Moving servers tonight

In order to make more efficient use of power in our datacenter, I’ll be moving a few servers tonight between 2 and 3 a.m., PDT. The racks are very close to each other, so downtime per server should be no longer than five minutes each.

The servers being moved tonight:

paramount
holt
fairfax
whopper
joust

I will also be moving the MySQL machine snowdrop. Shared MySQL machines are a bit bulkier, so it may take a few minutes longer to move it, but I will be as quick as I possibly can!

Thank you for your understanding!

Update 3:19 a.m. PDT: Everything but snowdrop is all moved and up and running. Snowdrop’s move will be scheduled for a later time.

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3 Responses to “Moving servers tonight”

  1. 1
    Red Says:

    So why is tejava down even before you’ve got these servers scheduled?

    No, I don’t expect an answer. Tejava never seems to be listed on any of these status updates when it goes down. I should be used to this crap service by now.

    Oh, and DH fanboys, reply all you want, I ain’t checking back… this page is worthless for trying to get any answers, because if you don’t kiss DH’s ass, the fanboys come crying and attacking.

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    Justin Says:

    Of course this page is worthless for trying to get answers. They even say that at the top of the page in big bold letters:

    “Posting in the comments here IS NOT an official way to contact DreamHost”

    So if your site is down, why not use the proper support channels?

    I’m not a fanboy of DH, but I do think it’s not fair to blame them if you are not following instructions. When I have problems, I follow the proper procedure and things have always been resolved in a timely manner.

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    Richard Says:

    My site on ivan went down as well. It came back up after about an hour (?), while I was still checking things for the support form.

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