Server Down Time Coming

Post by **daiv** » Wed May 13, 2009 7:35 pm

Hi all! I got this note today from Tony Mace.

CACTUS-MALL SERVER CUSTOMER ANNOUNCEMENT
We are upgrading the Cactus-Mall server to a significantly larger disk to allows us to implement a couple of new projects for the BCSS.

The work on the server will take place at 2.00 am BST on Saturday 17th May and is expected to take 3 hours. All websites on the Cactus-Mall server will therefore be unavailable for this period.
--
Tony Mace

You Brits will be sleeping, no doubt, but for the U.S. I think this translates to:

11:00PM Eastern
10:00PM Central
9:00PM Mountain
8:00PM Pacific

Not sure about you Aussies -probably mid-day for you?

Anyway, hopefully everyone will see this and not find out the hard way.

dustin0352 · Post by **dustin0352** » Wed May 13, 2009 9:39 pm

Thanks for the heads up Daiv.

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Thu May 14, 2009 1:17 am

I'll get my daily fix before it goes down

Thanks for the heads up Daiv.

Moonbeam · Post by **Moonbeam** » Thu May 14, 2009 1:47 am

What am I supposed to do Saturday night then?

Perhaps...go out on the town...WOO HOO!!!

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Thu May 14, 2009 2:19 am

No problem.

CelticRose · Post by **CelticRose** » Thu May 14, 2009 3:34 am

I guess I'll just have to watch my favorite YouTube videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jKj6aUdImc

birdguy34 · Post by **birdguy34** » Thu May 14, 2009 6:46 am

That's a neat video Celtic.
Chris

John C · Post by **John C** » Fri May 15, 2009 4:12 pm

Ok sounds good Daiv, Thanks for informing us.

Yeah, I like that video celtic, I saw it a while back and forgot about it. That's cool!

Post by **daiv** » Sat May 16, 2009 3:54 am

Just noticed that Tony's note said:

"Saturday 17th May"

That is going to be a good trick if he means 2009!

Anyway, I guess it will be Saturday here in the U.S. when it happens and the 17th of May over in the UK where Tony is. So in that respect it is accurate.

Post by **daiv** » Thu May 21, 2009 3:37 am

Ok, I was thinking about how smooth the "down time" thing went. Well apparently, that's because it never happened. Here is an update from Tony Mace:

The work on the server will take place at 1.00 am BST on Saturday 23rd May and is expected to take 3 hours. All websites on the Cactus-Mall server will therefore be unavailable for this period.

dustin0352 · Post by **dustin0352** » Thu May 21, 2009 3:47 am

lol I too was thinking man I didnt even notice the down time. lol

Saguaro123 · Post by **Saguaro123** » Thu May 21, 2009 3:54 am

dustin0352 wrote:lol I too was thinking man I didnt even notice the down time. lol

Agreed. Did it really happen.