Server Migration Alert

Adrian Wong · 19th Aug 2009, 12:43 AM

We are terribly sorry about the recent downtime of Tech ARP and the Tech ARP forums. We are actually in the midst of migrating to a new server with a new host, and we hit a few snags during the migration process.

We are glad to say that the migration of Tech ARP and the Tech ARP forums is more or less complete. Some of you will probably still get this error message while trying to access the Tech ARP forums :

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Sorry, the board is unavailable at the moment while we are fixing the database.

We will be back soon...

That is because your DNS records have not been updated to reflect the new server IP address. The new IP propagation should only take a day or so, but you can help speed it up by going to the Windows command prompt and typing ipconfig /flushdns. The Tech ARP forums will load once the DNS record has been updated to point to the new server.

Here are some details of our new server :

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- AMD Opteron 1218HE dual-core processor (2.6 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache per core)
- 2 GB DDR2 memory
- 3ware 8006-2LP Hardware RAID controller
- Two 500GB SATA II hard disk drives in a RAID 1 array
- 3.3 TB of bandwidth

The new server upgrade will greatly improve the performance of Tech ARP and the Tech ARP forums, which in recent times have been rather slow. But improved performance is not only the goal.

Right now, Tech ARP will be accessible from both www.techarp.com and www.rojakpot.com. In the future, the current Tech ARP website will reside on www.rojakpot.com while www.techarp.com will be the home of the new Tech ARP, with a new backend and improved look and layout!

lee_what2004 · 19th Aug 2009, 06:28 AM

I thought something terrible happen, server crash, hdd dead, etc...

PsYkHoTiK · 19th Aug 2009, 08:33 AM

wewt 3ware!

ChampionLLY · 19th Aug 2009, 11:06 PM

now i can see this page means its ok already right?

Chai · 19th Aug 2009, 11:23 PM

Yeah, at least it's working now. But there are still some minor problems.

DarKSeeD · 20th Aug 2009, 12:58 AM

That explains the 3 or 4 emails I got with the same subject and content

Adrian Wong · 20th Aug 2009, 09:41 PM

We also switched from The Planet to ServerBeach. I dare say that ServerBeach seems to be noticeably faster. Ping times are certainly lower.

lee_what2004 · 20th Aug 2009, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Adrian Wong

We also switched from The Planet to ServerBeach. I dare say that ServerBeach seems to be noticeably faster. Ping times are certainly lower.

beg to differ

though I still can browse here

Adrian Wong · 20th Aug 2009, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by lee_what2004

beg to differ

though I still can browse here

Hmm.. You are right. Funny. Why I can't ping the server either. It's not timing out. It's as if the pings have been blocked.

19th Aug 2009, 06:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
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19th Aug 2009, 11:06 PM	#4 (permalink)
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19th Aug 2009, 11:23 PM	#5 (permalink)
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20th Aug 2009, 09:41 PM	#7 (permalink)
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