DOWNTIME FOR SITE MIGRATION 11/10/2023

Hello, everyone!

Tomorrow (11/11/2023), we will be migrating our server to a newer, slightly better server under the same hosting service.

Q&A:
Q: Why?
A: They are retiring the old server rack that our site sits on so they can replace it with newer hardware.

Q: Will we lose anything in the migration?
A: No. The site will be taken down at some point tomorrow temporarily, the database backed up, taken offline, and then moved to the new computer. The only thing that will be lost is a couple hours of RP time.

Q: Is there anything else we should know?
A: Since we are moving to a new physical server, that means the site's IP address will be changing. This means that it may take a bit for DNS to catch up - if you connect to the site once maintenance ends and there is a mostly-blank landing page, that means your computer is trying to connect you to the old IP address. Give it an hour or two and try again. It will take at most 24 hours for the DNS changes to propagate globally, but for most people it will be immediate or within 1-2 hours.

Q: Are you/am I/is the site in trouble?
A: Nope! Literally just a hardware upgrade.

I intend to have the switchover occur sometime in the Afternoon/Early Evening EST or so. I will try to give everyone at least an hour of warning.

Thank you!
-Administration