Scheduled downtime

Posted October 6, 2008 at 09:14 EDT under site announcements.

I didn't think I'd have to do this until OpenBSD 4.4 comes out, but it looks like we might have some scheduled downtime this week.

Our internet provider has notified me that they are upgrading some equipment which may force some of their customers to go offline. This may result in all Eco-Monkey hosted services becoming inaccessible.

In a continuing effort to improve our systems, we are planning a series of upgrades/changes over several days, starting next week. These changes are to increase the capacity of our network as well as add additional redundancy and security.

The first maintenance window is on Wednesday Oct 8, 2008, starting at 12:00 AM up to 6:00AM Eastern Standard Time. During this window we anticipate intermittent connectivity as we upgrade and implement our equipment. The subsequent upgrades will occur on Thursday Oct 9, 2008 (12AM - 6AM) and Friday Oct 10, 2008 (12AM - 6AM).

During this time, all services may be affected including but not limited to: Dial up, DSL, co-location, hosting, and dedicated connection clients.

We will be installing and moving equipment which may affect all connections... an interruption in service is likely to occur.

So if the lights go out, you know why.