Migration Complete, everything is working....post here if you think it isn't

[ratdude747]

Originally Posted by goodpsusearch

I would like to thank Topcat, shovenose, ratdude747 and anybody else who took part at this project!

I hope that attachments will be restored soon!

I really wasn't part of this... it was more of a "Hey Larry, could you do me a favor..." sort of thing. Shovenose and Topcat were the ones who deserve credit.

[RJARRRPCGP]

Originally Posted by shovenose

The old server was moving data at about 70KB/s.

Actually, attachments were often far slower than that!

[freakaftr8]

Good job! And to the admins and moderators that have to deal with this. I know what it's like my Synonlogy diskstation crashed couple weeks back and I had replace everything backed up from external hard drives. Since it's a mess SHR raid system I feel your pain. It took 2 weeks to restore 10tb of crap. Well done!

[RJARRRPCGP]

Originally Posted by RJARRRPCGP

Actually, attachments were often far slower than that!

Actually, it was often more like 40 kbps!

[shovenose]

Private messages should be back now - please feel free to report any problems.

[goodpsusearch]

I get "database error" once in a while as I browse.

[shovenose]

Originally Posted by goodpsusearch

I get "database error" once in a while as I browse.

Still getting them after I posted about ten minutes before you posted that?

[TechGeek]

Can't access User CP. Site hangs on and on and on and on and on and on and on... you get the point. It's really annoying. I accessed it ONCE this morning, and I haven't been able to access it since. >

[shovenose]

Originally Posted by TechGeek

Can't access User CP. Site hangs on and on and on and on and on and on and on... you get the point. It's really annoying. I accessed it ONCE this morning, and I haven't been able to access it since. >

Funny... it seems you are the only one with this issue. I'm able to access it OK. Can a few other people check for me, please?

[RJARRRPCGP]

Originally Posted by TechGeek

Can't access User CP. Site hangs on and on and on and on and on and on and on...

Looks like the same thing here!

*-Wonders if the new hosting provider is an asshole and has hardware issues...

*-And wonders if the database error earlier is someone at the hosting provider F-ing up the permissions intentionally...

[ratdude747]

Originally Posted by shovenose

Private messages should be back now - please feel free to report any problems.

Still not working. Takes forever to process only to get a 500 server error.

Edit- seconded on the CP not working... seems to be the same issue.

[shovenose]

Whatever is causing the forever-loading and then 500 error'ing User CPs and Private Message pages is crashing the MySQL service after enough people try to load it. The problem is I'm unable to replicate it from my end - weird. Well, still working on it...

[shovenose]

Alright, I believe i found the problem... tuned some things in MySQL - could anybody who was having the problem with user CP/private messages before, check again, and report back if its OK?

Thanks...

[ratdude747]

Running smooth so far...

[Djosla]

works ok from other side of the globe

[vinceroger69]

ive got no private messages at all does not show anything? so cant send/receive any user cp seems ok.

[PatrickSaw]

I'm new here, but thanks so much for your work. Regards from Spain

[shovenose]

Originally Posted by vinceroger69

ive got no private messages at all does not show anything? so cant send/receive any user cp seems ok.

They'll be back in a couple days. The Private messages table in the database was the only one that was damaged during the transfer so until I have time to try to copy it again from the old server and repair it simply truncating the pm table and disabling PM feature was the fastest way to get the forum running again.

[Behemot]

Originally Posted by shovenose

The old server was moving data at about 70KB/s. There was not sufficient space on the old servers (disks were almost completely full) so zipping stuff up was not an option. Also, the old server went down twice for what was apparently RAID array rebuilds during the download process. Quite frustrating, and made the migration infinitely more complex.

Just asking, but when you knew it will be a nightmare, why have you not just downloaded everything to a hard drive and sent it via UPS or whatever? My estimate is it would be like 5times faster…no? Using cable is not always the best option…

Is it virtualized over some redundant HW now? You implied last time about that being standard by some other providers. Srsly, no offense man, but I don't care what standard is there in that "advanced" US of A. Here in CZ (and we are usualy considered east europe by big ass managers) no hosting provider (maybe besides some garage amateurs) would dare to offer ANY service which is NOT virtualized over SEVERAL INDEPENDENT SERVERS in 2016. Exactly for that reason that one may die any second every day (even brand new one) and the service MUST be running I am just asking…

[vinceroger69]

Originally Posted by shovenose

They'll be back in a couple days. The Private messages table in the database was the only one that was damaged during the transfer so until I have time to try to copy it again from the old server and repair it simply truncating the pm table and disabling PM feature was the fastest way to get the forum running again.

Thankyou i was basically replying to your post 33 about if anyones pm wasnt working but thanks for everyone who has helped with the server swop etc this is a great forum i have learnt a lot.