| Network issues/lag/etc. | Thu Dec 29 18:42:27 2011 MST |
| So the more active of us have noticed some poopyness in network
connectivity over the last couple of months (read: lag).
I've done some shopping around, and because of the great deal I got
on this server, it'd about double up on hosting costs for me to move
the server to another provider. We could go virtual, but I think
that's kinda silly since I use the server for other things as well.
Before I look harder, or start asking other mudders if they have a
quality DC they could host it in, I'm going to do a little more
waiting. Here are my last two bits of info from the host.
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Dear Valued Client, This notification is being sent to inform you
that a maintenance window will take place from 11:00 p.m. Mountain
Standard Time (MST) on January 1, 2012 to 2:00 a.m. MST on January
2. The purpose of this maintenance is to bring additional circuits
from some carriers within our facility into our bandwidth blend.
This should result in increased capacity and added redundancy to
each of our existing carriers. Please note that this maintenance
should not affect your services. However if you notice any problems
during the maintenance window please feel free to contact our NOC
staff at any time. Thank you.
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Dear Josh, Thank you very much for your continued business. In an
ongoing effort to improve the quality of our services and our
infrastructure, we will be adding additional network equipment to
each of our server cabinets starting on January 10th, 2012. In
order to facilitate the installation of this new networking
equipment, some servers will be required to be relocated to other
cabinets in our facility. The installation of this equipment will
allow us to significant improve the quality of our network
infrastructure and improve the overall experience for all of our
customers. We are contacting you today because your leased server
with us will be one of the devices that will be affected by this
maintenance. We will need to take your server offline for a short
time to relocate it to a new rack space so that we may complete the
addition of this new networking gear. We anticipate that the total
downtime for these moves should be no more than 15 minutes per
server. Our staff will be available 24/7 to assist with these
relocations, and we can perform this move at any time that is most
convenient for you to minimize any impact on your operations.
Please reply back to this email letting us know when the most
convenient time would be to take your server offline to complete
this move. We would request that you provide us with a minimum of 12
hours advance notice in order for us to prepare the transition and
make it go as smoothly as possible. You will not need to make any
changes to your server's configuration. We appreciate your
cooperation in this matter. We are confident that the changes we are
making will significantly improve our network performance, and we
look forward to providing you with ever-improving service and
support going forward. If you have any questions related to this
maintenance or any other questions or concerns, please do not
hestiate to contact us at any time. Thank you for your time and
have a nice day,
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I'm going to do some math and figure out a time near reboot for them
to do this, and I'll post a follow up once I've requested teh time
with them. |
| >Network issues/lag/etc. | Thu Dec 29 18:45:06 2011 MST |
| On Thu Dec 29 18:42:27 2011 Korthrun wrote post #329:
> support going forward. If you have any questions related to this
> maintenance or any other questions or concerns, please do not
> hestiate to contact us at any time. Thank you for your time and
> have a nice day,
>
> ########
>
> I'm going to do some math and figure out a time near reboot for them
> to do this, and I'll post a follow up once I've requested teh time
> with them.
When I do post this, you may even want to plan on not playing that
day. I'm probably going to try to squeeze in some networking config
changes and a kernel update when they move teh server. If I fuck up
it will result in more downtime than 15 minutes |
| >Network issues/lag/etc. | Fri Dec 30 15:32:46 2011 MST |
| Vor | | admin | | offline |  |
| if? :D |
| >>Network issues/lag/etc. | Thu Jan 5 00:22:57 2012 MST |
| On Thu Dec 29 18:45:06 2011 Korthrun wrote post #330:
> > ########
> >
> > I'm going to do some math and figure out a time near reboot for them
> > to do this, and I'll post a follow up once I've requested teh time
> > with them.
>
> When I do post this, you may even want to plan on not playing that
> day. I'm probably going to try to squeeze in some networking config
> changes and a kernel update when they move teh server. If I fuck up
> it will result in more downtime than 15 minutes
The *AHEM* planned outage will be Jan 10th 2012, at 2am rltime.
I'll post any updates should this change. |
| >>>Network issues/lag/etc. | Tue Jan 10 02:22:52 2012 MST |
| On Thu Jan 5 00:22:57 2012 Korthrun wrote post #333:
> > > with them.
> >
> > When I do post this, you may even want to plan on not playing that
> > day. I'm probably going to try to squeeze in some networking config
> > changes and a kernel update when they move teh server. If I fuck up
> > it will result in more downtime than 15 minutes
>
> The *AHEM* planned outage will be Jan 10th 2012, at 2am rltime.
>
> I'll post any updates should this change.
aaaand this has passed, the server has been moved
we're on better network equipment, and they made some improvements
to how many providers come into the part of thenetwork the server is
in
e.g. more routers to pick from |
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