Database Server Upgrade - Downtime

Skip · Mar 18, 2013

We will soon be upgrading our database server, which will result in some downtime on icmag. It shouldn't be very long.

As you know we recently upgraded our webserver, which resulted in a much faster website (after a lot of tuning). Now our database server will be upgraded with 4xs more memory and more core processors which will allow us to cache much more data than we do now.

Hopefully this will allow us to loosen up some of the restrictions we have in place to keep the site running fast. We will see how this goes. No doubt the site will be even faster!

Thanks again to all who support ICMag for making our upgrades possible!

Ilikecookies · Mar 18, 2013

Want some cash to help?
Send me an answer here and I'll contribute.

https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?p=5662421#post5662421

Skip · Mar 18, 2013

Here's the info on becoming a subscriber to icmag:
https://www.icmag.com/modules/Benefits/

Breeders can also contribute beans to our server fund.
Here's more info:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?threadid=133046

Tokin · Mar 19, 2013

Any idea of dates yet?

soursmoker · Mar 19, 2013

will this change anything with pic limits?

can we atleast up it to 10 pics per post?

or only for members with good rep/certain # of posts?

Skip · Mar 19, 2013

Sorry, but I cancelled that maintenance for tomorrow...

I'll let you know when it's going to happen...

soursmoker · Mar 19, 2013

ok sounds good.

Tokin · Mar 19, 2013

Sweet! Ty

Ilikecookies · Mar 19, 2013

Skip said:
Here's the info on becoming a subscriber to icmag:
https://www.icmag.com/modules/Benefits/

Breeders can also contribute beans to our server fund.
Here's more info:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?threadid=133046

Thank you sir. In two weeks I'll have $150 off to ya from Ilikecookies.
I love this site, shoulda joined years ago.

hbj1891 · Mar 20, 2013

Ilikecookies said:
I love this site, shoulda joined years ago.

i agree. thanks skip :thank you:

Skip · Mar 25, 2013

We are expecting some downtime tomorrow morning (US time).
It may take 90 minutes or more to switch database servers.
During that time ICMag will be inaccessible.

The scheduled time is 4:00pm CET, which translates to 7am PST

We regret any inconvenience this may cause.

Skip · Mar 26, 2013

We will go down in one hour from now...

Skip · Mar 26, 2013

The upgrade is now complete!

Thanks for your patience.

hbj1891 · Mar 26, 2013

Skip said:
The upgrade is now complete!

Thanks for your patience.

now thats pro. thanks for the update :thank you:

Dingofriar · Mar 26, 2013

Yay IC back and running hopefully without any issues. I actually forgotten today was upgrade and was like WTF is going on... grrrr (LOL)!!! IC is still one of my favorite sites and top 5 most visited. Keep up the great work ladies n gents!
Dingo

GMT · Mar 26, 2013

Top 5? lol you part-timer

Südhang · Mar 26, 2013

whats going on with my Username? "S?dhang" normal

Skip · Mar 26, 2013

New server seems to be running fine. At this point still got lots of RAM untouched!

I've upped the searches to 500 results now. We'll see how that goes. Shouldn't be a problem now...

Südhang · Mar 26, 2013

ohhh ue

Skip · Mar 26, 2013

We're working on fixing this issue. Not just your name but all non standard english characters have problems.

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