Moving servers

[Gantry]

We are going to migrate the forums off the dee-nee server, which has been running the same software for a good 7-8 years, to a new server named ward.  Ward is bigger, 64-bit, faster and will run a much more current version of Linux (main OS), Apache (webserver) and MySQL (database).  At the same time we are going to upgrade the forum software (SMF) from 1.1.2 to 1.1.9 - which is likely just slight updates and security fixes. 

Nightwulf has done all the work here, but he's successfully completed a test migration already. The key to moving servers though is to take down the forums so no new data creeps in - as a result expect the forums to be down tomorrow from 11:30pm until Thursday morning. 

The main website will still be on the old server for a bit, but getting the forums off is the #1 priority - once we do this we can focus on an upgrade to SMF 2.0

[fknmclane]

1.1.9 to 2.0?  I'm not sure my fellow dee nee mouth breathers could handle such a jump.

[Gantry]

Don't worry it's just 1.1.9 tomorrow, doubt you'll notice anything except some shit not working that we missed. 

[nightwulf]

You won't notice much, other than a Dee-Nee upgrade not taking all night. The database upgrade during the trial run took about 15 minutes, as opposed to 3-4 hours on the current hardware.

[Big Hath]

is anyone else worried that Gantry's avaiator seems to be broken?


also, where is swampnet in all this?

[TβG]

i thought the end of the world was coming in 2012...

also,

the new server is slow

[Gantry]

is anyone else worried that Gantry's avaiator seems to be broken?

I think the pic I linked to is gone, oh well Chewing had run its course anyway

[Shooty]

Don't forget to call Arlo Pear for help.

[broiler]

isnt moving servers a  rush album

[BDawk]

It sounds like another term for taking a crap

[Gantry]

Gotta admit, I'm pretty excited to finally start transitioning off the old server. 

Next task for me is to the wikis moved over, one for work and the spammed up RBIdb.  Problem is updating 57 versions of MediaWiki, I may be better off copying each page over by hand if I can find a way to do the images with minimum effort.   

[nightwulf]

In case anyone hadn't noticed, the server being named "Ward" should tell you how long this project has been in the works. Gantry and I are the laziest people ever.

[Gantry]

The admin group needs a go-getter...

[broiler]

bnatrual?

[Gantry]

 

[Mike D.]

[Gantry]

Took a nap, bought 2 Diet Mountain Dews and upgrading Pidgin as we speak.  I'm ready for this bitch, which is funny because my only established work will take about 2 minutes. 

Wikis are next, they will be moved over sooner rather than later. 

[Shooty]

So what's everybody gonna do during the 15 minutes of downtime?  Do you want to meet up at the Stitch and Bitch forums?

[Gantry]

I'm in...

[TβG]

do you think the server will be down for the long length of time you metnioned in the original post or did you already do it?