ATTENTION: Imminent Server Move <===========================, Important Information For All Forum Dwellers Options

[stargelman]

Hello my dear forum dwellers,

as you may have noticed, we have had absolutely no problems with the web server in these last few years. Despite that, circumstances have forced my hand on short notice to jump ship and get a new server at a different hosting company. The move will have to be made within a few days.

What does this mean for you?

I will try to minimize the downtime of this website and the forums, but it's possible that, despite my best effords, the site will be unreachable for some or all of you for a short time, or that the forums appear locked down when the move is started and your PC still tries to talk to the old server.



Don't panic, everything will be fine!


Thank you for your attention!

[stargelman]

Theoretically a few minutes. I downloaded the forum's SQL database (a whopping 1.1 GB if you can believe that), switched the forums on the old server off, changed the DNS entry and then it was just a matter of time for the cached DNS names to time out

I did have some problems with the code for the site itself: I currently don't have access to the source code of the CGI that runs the site, and since the new server is 64 bit and the program was compiled for 32 bit and whoever set up that box forgot to install the compatibility libraries.. and then there was some trouble with a database I forgot to move... but now all is working again.

Again, if you find any problems, please let me know and I will try to fix them ASAP. Thanks.