Server Migration!

[LSP_Kevin]

Howdy folks,

 

This weekend (12 June 2021) we will be migrating LSP to a new server. This will require an indeterminate period of downtime, during which neither the forums nor the website will be accessible. While the server is down, any necessary communication regarding the migration will be done on the LSP Facebook page.

 

I'll report here for as long as its practical or relevant, too.

 

Wish me luck!

 

Kev

[RLWP]

Is there anything we should do - put a paper bag over our heads perhaps?

 

Good luck Kev

 

Richard

[LSP_Ron]

1 hour ago, RLWP said:

Is there anything we should do - put a paper bag over our heads perhaps?

 

Good luck Kev

 

Richard

 

And a tin foil hat for good measure and added protection

 

Good luck Kev,

 

Thanks

 

Ron

 

[chuck540z3]

Good luck from me as well Kev.  If it takes a long time and there's lots of issues, don't worry about it.  We will always be back to the best modeling website out there, bar none. 

 

Cheers,

Chuck

[RLWP]

I'm going to follow Ford Prefects advice - muscle relaxant, salt and protein

 

Where's the nearest pub?

 

Richard

[LSP_Kevin]

Progress Report!

 

At this stage I'm only about a quarter of the way through downloading all the site files, and I estimate this process will take at least another 30 hours to complete. And then I have to upload them all those same files to the new server. So, there's no way that process is going to be complete before the end of even my long weekend. This means that the cut-over to the new server is likely to happen no earlier than mid-week.

 

I'll keep you all informed!

 

Kev

[dodgem37]

Thank you, Brother.

 

Sincerely,

Mark

[Trak-Tor]

Do we know which of Murphy's laws apply to this process?

I guess there must be some...

 

Thanks, Kev.

 

Juraj 

[mozart]

Well done Kev, your efforts for us all are very much appreciated!  Will the "new" server be more reliable than the present one do you think?

[LSP_Kevin]

22 minutes ago, Trak-Tor said:

Do we know which of Murphy's laws apply to this process?

 

All of them! (In the publishing business, we call it Muphry's Law.)

 

Kev

[LSP_Kevin]

4 minutes ago, mozart said:

Well done Kev, your efforts for us all are very much appreciated!  Will the "new" server be more reliable than the present one do you think?

 

If it's not, I'll be shooting myself!

Kev

[Trak-Tor]

13 minutes ago, mozart said:

Well done Kev, your efforts for us all are very much appreciated!  Will the "new" server be more reliable than the present one do you think?

That's one of the laws:

The cue you're waiting in is always the slowest one. 

 

Juraj 

[RLWP]

24 minutes ago, LSP_Kevin said:

 

If it's not, I'll be shooting myself!

Kev

 

[Shakin Steven]

[Lee White]

7 hours ago, LSP_Kevin said:

Progress Report!

 

At this stage I'm only about a quarter of the way through downloading all the site file, and I estimate this process will take at least another 30 hours to complete. And then I have to upload them all those same files to the new server. So, there's no way that process is going to be complete before the end of even my long weekend. This means that the cut-over to the new server is likely to happen no earlier than mid-week.

 

I'll keep you all informed!

 

Kev

You don't get paid enough, bro! Thanks for everything!