Hi all, The equipment move is complete. We experienced some complications at the new data centre so services had to be restored at a staggered rate. I apologize for the delay but everything is online as of now.
Have a great weekend, Avtar On 2011-12-20, at 10:03 PM, Gill, Avtar wrote: > Please note that the equipment move has been rescheduled so there will be no > downtime tomorrow morning. > > We were waiting for spare hardware to arrive today that would have allowed us > to perform required maintenance tasks before shutting down equipment for the > move. There was a delay in the shipping process so we need to postpone the > move and the scheduled downtime. > > The new date and time for the move is January 6th 1:00 - 5:00 PM EST. > > Thank you for your patience. > > Avtar > > On 2011-12-17, at 11:13 AM, Gill, Avtar wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> Just sending a follow-up email to confirm that the equipment move will be >> going ahead as scheduled. OCAD's network administrators will also be >> upgrading part of the IDRC's data centre infrastructure on Wednesday >> morning; this will allow faster connections between the servers we host. I >> will send one last email on the 21st once everything has been moved. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Avtar >> >> On 2011-12-15, at 10:26 AM, Gill, Avtar wrote: >> >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> Please be advised of the following maintenance window and notify anyone who >>> you think might be affected: >>> >>> * Maintenance Window: Wednesday December 21st, 2011, 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM EST >>> * Affected Device(s) or Service(s): All production equipment hosted at >>> OCAD's data centre >>> * Affected Users: Everyone >>> * Service Impacting: Yes - four hours of scheduled downtime >>> >>> Details: >>> >>> This maintenance notice is being issued due to a planned equipment move >>> from the data centre located at 105 McCaul Street to a newer facility in >>> the main OCAD building at 100 McCaul Street. All services offered by the >>> IDRC (websites, mailing lists, database servers, etc.) will be offline >>> during this move. >>> >>> Please note that this outage will not affect internet connectivity at the >>> 205 Richmond Street office. Any services offered by OCAD, email for >>> example, and external organizations like Google or Github will still be >>> available for use by anyone at the office. >>> >>> Unfortunately time slots available for this move were limited due to the >>> upcoming holiday break, which is why this task is being performed during >>> office hours. A notice will be sent to the [email protected] and >>> [email protected] mailing lists once the move is complete and >>> services are available once again. >>> >>> The new data centre will: >>> >>> * supply the IDRC infrastructure with robust and stable power >>> * provide more than adequate cooling for current and new hardware >>> * offer more capacity for expansion into new server cabinets >>> >>> Colin, Bert, and I will be meeting members of OCAD's I.T. department on >>> Friday morning to finalize this task. I will send out a follow-up email to >>> the two lists mentioned above on Friday afternoon confirming the move and >>> provide further details. >>> >>> If have any questions, or concerns with regards to this maintenance please >>> free to contact me [email protected] >>> >>> Thank you, >>> >>> Avtar >> >> _______________________________________________________ >> fluid-work mailing list - [email protected] >> To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, >> see http://lists.idrc.ocad.ca/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work > _______________________________________________________ fluid-work mailing list - [email protected] To unsubscribe, change settings or access archives, see http://lists.idrc.ocad.ca/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work
