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I know HSX has no staff, really, but I can't think of any "corporate" website that's been down for more than a few minutes or hours for an upgrade or

Posted by Banzai! Oct 21 '08, 08:27

really any reason other than a catastrophic issue.

It's almost like we're back in 1998.

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There's a great article in the new Wired magazine about a website that changed its forum style, so the users created their own - JaxSean Oct 21, 08:38 1
- oops. article linked above. -- nm - JaxSean Oct 21, 08:42
You'd think it'd be "ready to go" before hand then just... switched over. -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 08:34
Wait, it is still not back? - Spawn Oct 21, 08:29
Not to diss them but I've never seen them do an upgrade that took less than twice as long as they expected. I kinda want to go work for them in IT - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:29 24
- seriously...we do this alot where I am. - Mel Profit Oct 21, 08:40 6
  - This is like what? One nine? -- nm - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:43 5
    - "What's a Nine?" - HSX SI Oct 21, 08:45 4
      - Well, they did say consultants were involved. Maybe they messed it up. -- nm - budice Oct 21, 08:54 3
        
        that's a big screw up and from what we've seen it seems like a pattern... - Mel Profit Oct 21, 08:56 2
        
        Yeah, well, you should know how well outside consultants can mess things up -- nm - budice Oct 21, 08:58
        
        The rastafication process must have hit a few snags. -- nm - Reagen Oct 21, 08:58
- You all think I have been kidding... port reset. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 08:33 3
  - Please no, my port growth took so long. -- nm - lileve Oct 21, 08:50
  - You'd think if you were just resetting everything it would go much faster :) -- nm - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:34 1
    - I figure they lost a number off ports and are attempting to retrieve/debating on a full reset. -- nm - Spawn Oct 21, 08:49
- I wonder if they don't have a proper sandbox for testing and so wind up testing 'live'? - ty97 Oct 21, 08:32 4
  - one of the most fun things I ever did was tested things in Live for an upgrade once... - Mel Profit Oct 21, 08:43
  - It's hard to imagine, but that has to be the case. With the availability of virtualization, etc., I find it difficult to - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:33 2
    - Oh hell, you didn't just go through Beckett.com's transfer. Took 3 weeks and it's still not 100% 10 weeks later. - Will Hunting Oct 21, 08:34 1
      - Worst SO FAR. ;) -- nm - Cuzzin Todd Oct 21, 08:35
- Indeed. I'm not worried yet. If it stretches into November, then we can worry :) -- nm - Beryllium Oct 21, 08:31 7
  - I just don't understand the process. Any major upgrade should have been done along side existing systems, prepped, and the cutover should have been - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:32 6
    - I think they have a really small budget which doesn't allow for extra systems. -- nm - ty97 Oct 21, 08:34
    - You assume they have the budget to do it. -- nm - budice Oct 21, 08:34 4
      - I'm sorry. VMware and others give away free virtualization software. It's not expensive to do anymore -- nm - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:34 3
        
        Plus their testing may not have been as extensive as the full migration. Sheer amount of data could be causing issues. -- nm - budice Oct 21, 08:36 2
        
        I'd think you'd test with the full data set, but that's just me -- nm - kilboooo Oct 21, 08:37 1
        
        I could kill a large animal with the testing script on my desk. - Mel Profit Oct 21, 08:48

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