Hi I am pleased to announce that all forum dbs are now moved to the central sql server.
The move took about 40 minutes. We hope you will all experience a better performance, however the php2bb could really do with a optimization (especially with sqlconnections). on behalf of infra jan I. On 22 October 2013 20:53, janI <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi. > > > > > On 22 October 2013 16:09, janI <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> The database(s) behind forum.o.o need to be changed and moved to a new >> fast central sql server. >> >> In order to test the changes without disturbing anyone, I have created a >> forum "test" where all needed changes will be done during the coming days. >> >> Thursday 22/10 at 1500 UTC, we will begin moving the each single forum >> database into the EN database (with separate tables for each forum), and >> convert FULLTEXT tables back to myIsam. >> > > Typo sorry for the confusion, I mean Thursday 24/10. We do want to give > plenty of warning this time :-) > > thx marcus for catching it. > > rgds > jan I. > > >> This process means 10-30 minutes downtime for each forum. >> >> At 1800 UTC, we will stop all forums for about 2hours while moving the db >> to the central sql. We will try to keep the downtime as small as possible. >> >> It is appreciated, if admins test their forums after 2000 UTC. I will be >> available on #asfinfra and on mail, to help with any problems. >> >> Please advice forum users. >> >> Taking the experience from translate.a.o and wiki.o.o a better >> performance and higher stability can be expected. >> >> on behalf of infra >> jan I. >> >> >
