All,
It has been about 6 months since our last (forced) move, but since that time our hosting provider has updated their hosting offerings to more modern processors, etc. So we have a new server which boasts a QUAD i7 Intel chip set. This should be a big performance increase over the older processor this current server is using. We are getting twice the RAM and 3x the hard drive space as well.
The move should happen this weekend if all goes to plan. The site may be unreachable for some time while the backup and file migration are taking place. We apologize for this, but when dealing with dynamic database driven sites there is not much choice than doing it this way.
We will be using our KitMaker Facebook site to keep everyone posted so check there for updates if you can't access the sites.
Best wishes,
Jim
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Moving to New Server!
Posted: Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 07:01 AM UTC
vonHengest
Texas, United States
Member Since: June 29, 2010
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Member Since: June 29, 2010
entire network: 5,854 Posts
KitMaker Network: 91 Posts
Posted: Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 02:48 PM UTC
Good to know, thanks for the update Jim. Looking forward to everything getting settled in it's new home
Posted: Thursday, June 21, 2012 - 03:11 PM UTC
Hi Jim,
Great news! The review photo upload feature has been terrible lately.
Great news! The review photo upload feature has been terrible lately.
Posted: Sunday, June 24, 2012 - 06:34 AM UTC
FYI the backup hit a few snags last night and though it created the file backup successfully then it ran out of space on our 300GB drive to create an archive file (a big zip file basically).
I will be making another attempt at this tonight (PST) so the site may be down Monday morning GMT.
Thanks for your patience,
Jim
I will be making another attempt at this tonight (PST) so the site may be down Monday morning GMT.
Thanks for your patience,
Jim
drabslab
European Union
Member Since: September 28, 2004
entire network: 2,186 Posts
KitMaker Network: 263 Posts
Member Since: September 28, 2004
entire network: 2,186 Posts
KitMaker Network: 263 Posts
Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012 - 09:50 AM UTC
I hope that I am then onlyn one having this problem but the site was horribly slow today and this evening.
By the way, the "Meng" site is so slow that it is simply unaccessible
By the way, the "Meng" site is so slow that it is simply unaccessible
Posted: Monday, June 25, 2012 - 09:57 AM UTC
Well I thought you said something about a new server migration but couldn't remember exactly what it was!
Upload issue explained!
Good luck on that,Boss!
Upload issue explained!
Good luck on that,Boss!
retiredyank
Arkansas, United States
Member Since: June 29, 2009
entire network: 11,610 Posts
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Member Since: June 29, 2009
entire network: 11,610 Posts
KitMaker Network: 3,657 Posts
Posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 11:11 PM UTC
Super fast load times. The only thing I don't like is that you get kicked back to the kitmaker network when you try to go back to forums. No problems with Meng loading.
Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 05:57 AM UTC
Hi,
Things looking good here.
Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 07:42 AM UTC
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I had a similar issue when trying to get to Aeroscale.kitmaker.net every time i tried it kept taking me to the Kitmaker home page. The fix for me was to delete all of my browser Cache.Super fast load times. The only thing I don't like is that you get kicked back to the kitmaker network when you try to go back to forums. No problems with Meng loading.
retiredyank
Arkansas, United States
Member Since: June 29, 2009
entire network: 11,610 Posts
KitMaker Network: 3,657 Posts
Member Since: June 29, 2009
entire network: 11,610 Posts
KitMaker Network: 3,657 Posts
Posted: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 - 01:03 PM UTC
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Quoted TextI had a similar issue when trying to get to Aeroscale.kitmaker.net every time i tried it kept taking me to the Kitmaker home page. The fix for me was to delete all of my browser Cache.Super fast load times. The only thing I don't like is that you get kicked back to the kitmaker network when you try to go back to forums. No problems with Meng loading.
That didn't work. I'm still being sent to kitmaker.
retiredyank
Arkansas, United States
Member Since: June 29, 2009
entire network: 11,610 Posts
KitMaker Network: 3,657 Posts
Member Since: June 29, 2009
entire network: 11,610 Posts
KitMaker Network: 3,657 Posts
Posted: Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 10:07 PM UTC
Problem solved. Don't know which end it was on, but I'm no longer being redirected to the Kitmaker network.
Posted: Friday, June 29, 2012 - 10:36 AM UTC
Have to happily admit that the site now romps along! The short page load times are superb!
Much appreciated Jim!
Much appreciated Jim!
Posted: Friday, June 29, 2012 - 03:14 PM UTC
Hmm, I just noticed that the posts on the forum page are dated in GMT. But the individual posts are dated, on my screen at least, in MDT. Can I get them in PDT??