neil Posted 26 August 2003 Share Posted 26 August 2003 Hello everyone, We (Ikiji) are moving to a new datacentre with improved response times and 24 hour technicians. The server move is planned for later on today and will hopefully be seemless Please keep a copy of any posts you make in Notepad/Wordpad just incase you need to post them again if the new posts are not reflected on the new server. Many thanks Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 26 August 2003 Share Posted 26 August 2003 Sounds wonderful - when's it due to be completed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted 26 August 2003 Author Share Posted 26 August 2003 The server move went ahead smoothly in no time but the update to the global DNS records will take 24 hours. At the moment if you go to http://forum.stirton.com you will be taken to the direct IP address - this is to try and prevent you posting on the old server and then losing posts when the DNS (global domain name server) records update. When I'm convinced the records are updated it will appear as http://forum.stirton.com again I also hope you notice the speed increase Faster server overall and less time to connect to it (almost half the time for me) than the old server. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjb1604 Posted 27 August 2003 Share Posted 27 August 2003 Neil, Much quicker even through our slow and clunky firewall at work Simon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted 27 August 2003 Author Share Posted 27 August 2003 Less 'hops' to the datacentre (about half) from most UK ISPs combined with the faster server makes all the difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 27 August 2003 Share Posted 27 August 2003 Much faster and you found my lost posts Looking good neil... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted 27 August 2003 Author Share Posted 27 August 2003 Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted 27 August 2003 Author Share Posted 27 August 2003 I've now reverted the forum back to the usual http://forum.stirton.com as I believe everyone should now be looking at the new server... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted 6 December 2004 Author Share Posted 6 December 2004 Well the time has come for further improvements, we (Ikiji) are moving to a UK based datacentre with some nice new servers. The upgrade will be taking place this coming weekend and will mean a period of time where some of you will be pointing at the old server and some of you pointing at the new - obiously this can mean posts getting lost. Hence once some of the details are confirmed and the forum is copied over to the new server, I will redirect this copy (i.e. on the old server) to the new one but you will see the IP address in the bar at the top instead of http://forum.stirton.com Things will be even faster after the move, especially if you are UK based. All I ask is that you bear with me this weekend and maybe try and keep the posts to a minimum on Saturday. Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted 6 December 2004 Share Posted 6 December 2004 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;forum.stirton.com. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: forum.stirton.com. 14400 IN A 69.57.168.29 you could always wind the TTL down from 14400 to say 900 (i5 minutes) temproarily, to give a nice fast turnaround at the weekend , put it back again when its all settled? ... thats what I normally do for server moves, limits the time of confusion and makes it quicker to put it right when/if it all explodes in a ball of flames Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted 7 December 2004 Author Share Posted 7 December 2004 Don't worry about it Robin, it's in hand Just preparing you guys for a little disruption Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted 11 December 2004 Author Share Posted 11 December 2004 That's the move done and if you are reading this, then your ISP's records have also updated to point to the new server. Many thanks Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted 11 November 2010 Author Share Posted 11 November 2010 We're migrating some of our older web servers to brand new Dell hardware. The new web servers will give our customers a noticeable improvement in performance and will continue to provide them with a dependable hosting platform. This upgrade is to take place on Friday 12th November during the time window 23:00 – 00:00. During this time we will power down the old server and bring up the new one, there will be approximately 15 minutes downtime for http (web pages) and therefore the forum wil be unavailable during this time. Thanks Neil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil Posted 13 November 2010 Author Share Posted 13 November 2010 All gone to plan and hopefully you notice the site loads even faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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