Database Backup Questions

[spyscribe]

Boards will be shut down at Midnight EST (5 PM GMT) in order to perform a database backup. - MM

Okay, I freely admit I haven't slept much, but shouldn't Midnight Eastern be more like 5 AM GMT?

Also, do you have an estimate for how long the boards are expected to be down?

Thanks!

 

[Piratecat]

It should indeed be "am"! We expect the boards to be down for 2-3 hours, depending on how quickly it goes.

 

[Michael Morris]

Yep, it should be - oops

I was going to shut the boards down at noon, but something minors come up and I have to be in and out and can't watch the computer constantly, so I moved it to midnight when fewer folks are online.

Last time I did a database dump it took an hour and 20 minutes, and expect the same this time. The time killer is downloading it onto my own system and building the copy which could take up to a day.

 

[spyscribe]

Good to know. Hope everything goes smoothly.