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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
- Ginny
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:45pm
*ask fff
- ~Crystal~
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:49pm
I vote yes on shutting down the site for a few days. I'd rather go into withdrawals LOL than keep it up and risk losing irreplaceable pets.
- VeeJay Hedgehog
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:54pm
Being an Aussie and usually unable to access the site during the day due to work and other committments, I run into the "server cannot be reached" situation a lot. I've seen other pet sites do rollbacks and had quite a few issues with that sort of thing (re: lost pets, lost income, loss of premium membership benefits, entire SDB contents wiped clean, etc) - so I'm not fond of the idea of having a rollback happen. Knock on wood, I have yet to run into an issue on Aywas that took away a hard-earned item or pet or everything else in-between! Should you choose to go the live server migration route, there's always Murphy and Sod's Law lurking in the background somewhere along the line...the risks are a wee bit on the high side, that's what I think anyway. To cut it short, all I'm saying is, I agree with the majority of folks who have commented so far: I'm perfectly fine with a shutdown. I can last as long as it takes...it'd be a perfect time to try and sort out the disaster area that is my art inbox to be honest, haha XD
- ThornInside!
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:58pm
Sucks; but... I think with a server switch, which will make the site efficiency better for everyone, most of the user base could understand if the site had to be shut down for a few days; so long as there was warning beforehand. That would be much better, I'm sure, than risking losing valuable data. I mean... if it's between shutting the site down for a few days, or losing the users days worth of progress, just shut it down to make the move easier on everyone. *shrug*
I'm sure us addicts can find something else constructive to do. :p ... like work on custom designs to bombard the new server with. :D
- Malicus
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:02pm
I'm just going to add to the chorus that says that we'd be fine with the site being shut down for a few days.
- Kushi
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:04pm
I think shut down wont kill everyone I mean its saving things people want xD
- Tanginello
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:04pm
I honestly think it would make the most sense to just shut the site down and migrate the data. Let people with premium or whatever have a few extra days for the inconvenience and then we can all come back and play again.
I mean, I think folks will be fine without Aywas for a couple days.
- MOVED TO 126!
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:04pm
I agree with the deleting of locked threads, it could help free up server room. Or perhaps add in a rule that if you are inactive for X amount of time have the account deleted? I also think that there should be an option to delete your own threads -- that way users could delete anything they're not using anymore? Just my thoughts... --Yuuki.
- Aprilis
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Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 1:26pm
I'm also happy about it being down for a few days. The joy of having a fast site will more than make up for the withdrawal symptoms I will suffer.
Posted on: Mon Apr 30, 2012 12:43pm
I honestly don't see the problem with shutting the site down for a few days. It's not gonna kill anyone to be without Aywas for just a few short days, as Kirema said we can have a temporary forum to talk anyway, and if it's the most convenient way to get the site up and running better and faster... just do it, if you as me.