Yes, you can't do "Server down" without making an obligatory GA!
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Server switch first, then boot drive backup later? Shouldn't you do it both before and after?
Also, do you have any plans in case something goes wrong?
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NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MY LIFE IS OVER NOOOOOOO CG DON'T DO THIS :( :(
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but but... what am I supposed to do in the meantime?? Go do that weird thing called real life?? :O
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13 minutes ago*
Need to search a link .... wahhhhhhh
panikmode
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@_@ I want to say "NOOOOO" but i have to say Yes. Yes.
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All done, everything went as planned and we're on the new hardware.
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Hey SG, when this post is 15 minutes old, SteamGifts will be going offline for brief maintenance. The expected downtime is 20 minutes. I'm going to be switching our database server to new AWS hardware that was released a few days ago, and making an image of our database server boot drive.
I don't predict any noticeable change in performance, the new server will have similar specifications, but simply newer processors, DDR4 memory, and a cheaper price tag. There might be some slowdown for an hour or two when the site comes back online, since the database will need to be cached in memory.
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