Albert Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 AtariAge has been moved to a new server! The old server was crashing frequently, so hopefully we'll have smooth sailing for a while now. This new box is also significantly faster than the old box, so hopefully if the site was sluggish at all for you it'll be faster now. These moves rarely go without incident, so if you notice anything broken or out of place, please let me know so I can take a look at it! Thanks, ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schitti Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 good to see that the site is up. i have had a lot of lag the last times. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1783877 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 good to see that the site is up.i have had a lot of lag the last times. How is it now? ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1783879 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schitti Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 good to see that the site is up.i have had a lot of lag the last times. How is it now? ..Al incredible fast at the moment (from germany) Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1783881 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 incredible fast at the moment (from germany) Glad to hear that, thanks. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1783882 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kroogur Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Working very well here in Pennsylvania. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1783892 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosquare Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 (edited) Working very well from France, too. Congratulations Albert, the switch was fast and successful Edited July 1, 2009 by Zerosquare Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1783897 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 Working very well from France, too. Congratulations Albert, the switch was fast and successful Definitely the fastest I've been able to switch a server, considering I had to take the forum down, dump the database, copy it to the new server (it's 5GB) and them import it into the new server. Everything else was pretty much ready to go. However, I forgot to take into account that the site needs a unique IP address for its SSL cert, so now I have to move the site to another IP. I'll have to do that later tonight. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1783899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Link please...i mean..all that Narn stuff Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 Link please...i mean..all that Narn stuff You mean you want to try out the new forum software I have setup? ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784102 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 everything including the kitchen sink Al I want to see this voting system you've put inplace Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 everything including the kitchen sink Al I want to see this voting system you've put inplace That would be this link: http://www.atariage.org/narn/forums/ There are some problems with that test site, though, in that some queries are very slow (such as "View New Content"). Also, that has not been skinned at all, so the appearance will change quite a bit. But it'll give you a feel for what the new forum software will look like with a recent backup of the current forum (including the Blogs and Gallery). ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784128 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalum Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Red 5 standing... I mean all is good in Michigan! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784203 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frizo Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Yeah, it was lagging bad where I was, but its all clear in CT now! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784215 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 (edited) Well, I myself have had no internet today.. just got on not too long ago. So far I think I've only had "one" lag issue. Other than that the new server seems to be great. Thanks again for everything, Albert. You're a really great guy and I/we appreciate all the hard work. Edited July 2, 2009 by yuppicide Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784225 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+batari Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I assume you've finally dumped The Planet for a more reliable company? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784232 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 I assume you've finally dumped The Planet for a more reliable company? No, the new server is also at The Planet. Really the only major problem there was that explosion at their data center last year that took AtariAge offline for three days. Other than that, AtariAge has been at the same facility since 2001 I believe, back when it was EV1. Then Rackshack bought EV1 and several years ago The Planet bought Rackshack. The stuff lately with the previous server I just have to put up as hardware going bad, which is going to happen. The Planet did spend a lot of time troubleshooting it and they even did a chassis swap (and I did see evidence of that when I looked through the root logs to see what they had to do to setup license keys tied to the new hardware). In the end I don't mind getting the site moved over to a faster server with more disk space, aside from the expense and time involved in order to setup and move the site. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784238 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Soz for being the first to have a 'bitch' but i already have a problem I was trying to add a comment onto chickyb's thread in the main section (just below albert's) and it didn't seem to accept my input when i pressed the post tab/button i tried this once yesterday and once today and the same thing happened Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Soz for being the first to have a 'bitch' but i already have a problem I was trying to add a comment onto chickyb's thread in the main section (just below albert's) and it didn't seem to accept my input when i pressed the post tab/button i tried this once yesterday and once today and the same thing happened Can you give me a link to the actual thread so I can test this out? Thanks, ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784552 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 I just moved the IP address of the server--hopefully it doesn't take long for that to be seen by most people. Only took a minute to propagate back down to me.. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784553 Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmel_andrews Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 (edited) Soz...fell asleep http://www.atariage.org/narn/forums/user/2879-chickybaby/ As mentioned...wouldn't accept my input/messege when the post tab/button was pressed Perhpas i am banned for posting messages or something in the new place I think i found out about the voting thing, can't remember how i did it though (might be something to do with showing a members profile or something) Edited July 2, 2009 by carmel_andrews Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784569 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Soz...fell asleep http://www.atariage.org/narn/forums/user/2879-chickybaby/ As mentioned...wouldn't accept my input/messege when the post tab/button was pressed Perhpas i am banned for posting messages or something in the new place Your comments are there, they just need to be approved first: Each user can choose whether comments in their profile appear automatically or need to be approved before the rest of the world can see them. The current forum is the same way. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 Looks like there are a few problems with some pages in the store due to the upgrade from MySQL 4 to MySQL 5. Trying to patch things to tide it over until I can upgrade to the latest version of the shopping cart software. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784592 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I'm having to access the site with a web based proxy server. I guess my ISP is very late to the party . Every time I click on the Forums link I get sent to the "site is down" page. Would it be possible to redirect that page back to the forums . Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted July 2, 2009 Author Share Posted July 2, 2009 I'm having to access the site with a web based proxy server. I guess my ISP is very late to the party . Every time I click on the Forums link I get sent to the "site is down" page. Would it be possible to redirect that page back to the forums . I can't really redirect you to the live forums if "atariage.com" is resolving to the old server (216.40.231.66). I could point you at the new IP-based address, but as soon as you followed a link it would try to go back to the old server as the forum generates absolute links based on the "http://www.atariage.com/forums/" address. Really sucks that your ISP is still caching the old address, especially considering I set the DNS refresh time to only five minutes in anticipation of this move. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146525-site-moved-to-new-server/#findComment-1784762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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