In case you are tempted to overlook this, I'm here to change your mind. This is a *BIG *deal. These servers are so much better and faster and smarter, it's beautiful.
Also, small side note: stay tuned for better analytics-oriented databases being made available on our cloud over the next quarter. On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 7:45 PM, Bryan Davis <bd...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > On Mon, Sep 25, 2017 at 5:43 PM, Bryan Davis <bd...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > After more than a year of effort by the DBA team, a new set of Wiki > > Replica servers are ready for full use by Cloud Services users. The > > new servers are faster, have more disk space, and are using updated > > software and configuration that corrects many historic problems with > > replica drift and security. > > > > See the technical blog post for full details: <> > > > > TL;DR: > > - Change your tools and scripts to use: > > - `*.web.db.svc.eqiad.wmflabs` (real-time response needed) > > - `*.analytics.db.svc.eqiad.wmflabs` (batch jobs; long queries) > > - Replace `*` with either a shard name (e.g. `s1`) or a wikidb name > > (e.g. `enwiki`). > > - The new servers **do not** support user created databases/tables > > because replication can't be guaranteed. See the blog post for more > > information. > > - `tools.db.svc.eqiad.wmflabs` (also known as `tools.labsdb`) will > > continue to support user created databases and tables. > > - Report any bugs you find with these servers in Phabricator using the > > #Data-Services tag. > > And the missing URL to the blog post: > <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/phame/post/view/ > 70/new_wiki_replica_servers_ready_for_use/> > > Bryan > -- > Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation <bd...@wikimedia.org> > [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] Manager, Cloud Services Boise, ID USA > irc: bd808 v:415.839.6885 x6855 > > _______________________________________________ > Labs-announce mailing list > labs-annou...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/labs-announce >
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