Hi all! Hope you had a fantastic Pete day.
We will be taking Subeta offline for a brief period around 12 midnight, Subeta time (that's in approximately 2 hours) to complete the repairs on our database system. Estimated downtime (though that crafty Murphy has blown our estimates out of the water lately) is no more than 20 minutes, and probably a lot shorter.
What's happening: Last night sometime, several things happened: we identified a configuration problem with our main database server, which was making Subeta exceptionally slow and unstable. We also became aware of a hardware problem with both of our database servers: a particular component was inadequate and needed upgrading. Last night we moved the site to our secondary database server (fixing the config issue which fixed the site's stability and speeds) while the primary server's hardware was upgraded.
Earlier today, we moved the site back to the newly improved primary server so that our secondary server could be upgraded as well. Now that that's complete, we need to take the site down briefly while we synchronize the two servers. Once this is done, our secondary server will become a mirror of the main server, so if anything happens we can immediately switch to the backup without extensive downtime (like we switched to it last night.)
As always, thanks for your patience and support, and wish us luck!
We will be taking Subeta offline for a brief period around 12 midnight, Subeta time (that's in approximately 2 hours) to complete the repairs on our database system. Estimated downtime (though that crafty Murphy has blown our estimates out of the water lately) is no more than 20 minutes, and probably a lot shorter.
What's happening: Last night sometime, several things happened: we identified a configuration problem with our main database server, which was making Subeta exceptionally slow and unstable. We also became aware of a hardware problem with both of our database servers: a particular component was inadequate and needed upgrading. Last night we moved the site to our secondary database server (fixing the config issue which fixed the site's stability and speeds) while the primary server's hardware was upgraded.
Earlier today, we moved the site back to the newly improved primary server so that our secondary server could be upgraded as well. Now that that's complete, we need to take the site down briefly while we synchronize the two servers. Once this is done, our secondary server will become a mirror of the main server, so if anything happens we can immediately switch to the backup without extensive downtime (like we switched to it last night.)
As always, thanks for your patience and support, and wish us luck!
Posted by alx
Alewiina
the info is greatly appreciated however Subeta is still running agonizingly slowly for me <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_sad.gif" border="0" />
Thanks for keeping us updated. I'm glad that we're FINALLY getting proper information updates. =]=] Appreciated.
I understood .....some of that lol
But the updates are appreciated.
Thanks for all ya'all do! <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif" border="0" />
But the updates are appreciated.
Thanks for all ya'all do! <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif" border="0" />
Thank you for all your hard woek and for keeping us updated <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif" border="0" />
Thanks alx! Aww, no Subeta for 20 minutes thanks for the the warning i can get my stuff done quicker.yep this is fast cant keep up with tiles lol....
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MUCH MUCH MUCH faster! Thank you!
You guys sure work awful hard behind the scenes. I hope you know how much we all appreciate it. I know for some people this is just a game. Then there are those few, I suppose, who are a bit more serious about Subeta and whine and complain a bit. But for a lot of us - me included - Subeta is an escape, a place where we can go to have some lighthearted fun and escape form everyday life. So, anyway, thanky ou for working so hard to make this place stay here and to make it enjoyable and to give us our "happy place". <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_grin.gif" border="0" />
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thank you on all the heads up....and WoW...super fast !!! :-)
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Nice- Goodwork KEITH
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wow, fast!
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Thanks for the Heads Up!
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good luck, i don't really understand about irc unfortunately but i'll def keep checking the site lol
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So once again the staff conquered evil downtime and errors....good job guys.
Thanks Staff! Keep up the awesome work on this site - it's getting to be amazing here! =D
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This IS the best site on the web and one that TRULY cares about all his players. Good luck staff and continued success and growth for SB always.
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Thank you for letting us now and I wish you all the luck in the world!
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Im glad you guys made a annoucement of it =] Although i couldent of picked i worse month to buy a gold account =_= I only have a few days let too =[ Well atleast the site is gonna be fixed
Good luck! Thanks for such a detailed update. <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif" border="0" />
Thanks For The Update!! <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif" border="0" /> Keep Up With The Great Work Subeta!! <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif" border="0" />
Thanks, alx! It's great to know about this stuff in advance; makes it much less frustrating because it's not out of nowhere. <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif" border="0" />
Thanks much for that, alx. You guys have been great about getting the cron back on the days the sites gone down in the recent past as well. I just know your busy tonight with all this. ^^
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Alex, You still owe me 300 mil <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif" border="0" />
Thank you for keeping us updated, I love logging in to see things like this because it keeps us informed.
You deserve a cookie!
Thank you for keeping us updated, I love logging in to see things like this because it keeps us informed.
You deserve a cookie!
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thanks for the head's up <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif" border="0" />
Gotta say, this was my first week on the site and even with the downtime and lag, it's been so much more awesome than the site I've been on for years <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif" border="0" /> (neo) Good luck!!
Thanks so much for the downtime update. At least I won't be questing before it goes down. But my question is this.... will the site be any faster once all this is done? Because it's still pretty laggy now.
Yay for updates & Hard work! <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_heart.gif" border="0" />
Good luck, but Right at midnight, Oy. I'm glad your doing this, but I wish you'd do it at 12.30 <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_raspberry.gif" border="0" /> Oh well. If you would be kind enough to make sure the quests are reset when your done please? ^___^ We do so love our quests. Wizard Tokens are a must in this day and time. Thanks. ^^
Wishing you luck would leave things up to chance. You guys are better than that. I wish you success. That way things are firmly in your capable hands. I have every confidence that things will go well. Believe in yourselves; I believe in you!
Thank you, Alx. Always appreciate the updates. <img src="http://www.subeta.ws:8080/images/smilies/6398_emoticon_smile.gif" border="0" />