Update: Content freeze will actually last approximately 1-2 hours so we’ve pushed it back to 12:30 AM EST to impact less readers.
Update: This will be somewhat delayed, mostly as backups etc are taking longer than expected. Will update when we know more
Just letting everybody know that at approximately 8:30PM EST the comments and all content will be frozen while we move servers. We are hoping that if everything runs smoothly this will last approximately 5-15 minutes but obviously things can and do go wrong. This server upgrade should make the site faster and also cheaper to run (meaning we can put more resources into improving the site).
Once the server migration is finished and the content freeze has been lifted I will update this post. After that time if you see anything that is broken please let us know in the comments below. It would be helpful if you could distinguish between if something is newly broken after the server migration and something that has been broken for some time.
Comments now closed for 1-2 hours.
Delay this till Paze offer passes.
Looking forward to all the posts about Inkind and Chipotle on the new server!
Did you use the liquid web offer on kudos 🤣
I thought the same thing.
With the extra time, everybody, clothes off and into the pool.
Have to push back somewhat, will update once we know more.
Thanks for the heads up. If you don’t mind me asking, why not just do this overnight or on a weekend when user traffic is at its lowest? That way if something goes wrong impact to users is minimized while you troubleshoot during off-peak hours.
It’s a tough balancing act, a lot of the issues occur with increased load so we still want a base level of load so we can revert to the old server if something major is wrong. If we do it completely off peak it might appear to be running fine and then once traffic ramps up it breaks and we’ve lost the ability to revert to old server as by now that is out of date by 8-10 hours (or in the case of a weekend 24-48 hours).
Good luck
William Charles
See everyone else on the other side.
https://www.isitdownrightnow.com/doctorofcredit.com.html
Monday evening at 8.30? Rookie mistake. I always do it on Friday evenings at 10.
Leaving a test comment to see if it transfers to new server
Will you finally introduce user logins/profiles like you’ve been promising for the past year?
Actually I’ve been promising that for multiple years. Hopefully once the server stabilizes it’s something we can focus on, yes.
The comment counter for this page is showing “0 comments” with no option to sort.
William Charles
https://imgur.com/a/7v4oqTr
That has been a bug for a while. The counter basically refreshes every 4 hours when the server’s cache refreshes for the page. Go here to see a newly cached page.
Everybody freak out
Thanks for your continued hard work on the site.
Good luck! I hope everything is smooth with the upgrade.
Here’s hoping.
not gonna survive
“5-15 minutes”
what’s the over-under? 2 hrs?
Anything under 24 hours to get everything functioning will be a win in my books
thanks for all you do!
😡😡😡
😄jk
Good luck hope it all goes smoothly. If everything crashes and gets wiped. It was great while it lasted guys. Maybe the real bonuses were the friends we made along the way.✌️
Aww ☺️
OMG, I might actually have to talk to my family for 15 min? The horror! 🙂
I’m going to go for ice cream! Leaving the fam at home.
are you not using your ubereats credit?
Gives people time to lock in and earn those Paze credits