Upcoming server upgrade November 2019

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...OF responsible for global warming?....

hey! It's not coming from me! it was divulged by one OF architect! 😁

....So we recently hit 50,000 members and our resource consumption is going up......
 
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....So we recently hit 50,000 members and our resource consumption is going up......

....Massive worldwide shortage of all shell nuts......

....large increases of lumber prices due to rodent damage......

....Australian eucalyptus crop wiped out.......

....Hooter’s can’t find enough chicken wings........

....Whale hunting resumed by Australian government to alleviate watch oil shortages.......

Where will it all end!!!
 
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Hi guys,

So we recently hit 50,000 members and our resource consumption is going up so we’re having to move to new hardware in the next week or so, this may involve some downtime as we will need to move a massive amount of data between machines (several TB) however we will endeavor to minimize that as much as possible.
Thanks
Ash

Are you going to upgrade the alert capacity too? 😀
 
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Are you going to upgrade the alert capacity too? 😀
No, clear your alerts or keep it as a trophy!
 
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Are you going to upgrade the alert capacity too? 😀

With another byte per member, we can make the 16777216 like cap a reality... 50kb more in the database should be possible with the new hardware, right?
 
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Will this server-upgrade accidentally coincide with the Mercury transit over the Sun on 11th November 🙄
 
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With another byte per member, we can make the 16777216 like cap a reality... 50kb more in the database should be possible with the new hardware, right?

But then Al will have less things to complain about...where is the fun in that 😉
 
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But then Al will have less things to complain about...where is the fun in that 😉

So you think I'm complaining. Interesting.
 
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No, clear your alerts or keep it as a trophy!

Currently at 47…
 
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So you think I'm complaining. Interesting.

The problem with text based coms between strangers ... very 1D unfortunately, and leaves a lot to the imagination. I know it applies to me too...
 
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We're beginning our initial sync of data now, this may take a day or two so expect some slowdowns over that period, this is normal as we're piping a lot of data across datacenters
 
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“Stop, Dave. I’m afraid. My mind is going...”

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We are now on the new server, it will seem slower initially as we're running in a de-tuned state until we're confident everything is working smoothly, then we'll start re-enabling the doodads that give us our performance.
 
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I didn't notice much degradation in performance (content maybe 😉) but a big thanks to ΩF mechanics, technicians, line managers, executives and subcontracted helpers.
 
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I didn't notice much degradation in performance (content maybe 😉) but a big thanks to ΩF mechanics, technicians, line managers, executives and subcontracted helpers.
Most of us just get in the way ......

 
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Just noticed @JimInOz and @cicindela s avatars are similar
When I saw this I thought it was a server glitch then scrolled up to realise no they just do have near identical avatars by chance
 
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When I saw this I thought it was a server glitch then scrolled up to realise no they just do have near identical avatars by chance



Strange