HN will be down Saturday morning while we switch servers

#1

Post by pg » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:24 PM UTC

Rtm has lined up a new, faster server for us. He currently plans to switch over to it at 6 am EST on Saturday. He says the site will be down for around 10 minutes, but you know how these things go...

Re: HN will be down Saturday morning while we switch servers

#2

Post by byoung2 » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:28 PM UTC

Just out of curiosity, what are the specs of the old vs the new server?

Re: HN will be down Saturday morning while we switch servers

#3

Post by bitops » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:43 PM UTC

It would be cool to see some performance "brag numbers" posted after the cutover!

Re: HN will be down Saturday morning while we switch servers

#4

Post by WALoeIII » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:44 PM UTC

Can you please post a picture of the server so we can see all the sweet LEDs on network cards?

Re: HN will be down Saturday morning while we switch servers

#5

Post by e1ven » Fri, Feb 15, 2013, 11:49 PM UTC

For all the flak HN gets about fnid problems, etc, it's still awe-inspiring to me that such a popular site runs on a single server, with so little admintime ;)