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
>> 
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