Database Move Finished!

[Update @ 11:50 PM PDT] Done! RabbitStats is fully moved. We’re back!

[Update @ 7:00 PM PDT] 66% of the collectors have jumped to the new server. We’re still in a holding pattern till they all move. The nightly event that generates reports has been put on hold until everything has moved over.

[Update @ 2:35 PM PDT] DNS entries are still stuck on some sims. We’re just going to wait this out… in the mean time, we’ve reopened the website, but it’s showing only data that has been collected since the server got switched. As soon as the remaining few collectors on the grid start reporting back to the new server we’ll merge the two datasets… hopefully this will complete before reports are run tonight.

[Update @ 12:40 PM PDT] Still waiting on DNS entries to propagate to the whole grid. Some collectors are already talking to the new server, but there’s a few left talking to the old server. Sorry for the delay!

[Update @ 11:36 AM PDT] The critical data has been moved. Waiting for DNS entries to make it all over the grid pointing to the new server…

We’re moving the database right now!

Check back here as we work. We hope to get RabbitStats back up an running in a few hours. The database is quite large and it takes a long time to move!

Website Downtime on Sat, March 21st, 2009

Greetings!

Our website will have some downtime on Saturday, March 21st, 2009. We’re moving RabbitStats to a new host and will need some time when the website is inaccessible while this change takes place.

No changes will be needed to in-world collectors, they will find the new server on their own. We will do our best to make sure that there are no in-world interruptions while this is happening and that no data will be lost. (You just won’t be able get to our website!)

Why are we doing this? We haven’t hit the limits of what our current hardware can handle, but we’re being proactive and getting ready for the future. A little planned downtime now is better than a lot of unplanned downtime in the future.

We’ll post on the blog as we work. This will be a fairly large undertaking… the downtime is expected to be a few hours, but there’s no way to know for sure until we actually start migrating.

Thanks for using RabbitStats!

Possible Downtime on Fri, March 20, 2008

RabbitStats will be moving to a new host on or around Friday, March 20th, 2008.

Why?

We’re moving to the cloud! This move will hopefully allow us to weather the current econmic storm and keep RabbitStats running well into the future. More details on how this change will be implemented should be coming later this week.