Comments on: File server “f1” replacement

By: Upgrade plus Downtime | Feminist Critics

Upgrade plus Downtime | Feminist Critics — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:39:55 +0000

[…] our host has announced that we will have to undergo a short period of downtime to enable them to migrate us to a new server. We can choose when this happens (How cool is that?) and it makes sense to me to trigger the […]

By: Jamie Brewer

Jamie Brewer — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 02:11:38 +0000

Drupal users, you’ll have to change one setting by hand after moving: In Administer -> Site Configuration -> File System, change the path of the temp directory to reflect the new server. Instructions on finding the path are already in the Drupal entry on the Support Wiki. And of course, backups are prudent.

One down, one to go later, so far so good.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 18:21:07 +0000

Manually transferred one of two sites to /f2 in less than a minute. That was easy.

Is it possible to see what each site’s root will be *before* upgrading, though? In this case I just waited until it was done, and then updated my .htaccess files based on what the site information page told me. Not a problem, but it would be even smoother if we had that information beforehand. (Maybe we do, and I just missed it 🙂

The destination server is the “best available” at the time of the migration, so it’s not possible to predict in advance with certainty. However, f2 is brand new (the old f2 kinda sucked) so up front most of the sites are going there. Sooner or later it will balance out, but for the time being, if you want to bet, bet on f2. -jdw

By: dch24

dch24 — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:48:47 +0000

Worked great. I’m on f2 now.

By: Roger Browne

Roger Browne — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:52:48 +0000

The process was very professionally handled, with clear instructions and good feedback all the way. Thanks!

By: Arlen

Arlen — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:08:08 +0000

Migrated affected sites early – was flawless. 🙂

By: Stefan

Stefan — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:44:26 +0000

Really great news. Thank you guys for providing controls to do it right away, very respectable.

By: Michael S

Michael S — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:42:48 +0000

All I can say is this is brilliant.

You guys took a problem (server replacement) that would have taken you all a bunch of work (to move the user sites) and generated a bunch of complaints (from the sites that broke and went offline) and turned it into a customer service benefit that let the users a) do the work and b) be in charge of their own upgrades and scheduling while c) still leaving the option for the lazy ones to let you do the work.

Terrific way to handle it! I upgraded all 20+ of my sites today and each was quick, painless, and easy. The best.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 15:11:54 +0000

Manual upgrade was quick and flawless. Thanks for the great work and your always great prices!

By: jdw

jdw — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:46:07 +0000

Woot! 1% of the affected sites have already been moved. :) -jdw