Hi All,
it's that time again, time for us to move servers. I was able to salvage a bunch of diskspace but with that said we still are running on fumes in terms of diskspace and whilst resizing is an option we also have the option of moving to a new server with a bit more space and grunt.
I have run all the tests and we are able to do that and I have a sample running over there.
At some point in the next 2 weeks or so we are going to have to shut down the site for a few hours whilst we move all the data (there is a lot) that process can take up to 6 hours and then we can switch over.
In doing so we kind of have a few choices.
I can pick a point in time and say right I am taking a snapshot here and we are moving to the new server, no posts after that point in time will be migrated over to the new server but you can post here until the server move is complete and the DNS switched over.
Another way we could do it is take the snapshots, put the site in maintenance mode and transition across meaning we pickup from where we left off just a few hours later. In all the downtime shouldn't be too long and I can try to do it at a time when everyone is doing other things.
Would like to hear your preferences.
Dan
it's that time again, time for us to move servers. I was able to salvage a bunch of diskspace but with that said we still are running on fumes in terms of diskspace and whilst resizing is an option we also have the option of moving to a new server with a bit more space and grunt.
I have run all the tests and we are able to do that and I have a sample running over there.
At some point in the next 2 weeks or so we are going to have to shut down the site for a few hours whilst we move all the data (there is a lot) that process can take up to 6 hours and then we can switch over.
In doing so we kind of have a few choices.
I can pick a point in time and say right I am taking a snapshot here and we are moving to the new server, no posts after that point in time will be migrated over to the new server but you can post here until the server move is complete and the DNS switched over.
Another way we could do it is take the snapshots, put the site in maintenance mode and transition across meaning we pickup from where we left off just a few hours later. In all the downtime shouldn't be too long and I can try to do it at a time when everyone is doing other things.
Would like to hear your preferences.
Dan