Re: csswg.org / fxtf.org scheduled maintenance - test repository refactoring

On May 29, 2014, at 4:43 PM, Peter Linss <peter.linss@hp.com> wrote:

> On May 29, 2014, at 11:58 AM, Peter Linss <peter.linss@hp.com> wrote:
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>> I'm planning on taking the server running csswg.org and fxtf.org down this afternoon in order to migrate the machine to a new host[1]. I plan on starting around 4pm PDT and I expect it to take less than an hour (most of the time will be performing backups).
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>> Note that in addition to *.csswg.org and *.fxtf.org being down during this interval, dev.w3.org/csswg and dev.w3.org/fxtf will also appear down as they proxy to drafts.csswg.org and drafts.fxtf.org respectively.
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>> The draft mercurial repositories at dvcs.w3.org/hg/csswg and dvcs.w3.org/hg/fxtf will be unaffected, but changes will obviously not appear in dev.w3.org until the migration is complete.
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>> After the migration is complete, I plan on landing the test repository refactoring work that Rebecca has done[2]. This will involve taking Shepherd offline for several hours for some database maintenance.
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>> I'll send out another email just before I take the machine offline and another when the work is complete.
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>> Peter
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>> [1] Our hosting provider, Linode, has recently installed a fleet of new machines with more RAM, faster processors, enterprise grade SSD-RAID storage and 40GB internet connections. Should give a nice performance boost.
>> [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-css-testsuite/2014May/0000.html
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> The first backup of the server (a live snapshot) is currently running and should finish around 5:15pm PDT. Once this is done the server will go offline for another backup and the migration.
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The server is going offline now.

Received on Friday, 30 May 2014 00:23:11 UTC