[Adam]

The server currently powering PF is now almost 7 years old, and it's running certain software versions that are simply too old to continue being updated.

In order to deliver faster site performance, less downtime (i.e. through backups that don't slow down the forum), and continued security, we will be migrating to a brand new server in the very near future. The destination server has already been provisioned and is considerably more powerful than our existing server, with redundant SSD drives and 64Gb of memory.

There are three potential windows for the migration (periods during which our site traffic is at its lowest):

• Friday, March 3rd starting at midnight US central time
• Saturday, March 4th starting at midnight US central time
• Friday, March 10th starting at midnight US central time

I will be working hard to automate the migration process and have as little downtime as possible, but there will inevitably be some downtime as data is transferred and DNS records propagate. Once the migration starts, the forum will be put in read-only mode, and no new posts will be accepted on the old site. At some point thereafter, you'll be able to access the site on the new server, and posts will once again start being accepted.


If you have any questions, please let me know. I'll post more information once I know which migration date is chosen.


I'd like to thank everyone who's recently donated- your donations help make this process smoother, and are allowing us to finally migrate to a new platform.

Adam
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[BigMackCam]

Good luck with the server migration, Adam

[csa]

Adam, thank you for keeping this site the very best for all of us photography fans!

[apete]

Am I the only one who initially red "Pentax forums is moving to a new sensor"? :-)

Good luck Adam!

[aslyfox]

It is all Greek to me

In Adam we trust

Thank you Adam

[jpzk]

With years of enjoying this excellent website, I hope the new server will continue to "serve" us as well as the old one always did.
Thanks for the info!

[Tamia]

Thanks for the heads-up, Adam -- much appreciated -- and good luck with the migration.

[SciFiGuy]

Adam:

For the A (address) records, if you lower the time to live number (in seconds) to about 30 minutes a few days before the move your DNS will propagate faster.

[Adam]

Adam:

For the A (address) records, if you lower the time to live number (in seconds) to about 30 minutes a few days before the move your DNS will propagate faster.

Already done! I tested this by migrating NikonForums.com just hours ago, and it was almost seamless. Thanks for the tip, though.

[BigMackCam]

Already done! I tested this by migrating NikonForums.com just hours ago, and it was almost seamless. Thanks for the tip, though.

Glad to see you tested on the "other brand" first, Adam

[aslyfox]

Glad to see you tested on the "other brand" first, Adam

yeah, let "them" be the guinea pigs

word choice - Why is "guinea pig" used as the colloquial term for test subjects? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

[35mmfilmfan]

Now I thought it was because they were tail-less, hence only costing a guinea (or £1 1s in real money). Had they had tails, the price would have increased to at least thirty bob, thus making them economically less attractive.

[Adam]

FYI guys, we're looking to complete the transfer tonight. It should be fairly seamless, with only a few minutes of site closure on top of however long the DNS takes to propagate.

[smf]

FYI guys, we're looking to complete the transfer tonight. It should be fairly seamless, with only a few minutes of site closure on top of however long the DNS takes to propagate.

Thanks for the information, and best wishes.

[Rupert]

I'm getting more nervous as midnight approaches....so I am taking screenshots of as many pages as I can so I can look at them at midnight and think I am still here! Others might want to do the same if they have a PF addiction....heck, it will work for me, I'm not hard to fool!

Regards!