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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Software Issues and Discussion => Topic started by: on February 27, 2003, 10:40:54 PM

Title: Small update at amiga.com
Post by: on February 27, 2003, 10:40:54 PM

It's under amiga corporate.

Title: Re: Small update at amiga.com
Post by: Vincent on February 27, 2003, 10:45:55 PM

Cheers :-)

Title: Re: Small update at amiga.com
Post by: JaXanim on February 27, 2003, 11:18:42 PM

Hmm....It's life Bill, but not as WE know it!

Cheers,

JaXanim
http://waveguide.v-2-1.net

Title: Re: Small update at amiga.com
Post by: on February 27, 2003, 11:34:11 PM

hmm, it seems Amiga.com and amiga.org sites are much faster loading up.

Anyone else experience this ?

Title: Re: Small update at amiga.com
Post by: Mike_Amiga on February 28, 2003, 12:22:37 AM

Are you refering to this:

AmigaOS4 Feature Set: Release 1

(13-Jan-2003) Amiga is pleased to publish this first version of the feature set of the up and coming AmigaOS4.0. The document will undergo revision in subsequent issues but because of the massive demand for information made by the public, we have decided to release it in its current state.

Or this:

Server Move

(27-Feb-2003) All Amiga servers will be down on Saturday, March 1 for approximately 8-12 hours while our host moves equipment to a new data center.

 :-?  :-?  :-?

Title: Re: Small update at amiga.com
Post by: Vincent on February 28, 2003, 12:49:20 AM

We are referring to:

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(27-Feb-2003) All Amiga servers will be down on Saturday, March 1 for approximately 8-12 hours while our host moves equipment to a new data center.

:-)

Title: Re: Small update at amiga.com
Post by: MarkTime on February 28, 2003, 04:56:03 AM

Do you suppose that other companies *never* change servers, or they have just figured out a way to do it without being down for 12 hours....

p.s. thats a facetious question...but I'm going to rush to answer it quickly...the answer is, they know how to transfer a server with only a blip (less than one minute) of downtime.

Title: Re: Small update at amiga.com
Post by: Bezzen on February 28, 2003, 09:12:54 AM

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Do you suppose that other companies *never* change servers, or they have just figured out a way to do it without being down for 12 hours....

I don't really think it's that big of a deal if they're down twelve hours. It's not like the world is losing out on a hundred huge web site updates during that time.  :-)

Title: Re: Small update at amiga.com
Post by: Vincent on February 28, 2003, 01:22:26 PM

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Bezzen wrote:

I don't really think it's that big of a deal if they're down twelve hours. It's not like the world is losing out on a hundred huge web site updates during that time.  :-)

Yeah, but sod's law, that's when they'll have to update the site.  And because they're changing server they won't be able to do it, then they'll forget about it. :-P

Title: Re: Small update at amiga.com
Post by: Hattig on February 28, 2003, 02:55:37 PM

Sure, it is easy:

A few days prior to the transfer, in the DNS Zone file, set the TTL to be very very low.

Buy a new server, install it at the new place. Configure it like the first server.

Update the DNS Zone file to point at the new server, reinstate the longer TTL.

Remove the old server.

Et Voila! Near-Instant changeover.

This doesn't work when you are physically moving the server from one place to another, which appears to be what Amiga Inc are doing.