From 68fa92dab91344e23d6d61d541574300a5ec01e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Quentin Smith Date: Mon, 7 Jan 2008 21:35:50 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Import from TextPattern --- faq/74.mdwn | 40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 faq/74.mdwn diff --git a/faq/74.mdwn b/faq/74.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1cfa4b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/faq/74.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +[[!meta title="Outage information - Saturday, Jan. 5, 2008"]] +Last updated: Jan. 5, 4:40 PM + +Between the hours of 10 PM to 3 AM this Saturday night, the scripts +servers will be moved to a new UPS and network connection. This +should not cause a noticeable disruption in the web scripts or mail +scripts service. There may be a brief disruption of the SQL service +as it is moved. (If you see a website that reports that it cannot +connect to the database, try reloading the page in a few seconds.) +All services run on redundant servers for reliability, so it is +expected that we will be able to avoid interrupting the services +while we complete the move. However, in the event of an unforeseen +failure, there may be a longer outage (15 minutes or more) for the +duration of the move. + +Updates to service status will be posted on IS&T’s +[3down website](http://3down.mit.edu/). Messages will also be sent +to zephyr instance “consult”. (To subscribe to this instance, type +**zctl sub message consult \\\*** on Athena. You may need to run +**zwgc -ttymode** first, if you are logged in remotely.) + +The scripts.mit.edu services have been designed with reliability in +mind, and we are taking extra technical measures to reduce and +hopefully eliminate downtime related to Saturday night’s move. +However, we are not in a position to make service guarantees, and +scripts should not be used to run critical applications that cannot +tolerate downtime. (Recall that every Sunday morning at 6 am, there +is a 10-minute outage for sites from the athena.mit.edu AFS cell +when the AFS servers restart.) + +Service announcements are sent in advance to the +[scripts-announce](http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/scripts-announce) +mailing list, a low-traffic Mailman list open to the public. (The +list receives less than one message per month on average.) + +— The SIPB scripts.mit.edu team +[scripts@mit.edu](mailto:scripts@mit.edu) + + + -- 2.45.2