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If you can read this, you survived the Massassi Apocalypse
2009-06-15, 12:47 PM #1
Massassi (and every hosted site on my server) will be down for up to 24 hours this week. I have purchased a new server with much better specifications than our current server, and surprisingly for less money.

The server will be going down at 2:00 PM EST TODAY.

Since the server is moving, the IP will change, which means that a DNS change will occur. This will likely be the most prominent reason for downtime during the move.

For anyone curious, our current specs are:

AMD Athlon64 3500+
2GB (1+1GB extra cost) RAM
160GB HD
2TB of bandwidth
CentOS 4.5

Our new server will be:

Intel Core2Duo E8400
2GB RAM Standard
250GB HD
4TB of Bandwidth
CentOS 5
2009-06-15, 12:50 PM #2
Well at least it's not the Vin-Impi Massassi Downtime again.
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2009-06-15, 12:51 PM #3
WHAT WILL I DO‽
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2009-06-15, 12:55 PM #4
Hah! This is just a cover to upload the New Massassi!
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2009-06-15, 1:32 PM #5
FARMS DOWN
free(jin);
tofu sucks
2009-06-15, 2:01 PM #6
I won't stand for it.
2009-06-15, 2:11 PM #7
So you're going to sit in protest?

:awesome:
nope.
2009-06-15, 3:08 PM #8
Will this one be "MB sitting on" proof?
2009-06-15, 3:39 PM #9
COOLMATTY IS TRYING TO KILL OUR FUN
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2009-06-15, 4:10 PM #10
WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS WHEN I HAVE MOST OF THE WEEK OFF
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Free Jin!
2009-06-15, 4:37 PM #11
Good.
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2009-06-15, 4:41 PM #12
Do you know when during the week?
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2009-06-15, 5:31 PM #13
IF THE SERVER IS DOWN I MIGHT DIE
gbk is 50 probably

MB IS FAT
2009-06-15, 5:56 PM #14
Curious, why do some DNS changes take so long? With my registrar, NameCheap, they are almost instantaneous. I don't think I've ever had to wait more than 5 minutes for a change to propagate.
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2009-06-15, 6:22 PM #15
Originally posted by Emon:
Curious, why do some DNS changes take so long? With my registrar, NameCheap, they are almost instantaneous. I don't think I've ever had to wait more than 5 minutes for a change to propagate.


It has nothing to do with the registrar. The changes START propagating immediatly, but the speed at which you get the changes is based on you dns server's cache settings.
2009-06-15, 6:28 PM #16
Oh, okay. I thought some registrars did some dreck where DNS changes were only processed once every 12 or 24 hours.
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2009-06-16, 12:56 AM #17
Bugger, I might actually get some work done.
2009-06-16, 1:46 AM #18
You can set the TTL to 0 to get the changes to get everywhere instantaneously.

Of course you'll have to do that early enough so that every server knows of the change of the TTL.
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2009-06-16, 5:49 AM #19
Originally posted by Impi:
You can set the TTL to 0 to get the changes to get everywhere instantaneously.

Of course you'll have to do that early enough so that every server knows of the change of the TTL.


Resetting the TTL on 30+ domains is not fun nor easy.

Right now the TTL is 14400 anyway (only 4 hours), but sadly many DNS caching servers and clients totally ignore this value and do whatever they feel like. I've seen TTLs of 10 seconds be cached for over 12 hours before.

Edit: Also, I have decided on the date and time. The server will be going down today at 2:00PM EST. That's 5 hours from this post.
2009-06-16, 9:55 AM #20
BUT WHAT WILL WE DO
gbk is 50 probably

MB IS FAT
2009-06-16, 10:02 AM #21
[CENTER]Night of the Final Day
-1 hour remaining-[/CENTER]
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2009-06-16, 10:12 AM #22
win
free(jin);
tofu sucks
2009-06-16, 10:16 AM #23
What part of "no" didn't you understand?
2009-06-16, 10:16 AM #24
ARE WE DEAD YET?! :awesome:
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2009-06-16, 4:53 PM #25
I SURVIVED IT
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2009-06-16, 4:57 PM #26
haha echoman, that was funny

2009-06-16, 5:07 PM #27
the random site i got redirected too was great
jenbaskets!
2009-06-16, 5:17 PM #28
yay! :D
woot!
2009-06-16, 6:15 PM #29
WHERE WAS YOU

WHERE WAS YOU AT
gbk is 50 probably

MB IS FAT
2009-06-16, 6:58 PM #30
Man, I remember it like it was yesterday...I kept switching between #massassi and pressing F5 in Firefox.
Looks like we're not going down after all, so nevermind.
2009-06-16, 7:53 PM #31
Always remember...never forget...
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2009-06-16, 8:09 PM #32
6-16-09 I SURVIVED
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2009-06-16, 11:10 PM #33
drop database Massassi
F5
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2009-06-16, 11:28 PM #34
I just found out that this happened.
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2009-06-17, 12:31 AM #35
Yay! Now I can not get work done again!
2009-06-17, 12:46 AM #36
Indeed
Pissed Off?
2009-06-17, 12:50 AM #37
heres a post just so mantrain checks the thread again for the umpteenth time
Holy soap opera Batman. - FGR
DARWIN WILL PREVENT THE DOWNFALL OF OUR RACE. - Rob
Free Jin!
2009-06-17, 1:04 AM #38
CURSES.
2009-06-17, 1:54 AM #39
Work is over-rated anyway, Martyn.
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2009-06-17, 2:30 AM #40
True that. Especially when you're trying to tell people stop being professionally stupid.

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