Dark0ne Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 There is going to be some down-time on all Nexus sites and the forums this week as we work to move our databases over to our new cluster setup. Each site needs to be taken offline while a “dump” of the database can be created, transferred to the cluster and then imported in to the cluster database setup. The sites obviously have to go offline during this process so no new content is lost between the time when we make the dump and the time until the import process is fully completed. The total down time will depend entirely on the site being transferred at the time. The forums, Skyrim, both Fallout sites and Oblivion are going to take longer than the other sites as they have a lot more content to transfer over. The forums and Skyrim should take 4 hours each while the other sites might take less time. Either way you’ll know when the transfer is happening as the site will be taken offline, with a message to that effect, during the process. It’s my utmost hope (and no doubt yours too) that, through this transfer to our cluster, the reliability issues with the servers is going to be a thing of the past. For good. If all goes to plan this weekend should be the last weekend of stability issues for the Nexus and we can move on to doing what we actually want to do; making the service better for everyone and expanding our reach to all games so anyone can use the Nexus for modding if they so wish. We’ll also be far more DDoS proof due to the distributed nature of our own server setup that will mean we can shift load between many different servers ensuring any attack will have to split the botnet being used considerably in order to cause any down time. I’ll hold off on thanking you for your patience during this trying time until we can confirm that this is going to be the solution to all our problems but our initial testing has been very positive, so now it’s time to take the plunge and hope for the best. Down time starts tomorrow (Monday) morning, starting with the forums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agentXshadow Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ironman5000 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Got my fingers and toes crossed, good luck with the changover :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyTitan Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Oh wow...wish you the best. Am I to understand that you're doing all of this and are not even sure if it is even going to 'fix' the troubles you've been running into lately? I've been there and done that on a MUCH SMALLER scale with a PHPBB forum I own. Doing things with it that you HOPE...solves an issue. None the less, thanks for the work you put into maintaining and running this site. It's never said/heard enough.....but Thanks! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fidller Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 Oh damn.....i should start scavenging more mods then! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flamey Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 So, how about read-only for that Period of Pime? Guess that won't work...?Well obviously it doesn't work, guess it's all about the Resources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 In response to post #8498728. Many parts of the site rely on being able to write as well as reading to the database. Viewing files/downloading files/viewing images all require writing. Not much point of the site without those 3 things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dark0ne Posted July 21, 2013 Author Share Posted July 21, 2013 In response to post #8498695. I've written over 10,000 words on the topic since the start of the year alone. If you're interested I'd recommend going through the news archive to see what's already been written about what we're doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papp263 Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 And that is how Skynet is really born... ;D J/K I hope the transfer goes off without a hitch, Best of luck with it! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SalazarDrago Posted July 21, 2013 Share Posted July 21, 2013 thanks for amazing news guys...I wish you all the best...keep up the great work =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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