System Maintenance Window: December 5, 2009 12:30PM EST

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Friday, December 04, 2009

On Saturday, December the 5th at 12:30PM EST, Rocketry Planet will be unavailable while we perform a planned maintenance operation.

The site is being migrated to a new, higher performance, server that will also include upgrades to PHP and MySQL.

The planned maintenance window may be as short as 3 hours or as long as 4 hours.

We apologize for this inconvenience but hope the improved performance will be appreciated by all.

Reader comments:

#1 Re: System Maintenance Window: December 5, 2009 12:30PM EST

Will there be any differences other than performance? Different look or feel?

Steve_Shannon on 12-04-2009 02:01 PM

#2 Re: System Maintenance Window: December 5, 2009 12:30PM EST

Are you going to change the logo?

Tim Wilson on 12-04-2009 03:03 PM

#3 Re: System Maintenance Window: December 5, 2009 12:30PM EST

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Will there be any differences other than performance? Different look or feel?

No changes, simply hardware.

Quote:

Are you going to change the logo?

ddmobley on 12-04-2009 03:07 PM

#4 Re: System Maintenance Window: December 5, 2009 12:30PM EST

The forums will most likely be turned off a few minutes before the maintenance window opens to prevent new registrations and posts from being submitted when the old server is shut off. This will create a more favorable "static" state from which to transfer from. Please do not be concerned when you see the forums closed at that time.

ddmobley on 12-04-2009 06:16 PM

#5 Re: System Maintenance Window: December 5, 2009 12:30PM EST

Darrell,

Keep up the good work. Rocketry Planet continues to be my #1 source for rocketry related news and your thoroughness, attention to the details and hands-off approach (minimal censorship) are greatly appreciated.

--Lance.

llickteig1 on 12-05-2009 12:04 PM

#6 Re: System Maintenance Window: December 5, 2009 12:30PM EST

Thanks, Lance. Will do.

For all: just waiting on the tech guys to send me the word, then I'll be temporarily closing the forums until it's done.

ddmobley on 12-05-2009 12:41 PM

#7 Re: System Maintenance Window: December 5, 2009 12:30PM EST

The system was successfully updated with the new hardware and by now you should be seeing much faster performance from the site. Enjoy!

ddmobley on 12-05-2009 07:05 PM

#8 Re: System Maintenance Window: December 5, 2009 12:30PM EST

DD, much faster...very nice.

markkoelsch on 12-05-2009 07:43 PM

#9 Re: System Maintenance Window: December 5, 2009 12:30PM EST

Is it me or are some stories missing from the front page?

sunward on 12-05-2009 08:46 PM

#10 Re: System Maintenance Window: December 5, 2009 12:30PM EST

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Is it me or are some stories missing from the front page?

They're all there. What you may be seeing is the random nature of the headline news. If a new story is posted to the front page, it takes precedence in the main spot. After being there 24 hours without another new story being posted, the six front page article will appear randomly each page reload. When another new front page story is posted, that story will take precedence for the next 24 hours. It's a mechanism to keep the front page from turning stale.

ddmobley on 12-05-2009 09:50 PM

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