View Full Version : PPRuNe temporary shut down this weekend
Capt PPRuNe
29th Mar 2001, 15:23
The PPRuNe is moving to a new, more powerful server with dual processors. The new server will allow us to provide a better service to our readers and contributors.
The current server is struggling to cope with the loads being imposed on it only seven months after it was implemented due to the ever increasing number of visitors to this website. With registered membership approaching the 30,000 mark and the number of visitors on a daily basis well over that figure the current server is operating at near full capacity for most of the day and the time has come to upgrade yet again.
During the change over this coming weekend, 31st March and 1st April the service will be unavailable as the domain name is assigned to a new IP address. For some of you it will mean no PPRuNe for maybe only a few hours but for others it may mean nothing for up to 48 hours as the new IP address propogates throughout the worlds domain name servers. I apologise for the inconvenience this may cause some of you but once the new server is accessible I am hoping that you will find that there are less delays accessing pages during peak periods.
Another benefit of upgrading to a more powerful server is that we can now try out newer versions of the forums software as well as other brands. My aim is to continue to provide the best professional pilots website and forums as PPRuNe continues to grow from strength to strength.
Once again I apologise for any inconvenience caused during the upgrade and hope that you will all bear with me until the service is back up and running again.
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Capt PPRuNe
aka Danny Fyne
The Professional Pilots RUmour NEtwork
hailstone
29th Mar 2001, 15:45
hello captain,
that would mean that the cargo forum is only a few days away ? you promised....
Anti Skid On
29th Mar 2001, 15:48
That'll be a minor inconvenience on my weekend viewing, but I am sure everyone will share my view that Danny is a star!!!
What_does_this_button_do?
29th Mar 2001, 16:11
Danny,
Can I make a suggestion?
When you make the DNS change put a re-direct page up on the "old" DNS entry that says "you're being teleported to the new site" (you will have to use the IP number of the server as the name won't resolute properly) - therefore none of us will be without our dose of PPRuNe.
Buttons
swashplate
29th Mar 2001, 16:33
What.......No PPRuNe...????? http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif
For a whole WEEKEND?????
What will we all DOOOOO????
Suppose we'll have to do whatever we did before PPRuNe. (what was that, BTW?)
Pleaseee Danny, end our suffering QUICKLY!!!!!!!
Man-on-the-fence
29th Mar 2001, 17:12
Its a good job that I chose this weekend to take my annual bath :)
Seriously Danny and the team, thanks for all the hard work. Can't wait for the end result
MOTF (no I dont own an anorak)
A and C
29th Mar 2001, 17:38
Oh no i may have to talk to the wife !
redsnail
29th Mar 2001, 19:49
Good think I decided to go to Holland to have a few quiet drinks with Flypuppy.... ;)
Well done Danny et al :)
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reddo...feral animal!
exeng
29th Mar 2001, 19:52
Swashplate,
You did make me laugh!!
Where did I put those gardening tools a couple of years ago? I'll have to be careful, there's probably lions and tigers out there now.
Regards
Exeng
GoodVibes
30th Mar 2001, 00:24
Hmmmmh...
I feel an Amsterdam weekend coming up... :) :) :)
Knowledge is powerrrrrrr!
Oh well, just have to watch Australia beat India in the Cricket then......
Danny,
This is not just a very sick and cruel April Fool's Joke, is it??????
Best regards,
"lame"
Delta Wun-Wun
30th Mar 2001, 03:59
WHAT!!!NO...PRUNE!!!!..ALL WEEKEND!!!!NO..PLEASE NOT THE EVER GROWING LIST OF JOBS AROUND THE HOUSE THAT THE GOOD LADY HAS WAITING FOR ME!!!....DANNY PLEASE HURRY UP. http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/eek.gif http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/eek.gif http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/eek.gif
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GET THE BLOODY NOSE DOWN!
Flight Safety
30th Mar 2001, 04:01
I might have slight withdrawal symptoms, but look forward to the change. Keep up the good work.
hailstone
30th Mar 2001, 04:31
if all other above suggested pprune alternatives fail, there might always be the hongkong 7's ....
gaunty
30th Mar 2001, 05:00
Nooooooooooooooooooh
Ah well, looks like I'll have to double up on the Prozac this weekend then!
http://straightjacketsite.tripod.com/topsign.gif
BTW Danny and crew thanks once again.
PanicButton
30th Mar 2001, 05:21
Keep up the good work Captain!
By the way does anybody know where its best to gost a domain, that is to get storage space and a .com! I'm looking for a place to store the homepage of my local flying club. Please e-mail me.
Engineer
30th Mar 2001, 05:57
Sorry Ladies and Gentlemen but I don't believe that the server is being changed.
The reason behind this interruption is a ploy devised by Auntie Marge of the Agony Aunt forum to assist poor Workforce to finally break a developing habit See thread
http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/Forum37/HTML/000111.html
However if this action cures the affliction this person suffers from then let it be so. Maybe it will also assist a few other tortured souls who frequent this web site
;) ;) ;)
Have a good weekend all
[This message has been edited by Engineer (edited 30 March 2001).]
airbourne
30th Mar 2001, 07:36
I have now put matchsticks under my eyelids so I can soak up as much Proone as possible but the switch is thrown! Is it possible to to look at this all night, sleep for 10 mins. have a shower, sleep for another 5 mins and then go out a do a full days work!? Time to do the rain dance or else Mrs airbourne will have me out in the garden or worse still an afternoon in Homebase!!!!!! AAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!!
pied piper
30th Mar 2001, 11:19
It may be a bit late , but you could get your sysadmin to change the ttl for dns caching. Then we could all be ppruning within the hour ;)
UTOPIA!
Capt PPRuNe
Could you please give us the new IP and we could just type that in our browser instead of the domain name.
PPRuNe Dispatcher
30th Mar 2001, 15:41
Having the IP address won't work for forums as all links start www.pprune.org/ (http://www.pprune.org/) You could if you were desperate replace www.pprune.org (http://www.pprune.org) with the new IP address for every page...
...But I won't give out the IP address as I don't want any extra network traffic on the new machine when we transfer the many Gigabytes of data across, unpack it, check it, install it,....
---PPRuNe Dispatcher
http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/frown.gif
twitchy
30th Mar 2001, 19:30
DANNY
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK GOING.
What a sad news...what are we gonna do this week end even GOD may not know.
Best regards
TWITCHY
shamrock
30th Mar 2001, 23:30
Panic Button ...
My email to you bounced. I do a non-profit organisation full hosting and email service for £50 pa. - (and will extend this offer to any PPRuNers interested)- Mail me at
[email protected]
PPRuNe Towers
31st Mar 2001, 00:31
http://pprune.org/images/rage.gif
A little quiet please.
Braced by a largactol, librium and drambuie shandy Danny has just been lowered into his immersion tank by his brain care specialist and personal masseuse.
Depending on when he regains control of his motor functions this delicate operation should begin in about 15 hours from now. We would appeal for departing Manchester traffic off 24L/R to be especially enthusiastic with the noise abatement power reductions.
It would be extremely helpful if ATC could see to it that PIA take off downwind to the east so as not to shatters His Airship's zen like calm. Those curvature of the earth climbouts can be most distracting.
Consultations with local government bodies has achieved agreement that church bells will ring out as the new IP address spreads through routers across the world.
Everyone here at the Towers has prepared for this the best we can - only time will tell.
'We may be some time.'
Regards from the Towers
Rob Lloyd
[email protected]
[This message has been edited by PPRuNe Towers (edited 30 March 2001).]
pigboat
31st Mar 2001, 02:21
Hmm...lessee Mar 30, 20:31Z + 15 hr = Mar 30 35:31Z - 24 hr = Mar 31 11:30Z - 5 hr = 06:30 tomorrow morning.
I think.
Now just after 9am 31 March Dunnunda.
When does it actually go off, midnight GMT ?? which I think is about another 50 minutes, or later ??
Never mind. back already Dunnunda.....
That is the good news.
Bad news is India have just set Australia 300 to win the 3rd ODI.
PPRuNe Towers
31st Mar 2001, 11:37
Part one of the exercise doesn't affect the present server. The new one needs operating system, management software, RAID configuration and bulleting board intallation.
Only when that's all done, dusted and satisfactory will the bit you're not looking forward start.
Sorry if losing PPRuNe is not your idea of a nice weekend but it works best for us. Traffic is actually at its lightest. Lots of regulars working and others at least attempting to have a life. Conversely though it seems to be the time when a lot of folks go 'exploring' and discover us as registrations always peak over the weekend.
The other reason is that Danny disappears to the colonies at the beginning of next week for a bit of a lie down - it will be well deserved methinks.
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Regards from the Towers
[email protected]
PPRuNe Pop
31st Mar 2001, 11:47
Isn't it done yet?
Damn, set the wrong time and day on the alarm clock!
http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/confused.gif :)
I could not access the site for quite some time earlier today, now I can, so I thought that was it finished. Knew that was too easy to be true........
Better get back to watching the Cricket then.......
aeroguru
31st Mar 2001, 12:24
Anyone have any Ppruners patches?
Robin, if you can still get a message into the tank (and Danny is still conscious) please wish him - from his acolytes on the BA forum - a safe journey through the Stargate. We will be waiting for him on the other side. I have briefed all our MAN crews for today and tomorrow regarding noise abatement.
Hope he has a better journey than we did...............
BOAC
Forum Moderator
PPRuNe Towers
31st Mar 2001, 15:57
Cheers BOAC,
Will pass on your message. Presently struggling with a couple of minor glitches. Saturday morning's a bit of a sod for finding dilithium crystals and a flesh coloured bicycle repair outfit though.
We'll improvise.
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Regards from the Towers
[email protected]
NOW it is back Dunnunda, thank you......
PPRuNe Dispatcher
1st Apr 2001, 01:47
To quote Wallace (from Wallace & Grommit) :
"That went as well as could be expected." http://www.pprune.org/ubb/NonCGI/cool.gif
PPRuNe Dispatcher
1st Apr 2001, 03:54
OK folks, we're back in business.
There are still a few tweaks to be done (such as setting the timezone!) but all in all it's looking pretty good!
--PPRuNe Dispatcher
So . . . uhhh . . . what happened?
What's the difference now? Everything seems exactly the same to me? What's all this about IP adresses and improved servers and things?
Keep up the good work! I still don't see a difference! ;)
SFly