New hardware deployment

[mark]

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!

Comments

[dragondancer5150]

Good to know! WELCOME, Epsilon Eridani! Maybe you live long and prosper. */silly*

[subluxate]

Thanks for the heads-up! Very good to know.

[moem]

Ooh. I want to live on Epsilon Eridani! It sounds great.

[jjhunter]

SO EXCITING. :oD

[ashkitty]

The new database cluster has been christened Epsilon Eridani

Pretty sure I wrote a fic set there once. ;)

[dil]

I guess, it's cluster no.5 ;)

[denise]

You've figured out our super secret naming scheme!

[nidira]

XD Keep this up and even my stingy self may have to spring for a paid account.

[83_tauri]

It makes me happy that there's a cluster called Epsilon Eridani :)

[j00j]

Hooray!

[stormy]

I might have popped over to Where am I? and checked to see which cluster I was on after this.

Much excitement for the new server.

[decepticon_mistress]

Thanks for the heads-up!

Thanks! :-)

[babysprite]

mark Thanks for the transparency and for being a first-class systems adminstrator and operator.

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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MUSIC: The Dubliners - Fiddler's Green (featuring Barney McKenna)

Re: Thanks! :-)

[denise]

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

[lilacsheep]

Thanks for all the great work you guys do!

[bluiis]

Thanks for the clear communication. You guys are always awesome!

[sharpiefan]

Epsilon Eridani? Neat! Have a random DS9 icon in celebration of this achievement.

(though all my journals/comms are in/on Draconis. :D )

Re: Thanks! :-)

[sharpiefan]

I'll let Kira reply to that one...

Re: Thanks! :-)

[sentienceimmutable]

IDIC is a great tagline for a blog host, IJS!

[chainer]

Hmmm. I should Where am I all the accounts of various people in my system just for fun.

[putzhat]

Aw, fudge. I was hoping it'd be named Raxacoricofallapatorius. :) <3

[azurelunatic]

But that's a planet, not a star! :-P

[arethinn]

...Hail Eris?

edit: Oh nice, I am on Draconis. I approve of this. (fourth cluster, I assume :))

[someday_i_will]

I'm currently getting all of my email comments bounced back...

[mark]

Thanks for the heads up. I've just made a fix that might have done it. (If this comment posts, it worked...)