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In case you are wondering why the site seems to die every week for eight or ten hours, we're in a very... interesting, to say the least, predicament. Our server is actually devastatingly out of space, so it has moments weekly where it crashes and won't come back online.
I have a new server ordered with 2 TB of space (and actually double the RAM, which I'm interested to see how it handles the site's load) but we're trying to figure out how to migrate the data. You see, when you have a site this large, data migration can take 2-3 days due to the sheer amount of it. Yet, even if you let it migrate data in the background of the old server site running, new data is constantly being added (by the actions all of you take onsite, making pets, exploring, new accounts being registered, forum posts etc.), which means that new data doesn't get copied over to the new server as it's created on the old server.
So we have a fun situation where we're trying to figure out how to minimize the data loss in moving. It's obvious that we can't shut the site down for three or four days to migrate the data; that would just suck for all of us.
I have an idea but we'll just have to see how it pans out. It seems like what takes up the most space are custom images. The goal is to get moved to the new server by next week though.
Well, anyway, that's your little update. This situation is annoying for Yasu and I, believe me...
Posted by JAK
(#15) on Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:45am
- AremRae
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 6:29pm
Support either a vote or a warned shut down :S I would hate to loose anything XD And a few days wouldn't be so bad.
- Bear - Hiatus
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:19pm
Shut down for a few days seems like the better option imo.
How big is the current server's space anyways?
- Gemini8910
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 7:53pm
Just shut the site down for a few days! XD I think we can all live without Aywas for a few days, seriously. -.- XD
Vote plz.
- Kiwi Quiche
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:41pm
Thanks for the info you guys :)
- Hauk & Darling
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Posted on: Tue May 1, 2012 1:32am
I completely agree with at least a vote to shut down the site for a few days. It's not worth the risk of losing information, nor is it worth all the complaints and whining that we all know will occur if, Heaven forbid, the site starts lagging due to the transfer. We can deal with schoolwork, jobs and I dunno... Real life maybe?... for a few days while the site safely transfers over. :)
Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 5:51pm
I agree with the few days shutting down idea. Just announce it some days earlier, after the current special events.
It is better to prevent it than replace stuff later. It really sucks for everyone (a good example is what happened to Magistream, twice. On their last crash I lost all of my pets, and even with them again I still think that something is not there. :| )