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BGonaSTICK · 12-10-06, 09:29 AM

Advance warning that the site will be closed while we switch hosting companies in the next day or two.

The DNS ripple will take up to 48 hours to reach the far corners of the planet, but we'll bring the site back up on the new server after 24. This will also give plenty of time for testing and setup.

We are about to hit our bandwidth capacity, so it's time for an upgrade! The site seems to perform quite well on the current host, but the server we're moving to is faster still, and gives us a lot more room to grow.

More disk space and 25gig of bandwidth a month will see us move up to the next level.

Any significant news regarding the switch will be posted on the front page.

Thanks for your understanding and continued support.

STICK

BGonaSTICK · 13-10-06, 01:04 AM

OK, all done

Back to 'business as usual'!

The next upgrade will be to the forum software itself, when SMF 1.1 Final is released. It won't be for a while, and it shouldn't cause much of an outage. I'll try to give everyone plenty of warning, unlike this time

I just had a spare couple of days and decided to bite the bullet before it bit me :spite:

STICK

Jimdefruit · 13-10-06, 12:58 PM

That didn't hurt, did it? Well it didn't at this end anyway.

Well done Stick.

BGonaSTICK · 13-10-06, 01:09 PM

Not too bad.

All satellitehelp.co.uk email is broken, the portal RSS feeds are trashed and the visitor counter still needs fixing, but it's getting there

nanochickin · 13-10-06, 04:26 PM

Blimey talk about going cold turkey!

Good to see it up and running again and yes it does seem faster, although the real test will be after 6pm. :?

Well done Stick

diapason · 13-10-06, 11:01 PM

Everything seems to be working well - well done!!

12-10-06, 09:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 166 Times in 60 Posts	Satellite Help down for maintenance today or tomorrow for 24 hours Advance warning that the site will be closed while we switch hosting companies in the next day or two. The DNS ripple will take up to 48 hours to reach the far corners of the planet, but we'll bring the site back up on the new server after 24. This will also give plenty of time for testing and setup. We are about to hit our bandwidth capacity, so it's time for an upgrade! The site seems to perform quite well on the current host, but the server we're moving to is faster still, and gives us a lot more room to grow. More disk space and 25gig of bandwidth a month will see us move up to the next level. Any significant news regarding the switch will be posted on the front page. Thanks for your understanding and continued support. STICK __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

13-10-06, 01:04 AM	#2 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 166 Times in 60 Posts	Re: Satellite Help down for maintenance today or tomorrow for 24 hours OK, all done Back to 'business as usual'! The next upgrade will be to the forum software itself, when SMF 1.1 Final is released. It won't be for a while, and it shouldn't cause much of an outage. I'll try to give everyone plenty of warning, unlike this time I just had a spare couple of days and decided to bite the bullet before it bit me :spite: STICK __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

13-10-06, 12:58 PM	#3 (permalink)
Jimdefruit Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2,858 Thanks: 20 Thanked 221 Times in 187 Posts	Re: Satellite Help down for maintenance today or tomorrow for 24 hours That didn't hurt, did it? Well it didn't at this end anyway. Well done Stick. __________________ Dreambox 800 HD; Dreambox 7000s + VBox + Channel Master 1.2 with 36v actuator CM120 feedhorn and Invacom .3 LNB Skystar 2 PCI card with links to my Dreamboxes If you like what you see here, tell your friends.

13-10-06, 01:09 PM	#4 (permalink)
BGonaSTICK Dodgy Geezer Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Brighton Posts: 9,718 Thanks: 3 Thanked 166 Times in 60 Posts	Re: Satellite Help down for maintenance today or tomorrow for 24 hours Not too bad. All satellitehelp.co.uk email is broken, the portal RSS feeds are trashed and the visitor counter still needs fixing, but it's getting there __________________ Dreambox 7000, Skystar2 PCI, Skystar USB, Fibo 90cm on Moteck SG2100, Triax TD110 multi-LNB. Sky + ART cards. 45.0°E - 58.0°W

13-10-06, 04:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
nanochickin Retired Mod & Sat Guru Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Wolverhampton Posts: 3,825 Thanks: 46 Thanked 338 Times in 270 Posts	Re: Satellite Help down for maintenance today or tomorrow for 24 hours Blimey talk about going cold turkey! Good to see it up and running again and yes it does seem faster, although the real test will be after 6pm. :? Well done Stick __________________ Sanity is nothing more than an excuse to be boring

13-10-06, 11:01 PM	#6 (permalink)
diapason Resident Organgrinder Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Paisley, Scotland Posts: 526 Thanks: 11 Thanked 5 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Satellite Help down for maintenance today or tomorrow for 24 hours Everything seems to be working well - well done!! __________________ An eight foot long diapason sounds bottom C Technomate 1000D Super, Two dishes receiving three satellites