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Mark Smith ([staff profile] mark) wrote in [site community profile] dw_maintenance2013-05-28 11:15 pm
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New hardware deployment

Hi all!

The new database machines I ordered are now installed and spinning up. They're in the beginning phases of their life, which means I've moved a few test accounts (a few communities and some other random people) and will be watching how they behave over the next day or two to make sure that everything is happy.

The new database cluster has been christened Epsilon Eridani and will soon be the home for all of our users.

You should really not expect to see anything yet, but take this post as fore-warning that sometime soon (I'll post again) I will start moving accounts in earnest. You can expect brief bouts of "read-only mode" when this happens, so if you see that starting to pop up around the site in the next few days -- that's why!

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Thanks! :-)

[personal profile] babysprite 2013-05-29 03:00 pm (UTC)(link)

[staff profile] mark Thanks for the transparency and for being a first-class systems adminstrator and operator.

[staff profile] denise Hi Ms. D. ^..^~ You're surrounded by Star Trekkies, browncoats and all manner of various nerdities, more than one of which I most certainly am.

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[staff profile] denise 2013-05-29 03:10 pm (UTC)(link)

pfft, if we'd really wanted to be nerdy, i would've made mark call it "40 Eridani" ;)

sharpiefan: Kira Nerys: LOL (Kira amused)

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[personal profile] sharpiefan 2013-05-29 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'll let Kira reply to that one...
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[personal profile] sentienceimmutable 2013-05-29 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
IDIC is a great tagline for a blog host, IJS!

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[personal profile] babysprite 2013-05-30 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
pfft, if we'd really wanted to be nerdy, i would've made mark call it "40 Eridani" ;)
... and rename the data-center, "Alpha Quadrant."

Nerd alert! Nerd alert!

:-)
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[staff profile] denise 2013-05-30 02:10 pm (UTC)(link)

whatever we do, we can't name it Wolf 359!

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[personal profile] babysprite 2013-05-30 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Off topic but have you seen the new universal access signs for New York City? They're silhouettes of someone leaning forward in a Quickie with cambered wheels, just a movin' and a groovin' along. I just hooted with all manner of joy and glee.
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[staff profile] denise 2013-05-30 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)

i have not, but just knowing that the graphics designer was aware of camber in the first place makes me sooooo happy.

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