Upcoming Server Maintenance: Thursday, July 10th

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Good Evening Everyone,
I just wanted to make you aware that I am planning on performing some server maintenance on the morning of Thursday, July 10th. I will be moving the forum to a new (and more stable) server with extra room for uploads. I plan for the site to be down for a few hours starting at 10:00 UTC that morning. On that morning, expect to see a banner at the top of each page explaining that the site is in “read only” mode to allow the database to be moved. I’ll be taking a few backups over the next few days to ensure everything transfers smoothly and that the updates can be rolled back if needed.

No action is required on your guys’ part as all of the posts and logins will transfer. I’ll post when the update is completed. If you have any questions or encounter any issues, please feel free to reach out. Thanks!

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Thank you for the work you are doing! It is appreciated!

Dale
3.0 Corvair/Tailwheel

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I’ll also add my thanks. Last year we lost Sonexbuilders and in the Saturn car world we lost Saturnfans both because they were not being maintained.

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Thanks for the kind words, everyone. The new server is now up and seems to be performing well. Just a couple of things with the switchover:

  • While the new security certificate populates, you might get an “unsecured site” warning for a few hours as the new certificate propagates around the web. No need to do anything on your end.
  • Emails might take a few hours to load as the system tries to catch up on the daily digests.

As always, if you see any issues, please let me know and I’ll work to address them ASAP. Again, thank you everyone for your patience!

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