Server downtime and a small upgrade

**Electronic Punk** · October 16th, 2010

Recently, X-istence determined that the hard disks on the OSNN server were failing and this was confirmed yesterday by The Planet, our hosts for the last 6 years.

We planned some downtime for this weekend, which would have involved downloading the entire contents of the server, starting afresh and reuploading all the data - but after some thought we have decided that it will be easier, more sensible and cheaper (!) to upgrade our 5 year old dual Xeon setup to something a little more cutting edge.

Over this weekend we will be moving from our dual Xeon, 1gig memory, dual 120GB IDE server running 32bit FreeBSD 6.2 to our shiny new 8 core (quad with HT) Xeon 3450, 4gig memory, dual 250GB SATA server running 64bit FreeBSD 8.1.

We are very excited to move to such a server, but it will take some time to setup, test and then ofcourse the site will be disabled while we move the files, database and updated various services. We want this work to all be done during the weekend and this server will cease to exist completely by the end of the month.

Goodbye defiant.osnn.net - hello iguana.osnn.net, this thread will be kept up to date with the latest developements.

**Johnny** · October 16th, 2010

Awesome, that set up is a good one ..

**tdinc** · October 16th, 2010

nice

**perris** · October 17th, 2010

wow. great stuff ep

**dreamliner77** · October 17th, 2010

Wow... it's been 5 years on the 'new' server already...

**Jewelzz** · October 24th, 2010

Go team go!

**Johnny** · October 24th, 2010

What is the connection on this site?

**Electronic Punk** · October 24th, 2010

Think 100mb, server change hasn't happened yet as X is taking the time to do some seriously complex stuff.

Full spec for reference:

4 GB RAM
2x 250 GB SATA HDD
4000 GB Bandwidth
Intel Xeon 3450 2.66 GHz Quad Core Processor
FreeBSD - 8.x - 64 bit
5 IPs
100 Mbps Network Uplink

**Jewelzz** · October 25th, 2010

Originally Posted by Electronic Punk

Think 100mb, server change hasn't happened yet as X is taking the time to do some seriously complex stuff.

DB backup?

**dreamliner77** · October 25th, 2010

Nah, that would be unnecessary.

**X-Istence** · October 27th, 2010

Originally Posted by Jewelzz

DB backup?

Yeah, we have a couple. Apparently not required though ...

Originally Posted by dreamliner77

Nah, that would be unnecessary.

Hahaha.

**X-Istence** · October 27th, 2010

Oh BTW, welcome to a proxied connection to the new server. DNS is still pointing towards the old, will have to get on that tomorrow, haven't had a chance to get that all migrated over.

Let me know if there are any issues, any 500 errors and all that fun stuff. I expect there to be a lot less trouble as the new setup is much more robust, and a lot more capable.

Note to self in the past, don't attempt to go directly from MySQL 4.x to 5.x without first doing proper testing and reading documentation.

**Johnny** · October 27th, 2010

Woot !!

**Geffy** · January 19th, 2011

Nice one

**LordOfLA** · January 19th, 2011

little late to the party?

**Johnny** · January 19th, 2011

Beers been long gone. I drank it all ..

**Geffy** · January 19th, 2011

it wasn't that far down the news frontpage and figured it was a good topic to pop in to :P

**LordOfLA** · January 19th, 2011

You still working at open hosting? THey seem to have been busy in the last 2 to 3 years.

**Electronic Punk** · January 19th, 2011

/slap feggy

October 16th, 2010	Top \| #1
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Server downtime and a small upgrade Recently, X-istence determined that the hard disks on the OSNN server were failing and this was confirmed yesterday by The Planet, our hosts for the last 6 years. We planned some downtime for this weekend, which would have involved downloading the entire contents of the server, starting afresh and reuploading all the data - but after some thought we have decided that it will be easier, more sensible and cheaper (!) to upgrade our 5 year old dual Xeon setup to something a little more cutting edge. Over this weekend we will be moving from our dual Xeon, 1gig memory, dual 120GB IDE server running 32bit FreeBSD 6.2 to our shiny new 8 core (quad with HT) Xeon 3450, 4gig memory, dual 250GB SATA server running 64bit FreeBSD 8.1. We are very excited to move to such a server, but it will take some time to setup, test and then ofcourse the site will be disabled while we move the files, database and updated various services. We want this work to all be done during the weekend and this server will cease to exist completely by the end of the month. Goodbye defiant.osnn.net - hello iguana.osnn.net, this thread will be kept up to date with the latest developements.

October 16th, 2010	Top \| #2
Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,869 Reputation: 2369 Power: 173	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade Awesome, that set up is a good one .. Paul Reed Smith.

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perris OSNN Godlike Veteran Joined: January 2002 Location: new york Posts: 12,258 Reputation: 4333 Power: 291	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade wow. great stuff ep IT'S NOT WHAT YOU'VE DONE IT'S WHAT YOU ARE GOING TO DO

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dreamliner77 The Analog Kid Joined: March 2002 Location: Red Sox Nation Posts: 4,653 Reputation: 1111 Power: 182	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade Wow... it's been 5 years on the 'new' server already... "You can fight without ever winning, but never win without a fight." -Neil Peart of RUSH

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October 24th, 2010	Top \| #6
Jewelzz Queen of Farts Joined: March 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 10,949 Blog Entries: 7 Reputation: 1843 Power: 252	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade Go team go!

October 24th, 2010	Top \| #7
Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,869 Reputation: 2369 Power: 173	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade What is the connection on this site? Paul Reed Smith.

October 24th, 2010	Top \| #8
Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade Think 100mb, server change hasn't happened yet as X is taking the time to do some seriously complex stuff. Full spec for reference: 4 GB RAM 2x 250 GB SATA HDD 4000 GB Bandwidth Intel Xeon 3450 2.66 GHz Quad Core Processor FreeBSD - 8.x - 64 bit 5 IPs 100 Mbps Network Uplink

October 25th, 2010	Top \| #9
Jewelzz Queen of Farts Joined: March 2002 Location: Texas Posts: 10,949 Blog Entries: 7 Reputation: 1843 Power: 252	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade Originally Posted by Electronic Punk Think 100mb, server change hasn't happened yet as X is taking the time to do some seriously complex stuff. DB backup?

October 25th, 2010	Top \| #10
dreamliner77 The Analog Kid Joined: March 2002 Location: Red Sox Nation Posts: 4,653 Reputation: 1111 Power: 182	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade Nah, that would be unnecessary. "You can fight without ever winning, but never win without a fight." -Neil Peart of RUSH

October 27th, 2010	Top \| #11
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,496 Reputation: 2808 Power: 220	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade Originally Posted by Jewelzz DB backup? Yeah, we have a couple. Apparently not required though ... Originally Posted by dreamliner77 Nah, that would be unnecessary. Hahaha. An engineers technical notebook

October 27th, 2010	Top \| #12
X-Istence * Joined: December 2001 Location: USA Posts: 6,496 Reputation: 2808 Power: 220	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade Oh BTW, welcome to a proxied connection to the new server. DNS is still pointing towards the old, will have to get on that tomorrow, haven't had a chance to get that all migrated over. Let me know if there are any issues, any 500 errors and all that fun stuff. I expect there to be a lot less trouble as the new setup is much more robust, and a lot more capable. Note to self in the past, don't attempt to go directly from MySQL 4.x to 5.x without first doing proper testing and reading documentation. An engineers technical notebook

October 27th, 2010	Top \| #13
Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,869 Reputation: 2369 Power: 173	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade Woot !! Paul Reed Smith.

January 19th, 2011	Top \| #14
Geffy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,805 Reputation: 1490 Power: 217	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade Nice one  • blog • tumblog • lastfm • flickr • #rubyonrails • @twitter "I could be replaced with a very small shell script"

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LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,031 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 213	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade little late to the party? If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

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Johnny Paul Reed Smith Joined: January 2004 Location: Happy Valley Posts: 4,869 Reputation: 2369 Power: 173	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade Beers been long gone. I drank it all .. Paul Reed Smith.

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Geffy OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: March 2002 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 7,805 Reputation: 1490 Power: 217	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade it wasn't that far down the news frontpage and figured it was a good topic to pop in to :P  • blog • tumblog • lastfm • flickr • #rubyonrails • @twitter "I could be replaced with a very small shell script"

January 19th, 2011	Top \| #18
LordOfLA Godlike! Joined: February 2004 Location: Salisbury, Wiltshire, UK Posts: 7,031 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 4137 Power: 213	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade You still working at open hosting? THey seem to have been busy in the last 2 to 3 years. If HK-47 and GLaDOS had a child, the character they create would cause the video game world to overdose on awesome. -sheridanmovieguy: Dragon age forum user.

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Electronic Punk The Last High Joined: December 2001 Location: London Posts: 18,510 Blog Entries: 51 Reputation: 3652 Power: 349	Re: Server downtime and a small upgrade /slap feggy