblivious to all the machinations. But if be "we" you mean "DzM" then yes. I'll be sadly preoccupied with this for at least two or three weeks.firehazard wrote:You mean we'll have to do some work, DzM?
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Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:12 pm
Ah. Good luck, DzM. I was just worried that we all might have to stop browing Medusa and get back to earning a living...
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Tue Nov 22, 2005 5:18 pm
Aha! I had totally misunderstood and somehow thought you were offering to help Medusa with her move. I tend to forget that there are lives outside of Medusa too..firehazard wrote:Ah. Good luck, DzM. I was just worried that we all might have to stop browing Medusa and get back to earning a living...
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Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:08 pm
Does the sun still shine out there? Sun... Yes... Sun. Good... Medusa calls me... Tell me about the sun later... Sun is good...
I still have somewhat of a life.
I still have somewhat of a life.
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