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Perff
Administrator
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CSDb moving to a new server
Hi everyone.
I've been planing to move CSDb to a new server for some time now, as the old one was getting old. :)
As the new server is running new versions of php etc. I need to recode bits and pieces, which is why it has been going a bit slow.
Then today I got a mail from my hosting company, telling me that the old server is flashing red. They say it's a pending hardware failure. :(
Hopefully nothing will happen before I get CSDb moved, but I will for sure not have the time to test everything as good as I wanted, so be prepared for misc. stuff acting wierd when I get it moved.
The worst case is that the old server suddenly crash, and data will be lost.
I'll make sure to take backups often, and transfer them to the new server, to make the loss of data minimal in this case, but I though you should know this is a possibility.
Anyway, hope to see you soon on the new server. :)
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iAN CooG
Registered: May 2002
Posts: 3142 |
ok, go for it. let us know if you will shut down csdb for a while to not loose anything added in the last minutes =) |
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E$G
Registered: Dec 2007
Posts: 798 |
thanX for precious work. Wondering how many GB is the backup of the whole site? |
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Perff
Administrator
Posts: 1666 |
Quote:Wondering how many GB is the backup of the whole site?
Aprox values: (uncompressed)
1.6GB for code and screenshots etc.(http-scope files)
1.5GB for database dump in SQL format.
7.7GB for uploaded files releases. (over 100'000 files!)
and growing.. :)
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Stone
Registered: Oct 2006
Posts: 170 |
Good luck and thanks for the awesome work you're doing! Without it, I don't think all of us old-timers would have come back to the scene. |
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aNdy
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 41 |
Thanks for the efforts.
May be time for me to make a donation again... |
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Conrad
Registered: Nov 2006
Posts: 838 |
"7.7GB for uploaded files releases. (over 100'000 files!)"
\o/ Epic |
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Radiant
Registered: Sep 2004
Posts: 639 |
Perff, you are a true hero of the scene. Thank you! |
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Perff
Administrator
Posts: 1666 |
Thanks for the comments. :)
Anyway, here is an update.
I have now got a copy of CSDb running on the new server, but with many errors yet.
I do the "fixes" on the old server, and then sync them over to the new one frequently.
This way you can help me make sure that my changes still work, so if you find that something is not working as it used to or looks strange, let me know here asap, so I can fix it. :)
(actually I already found a bug while writing this. ;) )
Thanks. :) |
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BuZz
Account closed
Registered: Jun 2002
Posts: 20 |
Do you know what the "pending failure is"? if it is SMART monitoring, you could use smartctl and take look at the log.
if this is running on mysql (or similar), a good way to avoid dataloss could be set up a slave database elsewhere. in terms of files, you could ionice rsync every 15 mins or so, or keep the files elsewhere temporarily on an nfsmount.
if you need any additional copies of the data, id be happy to give you some space on my exotica server to use.
[edit] didnt see the last reply before posting this. glad everything is progressing well |
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Perff
Administrator
Posts: 1666 |
Update..
I have made some major changes around in the code, to prepare it for the new server, so please be on the lookout for bugs and strange things, and report it to me. :)
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