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<blockquote data-quote="Michael Morris" data-source="post: 1847650" data-attributes="member: 87">General Sequence of Things to ComeOk, this is the general sequence of events as they will occur.&nbsp; I'm not going to give dates because I don't want to nail the server team down to any artificial deadlines.Stage 1:Adlon builds the boxes.Stage 2:Thomas &amp; I will take the server down to copy the information on it over to the new machine.&nbsp; Then I will put this machine back online with a warning message in the header - any posts made during that time will NOT be copied onto the new server.&nbsp; No new registrations or reviews will be accepted at that time. Consider it the current server's final days.Stage 3:While you guys continue as you always have but with a big red warning on the top of every page, Thomas will be recompiling and reoptimizing the database.&nbsp; There are at least 3 major error points in the database that *I* am aware of, and I'm a rank amateur at MySQL. While Thomas deals with that on the box destined to be the database machine I'll be on the PHP machine updating the code base and repairing the links.&nbsp; I'll also be doing a bit of restructuring, so don't expect any of the links that work now to work on the new server beyond the root address.&nbsp; I'm not doing this to be mean - I'm doing it to cut down on reroutes which make coding and program installation difficult.Stage 4:Once Thomas says the databases are ready I'll go in and connect the PHP files to them by editing the config files.&nbsp; Then all the admins will test them.Stage 5:The old server will be taken offline permanently and the new server plugged in in it's place.&nbsp; Since the new server will end up in the same place as the current one IP addresses across the net won't have to renew.And that's about it.BTW:&nbsp; I think the boxes should have names starting with 'E' and 'N'</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Michael Morris, post: 1847650, member: 87"] [b]General Sequence of Things to Come[/b] Ok, this is the general sequence of events as they will occur. I'm not going to give dates because I don't want to nail the server team down to any artificial deadlines. [b]Stage 1:[/b] Adlon builds the boxes. [b]Stage 2:[/b] Thomas & I will take the server down to copy the information on it over to the new machine. Then I will put this machine back online with a warning message in the header - any posts made during that time will NOT be copied onto the new server. No new registrations or reviews will be accepted at that time. Consider it the current server's final days. [b]Stage 3:[/b] While you guys continue as you always have but with a big red warning on the top of every page, Thomas will be recompiling and reoptimizing the database. There are at least 3 major error points in the database that *I* am aware of, and I'm a rank amateur at MySQL. While Thomas deals with that on the box destined to be the database machine I'll be on the PHP machine updating the code base and repairing the links. I'll also be doing a bit of restructuring, so don't expect any of the links that work now to work on the new server beyond the root address. I'm not doing this to be mean - I'm doing it to cut down on reroutes which make coding and program installation difficult. [b]Stage 4:[/b] Once Thomas says the databases are ready I'll go in and connect the PHP files to them by editing the config files. Then all the admins will test them. [b]Stage 5:[/b] The old server will be taken offline permanently and the new server plugged in in it's place. Since the new server will end up in the same place as the current one IP addresses across the net won't have to renew. And that's about it. BTW: I think the boxes should have names starting with 'E' and 'N' [/QUOTE]

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