All,

dsource.org will have a planned outage tomorrow, Friday, March 2.

 * The site will be down most of the day, starting at 9am EST (GMT -5)

 * Duration is unknown, but I would expect 8 hours.  Hopefully it will be shorter.

 * We are transferring to slicehost.com hosting, so the result should be
stupid-fast everything and tons of bandwidth.  Also, the db locking problem
has been back the past week or two and I hope this move takes care of whatever
software package on the current server is causing it.

 * Unfortunately, this process is bound by the upstream bandwidth from the
current server to the slice.

 * To prevent write activities while doing the transfer (wiki, svn, forums,
tickets, etc.), the entire site needs to be down.  I am going to attempt some
configuration things, so the site possibly will be up read-only, but if that
doesn't work, the entire thing will be inaccessible.

 * I will be on Freenode IRC in #d as *boorad* for the /occasional/ status check.

 * I apologize if this message sounds like I'm treating you all as
crack-addict fiends who can't bear to be 'without' for any period of time.

Cheers,
BA

Brad Anderson wrote:
> dsource.org will have a planned outage tomorrow, Friday, March 2.
> 
>  * The site will be down most of the day, starting at 9am EST (GMT -5)
> 
>  * Duration is unknown, but I would expect 8 hours.  Hopefully it will be shorter.

>  * We are transferring to slicehost.com hosting, so the result should be
> stupid-fast everything and tons of bandwidth.  Also, the db locking problem
> has been back the past week or two and I hope this move takes care of whatever
> software package on the current server is causing it.

If this works as advertised ("fast & tons of bandwidth"), I'd say it would be well worth it. The slowness is the thing that annoys me most when browsing DSource.

>  * Unfortunately, this process is bound by the upstream bandwidth from the
> current server to the slice.
> 
>  * To prevent write activities while doing the transfer (wiki, svn, forums,
> tickets, etc.), the entire site needs to be down.  I am going to attempt some
> configuration things, so the site possibly will be up read-only, but if that
> doesn't work, the entire thing will be inaccessible.

Very much understandable. Good luck.

>  * I apologize if this message sounds like I'm treating you all as
> crack-addict fiends who can't bear to be 'without' for any period of time.

We'll survive :P.

Brad Anderson wrote:
> All,
> 
> dsource.org will have a planned outage tomorrow, Friday, March 2.
> 
>  * The site will be down most of the day, starting at 9am EST (GMT -5)
> 
>  * Duration is unknown, but I would expect 8 hours.  Hopefully it will be shorter.
> 
>  * We are transferring to slicehost.com hosting, so the result should be
> stupid-fast everything and tons of bandwidth.  Also, the db locking problem
> has been back the past week or two and I hope this move takes care of whatever
> software package on the current server is causing it.
> 
>  * Unfortunately, this process is bound by the upstream bandwidth from the
> current server to the slice.
> 
>  * To prevent write activities while doing the transfer (wiki, svn, forums,
> tickets, etc.), the entire site needs to be down.  I am going to attempt some
> configuration things, so the site possibly will be up read-only, but if that
> doesn't work, the entire thing will be inaccessible.
> 
>  * I will be on Freenode IRC in #d as *boorad* for the /occasional/ status check.
> 
>  * I apologize if this message sounds like I'm treating you all as
> crack-addict fiends who can't bear to be 'without' for any period of time.
> 
> Cheers,
> BA

Good news! Slicehost.com is the best, make sure to take advantage of the live chat, the sysadmins are almost always on when they are working and quite helpful.

"Brad Anderson" <brad@dsource.org> wrote in message news:es6pch$2iua$1@digitalmars.com...
> All,
>
> dsource.org will have a planned outage tomorrow, Friday, March 2.
>
> * The site will be down most of the day, starting at 9am EST (GMT -5)
>
> * Duration is unknown, but I would expect 8 hours.  Hopefully it will be shorter.
>
> * We are transferring to slicehost.com hosting, so the result should be
> stupid-fast everything and tons of bandwidth.  Also, the db locking
> problem
> has been back the past week or two and I hope this move takes care of
> whatever
> software package on the current server is causing it.

Yaaaay!

> * Unfortunately, this process is bound by the upstream bandwidth from the current server to the slice.
>
> * To prevent write activities while doing the transfer (wiki, svn, forums,
> tickets, etc.), the entire site needs to be down.  I am going to attempt
> some
> configuration things, so the site possibly will be up read-only, but if
> that
> doesn't work, the entire thing will be inaccessible.
>
> * I will be on Freenode IRC in #d as *boorad* for the /occasional/ status check.
>
> * I apologize if this message sounds like I'm treating you all as crack-addict fiends who can't bear to be 'without' for any period of time.

But... I am!

Brad Anderson wrote:
> All,
> 
> dsource.org will have a planned outage tomorrow, Friday, March 2.
> 
>  * The site will be down most of the day, starting at 9am EST (GMT -5)
> 
>  * Duration is unknown, but I would expect 8 hours.  Hopefully it will be shorter.
> 
>  * We are transferring to slicehost.com hosting, so the result should be
> stupid-fast everything and tons of bandwidth.  Also, the db locking problem
> has been back the past week or two and I hope this move takes care of whatever
> software package on the current server is causing it.
> 
>  * Unfortunately, this process is bound by the upstream bandwidth from the
> current server to the slice.
> 
>  * To prevent write activities while doing the transfer (wiki, svn, forums,
> tickets, etc.), the entire site needs to be down.  I am going to attempt some
> configuration things, so the site possibly will be up read-only, but if that
> doesn't work, the entire thing will be inaccessible.
> 
>  * I will be on Freenode IRC in #d as *boorad* for the /occasional/ status check.
> 
>  * I apologize if this message sounds like I'm treating you all as
> crack-addict fiends who can't bear to be 'without' for any period of time.
> 
> Cheers,
> BA

Congrats, Brad! It looks like the transfer was successful. And everything does seem faster.

-- 
jcc7

Justin C Calvarese wrote:
> Brad Anderson wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> dsource.org will have a planned outage tomorrow, Friday, March 2.
>>
>>  * The site will be down most of the day, starting at 9am EST (GMT -5)
>>
>>  * Duration is unknown, but I would expect 8 hours.  Hopefully it will
>> be shorter.
>>
>>  * We are transferring to slicehost.com hosting, so the result should be
>> stupid-fast everything and tons of bandwidth.  Also, the db locking
>> problem
>> has been back the past week or two and I hope this move takes care of
>> whatever
>> software package on the current server is causing it.
>>
>>  * Unfortunately, this process is bound by the upstream bandwidth from
>> the
>> current server to the slice.
>>
>>  * To prevent write activities while doing the transfer (wiki, svn,
>> forums,
>> tickets, etc.), the entire site needs to be down.  I am going to
>> attempt some
>> configuration things, so the site possibly will be up read-only, but
>> if that
>> doesn't work, the entire thing will be inaccessible.
>>
>>  * I will be on Freenode IRC in #d as *boorad* for the /occasional/
>> status check.
>>
>>  * I apologize if this message sounds like I'm treating you all as
>> crack-addict fiends who can't bear to be 'without' for any period of
>> time.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> BA
> 
> Congrats, Brad! It looks like the transfer was successful. And everything does seem faster.
> 

some rough edges to finish off, but overall it went okay.

BA