[realprogrammers hosting] Semi-scheduled downtime Tuesday

[Paul Makepeace]

Je 2006-04-10 19:13:57 +0100, Paul Makepeace skribis:
> At midnight GMT Tuesday the main server will move data centres. The
> expected downtime is about an hour, and is hoped to be less. Essentially
> as long as it takes to power down, disconnect, load into a car, drive
> about 30mins, reconnect, & power up.

The server's now up again; it was switched off at 20:06 GMT and back on 00:43.
So about five hours. (I didn't have any say or control at all in all this.)

Interestingly, this conforms to my First Rule of Data-Centre Visits,

  "However long you think it'll take, multiply that by about five"

http://paulm.com/inchoate/2004/09/first_rule_of_datacentre_visits.html

Paul

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