Comments on: CouchSurfing.com is Back http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/11/couchsurfingcom-is-back/ The campaign for a truly open CouchSurfing organisation Thu, 26 Aug 2010 06:37:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Hans Keesom http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/11/couchsurfingcom-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Hans Keesom Mon, 14 May 2007 08:32:43 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/11/couchsurfingcom-is-back/#comment-95 yeezzz, down for a few hours again???? this is at 10:31 am on 14th of may 2007. Wondering if it will really be two or three hours. Read my lips guys "VMWare". Upgrading to bigger hardware on the fly..... yeezzz, down for a few hours again???? this is at 10:31 am on 14th of may 2007. Wondering if it will really be two or three hours.

Read my lips guys “VMWare”. Upgrading to bigger hardware on the fly…..

]]> By: Hans Keesom http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/11/couchsurfingcom-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Hans Keesom Sun, 13 May 2007 14:11:21 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/11/couchsurfingcom-is-back/#comment-90 No need to do these things anymore, go vmware, you can juggle your virtual servers from one hardware box to another ON THE FLY. Yes sure you take a performance penalty but at least you are up and running all the time. No need to do these things anymore, go vmware, you can juggle your virtual servers from one hardware box to another ON THE FLY. Yes sure you take a performance penalty but at least you are up and running all the time.

]]> By: Callum http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/11/couchsurfingcom-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-85 Callum Sun, 13 May 2007 05:19:19 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/11/couchsurfingcom-is-back/#comment-85 Hi Heather, I agree about the announcement, you're right, it was on the news on the homepage. It wasn't announced to developers though, which seems a little odd. The problems were due to bad planning I believe. My understanding from speaking to Morgan (a MySQL engineer) is that the new server can be brought up, configured, and loaded with 99% of the data before the old server is taken offline. This means that the old server *only* goes offline after the new server is ready. Then the down time is measured in minutes not hours, and if there are any unexpected problems, the old server is live until everything is resolved. I think an email to the membership will be great, hopefully that will give people a heads up for future down time. Cheers, Callum. Hi Heather,

I agree about the announcement, you’re right, it was on the news on the homepage. It wasn’t announced to developers though, which seems a little odd.

The problems were due to bad planning I believe. My understanding from speaking to Morgan (a MySQL engineer) is that the new server can be brought up, configured, and loaded with 99% of the data before the old server is taken offline. This means that the old server *only* goes offline after the new server is ready. Then the down time is measured in minutes not hours, and if there are any unexpected problems, the old server is live until everything is resolved.

I think an email to the membership will be great, hopefully that will give people a heads up for future down time.

Cheers,

Callum.

]]> By: Shameless Heather http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/11/couchsurfingcom-is-back/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Shameless Heather Sat, 12 May 2007 18:02:07 +0000 http://www.opencouchsurfing.org/2007/05/11/couchsurfingcom-is-back/#comment-82 Actually, it was announced: http://www.couchsurfing.com/news.html?id=153 It took longer than expected due to problems _not on our end_, and the next part of the upgrade should take less time. I realize that many members might not read the site news, so we're sending an email about the upgrade (and downtime) to make sure all travelers and hosts have their contact info sorted. Actually, it was announced:
http://www.couchsurfing.com/news.html?id=153

It took longer than expected due to problems _not on our end_, and the next part of the upgrade should take less time.

I realize that many members might not read the site news, so we’re sending an email about the upgrade (and downtime) to make sure all travelers and hosts have their contact info sorted.

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