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If you can read this, we're now on the new server. Sorry for the delay, but importing the database took much longer than I was planning. I didn't realize it would take 8 hours to feed in a 1.7 GB database file.
This new machine is much faster and has twice the RAM as the old server, so it should carry us for a few years.
As always, please let me know if you detect any bugs.
Thanks for your patience!
Order of Kilopi
I have made two posts now, and they appear to contain OTHER peoples writing!
eta: 3 now
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Okay, that's definitely a bug.
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Test
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This is another test
Order of Kilopi
Thank you Fraser
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testing, testing.
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A post I made last night (well before any service interruption) is missing - I'm wondering if anyone else is missing posts?
-Veeger
Order of Kilopi
Maybe. It might have been just after the 2100 PST deadline. It was close.Originally Posted by Veeger
In looking around, I've seen one article stamped just two minutes before the deadline, so some made it.
Some banning action, after the deadline, appears to have been lost too. Mods may wish to doublecheck their efforts in that area.
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testing one two, testing....
Hmmm... feels just like home.
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Order of Kilopi
It's got that new-server smell though. Mmm...
Order of Kilopi
Everything is working well for me.
Order of Kilopi
"Hello, welcome to BAUT, I'll be your server for this evening. Would you like to see our specials?"
STARGAZING: All I see are the lights of a billion places I'll never go. --Howard Tayler, Schlock Mercenary
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comedy gold there. Server seems so far to be fine for me, it may be just placebo effect but it certainly feels faster to me.
Order of Kilopi
I noticed that the pages loaded much faster now than they used to, and everything seems to be working.
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Yes Two of my posts & one of Tuckerman's on Science The rise of the machines Thread vanished
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I put an announcement that sat at the top of every page warning people that posts made wouldn't make it over to the new server.
Order of Kilopi
So it's not missed, the folks in Astrophotography are noticing New server won't attach images.
I just tried an attachment and it failed upon upload, in the attachment-process window: "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage".
Order of Kilopi
I should have made a note here when I contacted Fraser by PM about the problem.
I think troubleshooting has moved to vBulletin support, though the attachments not shown was something I forgot to mention to when I reported uploads not working.
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This images problem seems to be common out there. One suggestion was to reinstall the latest version of the forum, which I just did, but that didn't seem to fix it.
I'm going to keep searching for the solution.
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Okay, I figured it out. The attachments directory was hard-coded in the file settings. I changed that to the new server location and everything works fine. Hmm... too much information?
Anyway, it works. :-)
Order of Kilopi
Hey, my quick reply text window is about hte size of a postage stamp, or abour 1/10th the screen width (but the same height). Is this a new server problem?
Et tu BAUT? Quantum mutatus ab illo.
Order of Kilopi
One upgrader makes quickreplyboxes larger
And one upgrade makes them small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
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It's not a problem for me.
Everything I need to know I learned through Googling.
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What happens to the old server? Was there a final farewell ceremony?
Order of Kilopi
It went on to smaller and lesser things.
Order of Kilopi
found it on ebay for 50 bucks
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-Old-1983...QQcmdZViewItem
Order of Kilopi
Thanks Fraser.
For he's a jolly good administrator,
For he's a jolly good administrator,
For he's a jolly good administrator,
Which nobody can deny,
But we'll still get a two thousand post thread debating the proposition anyway.
Order of Kilopi
Donated to mythbusters, what they do with it nobody knows but it won't last long.
Order of Kilopi
The only problem I had was that there was really bad rain storm and the cable went out at the same time as the forum went down.
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