Extended downtime this week (Tuesday)

[Elad]

DU will be unavailable for an extended period Tuesday. We will be performing an important upgrade to our main database server. The downtime could last anywhere from 4 to 16 hours. We will be beginning the work sometime around 8am (eastern time) Tuesday morning.

We believe we have a handle on our recent stability issues. As some of you may have noticed, we have not had problems with crashes or corruptions all week, thanks to some changes that were implemented last Tuesday. The upgrade this coming Tuesday should hopefully put all remnants of those stability issues behind us and prepare the server for the upcoming primaries and 2008 election.

Thanks again for your patience!

[NMDemDist2]

1. *breathe breathe breathe*

:scared:

Ok, Tuesday sounds like the perfect time for a ROAD TRIP!!!!!

Carry on......

[WritingIsMyReligion]

2. Holy motherf*cker--up to 16 hours?

:wow:

Hope everything works out with this!

[mzteris]

3. WHAT?????

16 HOURS?!?

OMG - feel faint. Woozy. The light's growing dim. Everything's distorted . . .

(And that's just TALKING about it!)

[SOteric]

4. Thanks, Elad. You're the best.

:thumbsup:

I look forward to a smooth primary season on DU.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

5. Thanks for the update, Elad!

It's tough being without DU.....but we'll manage!

Here's hoping for the shorter period of time.....:scared:

[Richardo]

9. You're on thin ice, Elad - no 'My dear' from Peggy

This better work! :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. LOL!

:rofl:

[mainegreen]

6. Make sure to do a backup first! And don't bring any magnets with you!

:D

[RevCheesehead]

7. I will pray that you'll have it up and running for Keith's show.

O8)

[supernova]

8. Thank you Elad

I guess I will actually have to do something productive on Tuesday. Damn. :D

[Jamastiene]

10. Maybe, we could use that time to wax nostalgic with some vintage DU

on the Wayback Machine.

It goes all the way back to February 19, 2001.
http://web.archive.org/web/20010219033913/http://www.democraticunderground.com/

You can go here and do a search too.
http://web.archive.org/


One of the very first posts asks, "Hey has anyone heard the U.S.& England is Bombing Iraq"
http://web.archive.org/web/20010219071018/www.democraticunderground.com/duforum/DCForumID5/144.html

Talk about a time warp, baby? Wow. Just :wow:. The changes through the years are amazing. I love looking at DU on the Wayback Machine. It's fun.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. Thanks for the warning!

:thumbsup:

[Blue-Jay]

13. Who saw THAT coming?

[Kali]

14. I reposted this over at the panic room

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DUPanicRoom/

[Inchworm]

15. what is today again?

Oh dear.. I guess if I plan a bender on Monday night, I could sleep through it?

16 hours.. wait, that would be a helluva bender.

Plan B: Roadtrip!

:D

[dembotoz]

16. this will work out

Have an all day seminar i have to go to tommorrow. Will not have access.
Colin Powell is one of the speakers--must be trying to sell a book.

[NMDemDist2]

17. kick for the morning crowd n/t

[Bake]

18. What the hell am I supposed to do all day????

DAMN DAMN DAMN (is there an emoticon for that?).

Seriously, good luck with the upgrades and we'll try to survive ONE DAY ...

Bake

[matcom]

19. SCOOTER IS GOING TO BE SENTENCED TOMORROW

for the love of GOD WAIT a day! x(

[xchrom]

20. sigh -- i guess i could update my wardrobe and do my nails.

what the fuck am i going to do?!?!?

sigh -- alllllrrrright if you have to.... and to think -- it's pledgetime on pbs too -- this week is sucking.