Server Move Tonight

[Vekseid]

Planning to begin roughly 5 hours from this post.

Everything is pretty much ready on the new servers (finally : /) and aside from some issues that don't affect the main server (have IPv6 setup on the slave and it's a bit fickle...) everything is working fine.

The database is colossal by forum standards, and it's hard to be sure how long it will take me. There are a number of forums with more than ten million posts (BMR and E combined), not many have more than ten million private messages on top of that.

Search and the AJAX shoutbox will both be making a return on both E and BMR, though I can't make promises for how the shoutbox will go on Elliquiy here. The new server is significantly more powerful, but Elliquiy is also a fair bit larger than when we had to turn it off.

After restoring both sites to working status, the process is going to be:
1) Restore PMs, the Shoutbox, and AJAX notifications on Blue Moon
2) Attempt to restore the AJAX Shoutbox on Elliquiy
3) Attempt to restore Sphinx Search on both communities.

#3 may not be completed in a day, some of the code probably needs to be rewritten, especially in BMR's case.

I expect that both sites will be down for a good portion of tomorrow, though in worst case it might take two days. I've decided to skip some optimizations that would necessitate a really long downtime - I don't think a temporary minor benefit is worth another day.

In the mean time, World Enough and Time, Lunar Radiance, and of course Mumble/IRC will still be online, and I'll probably post updates on twitter also.

Finally, I'm starting up two new non-adult sites/forums. The first and most relevant of these is Hexwiki, where I'm planning on uploading the results of documenting this little adventure. It's primarily going to be a technical community that we can point people to various resources I and others put up, without having to point people directly to an adult site here. I am likewise interested in people who would also be willing to share their technical knowhow here. Documenting this mess is a big part of why this took so long. : /

There will be a more obnoxious piece of flare going up an hour or so before shutdown, to give people time to finish up posts and so on.

Thank you for your patience, everyone.

-Vekseid

[Trieste]

Thank you, Vekseid.

[ObscureObscenities]

Huzzah, the return of the SB, and the exit of my free time and life.

[Beguile's Mistress]

*lays in massive quantities of Ibuprofen*

[TamaRose]

Good luck! Would you like a drink before you start?

[Nico]

Good luck with the move. May things go smoothly.

Thank you for all the work you are doing man!

[Ember Star]

Site... down... long... time... horror... *twitches* LOL. I'll live though! Just means I get to launch my new group on the new old E!

[Stella]

Hope it all goes well. Thank you!

[Kuroneko]

Thank you for all your hard work, Vekseid!

[desert ashes]

Thank you for everything, Vekseid.

[Wistful Dream]

Thank you for everything. See you on the other side. :)

[Nadir]

thank you so much <3

so excited for the shoutbox!

[Finite True]

I appreciate the head up! :3

[Kye]

Thank you, Veks.  *hugs*

[Josietta]

You're a Rockstar, Veks! Thank you and good luck in your move!

[Ariel]

You're simply fucking amazing, Vek. Thank you. Thank you so very much for what you do.

[RedPhoenix]

Shoutbox and search?!?!? *squeals and runs around screaming for joy*

[Blitzy]

*Smiles.* Thank you for everything you do for us, Veks. Thank you! :)

Cannot wait to see if the Shoutbox works right!!

[Psycho Serenity]

Well, at least it's my birthday tomorrow so I won't be sitting around like a zombie with nothing to do!

[Lady Aura]

Well, I can say, sleep and cleaning tomorrow will definitely happen. I can't wait to see the new changes Veks!

[CriminalMindsFan]

Best wishes on a smooth transition and I'm seeing several users/avatars for the very first time thanks to this thread.

[sleepingferret]

Thanks Veks!  And I'll see everyone on the other side. 

[Indyo]

Thank you for all the hard-work, Veks!

Best wishes on the smooth transition.

[ShadowFox89]

 Awesome Vekseid, can't wait.

In the words of Samuel L. Jackson.... hold on to your butts.

[jouzinka]

Keeping fingers crossed, Veks. :)