Hey kids,

So yeah, server upgrade, downtime, read the previous post to get up to speed.

The big question is when? The answer:

• Start time: March 30, 2013 @ 0630~1230 Japan Standard Time
  • Beginning in this time window, you will start to experience an inability to access some or all of the constellation of server-dependent AJATT sites, subsites and services. Everything from this main blog to Surusu, AJATT Plus and everything else in between are no exception.
• End time (projected): April 6, 2013 @ 1200 Japan Standard Time
  • By this time, everything should be back to normal, with you and I happily sipping smoothies and enjoying hookers and blow at the new AJATT server.

Basically, prepare for a few days of downtime followed by several years of bliss .

Special Notes:

• Special arrangements are being made so that Neutrino core downtime can be on the order of hours rather than days.
• Surusu will most likely take the biggest hit in terms of length of downtime due to the sheer volume of users (15,000) and data (many a gigabyte) involved. And also because it’s free . But most importantly, to secure the integrity of the data and ensure a seamless transition. Ultimately, Surusu will benefit a great deal from all the “500 Internal Server Error”s (due to server overload) it won’t be having on the new, more powerful server.
• The whole situation is rather fluid so all this information is subject to change as conditions on the ground shift and/or reveal themselves. I’ll keep you posted .

Hey gang,

How are those mothers of yours?
Great, great. Good times.

So guess what? AJATT has grown too big for her britches! Or…breeches? I don’t even really know what britches are, but there’s definitely a size and scale issue going on. Yeah…a few years online, lots of notoriety, Neutrino and the best SRS in the world will do that for you. So the plan is to upgrade to a ridiculously awesome server so that…things can continue being even more awesome. Don’t worry, I don’t need to know adjectives any more because I can just say “awesome” whenever I want to say something is superb.

Like: “your Mom is superb sauce”.
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No, but, yeah, so the original plan was to have it so that the server would experience no downtime whatsoever and you wouldn’t even know what was happening back here. But after several weeks of keyboard-mashing back and forth with the migration team at the new superb sauce server, it was decided that it’s best to just shut things down for a few days, move everything and then…you know, whatever. That way there’ll be no issues with some people accessing old data and other people accessing new(er) data. No synchronization issues and what have you.

TL;DR: AJATT may go down for a while. Don’t freak out; it’s not an accident; it’s a carefully planned and executed upgrade by seasoned professionals ( ). She will rise again. Check back in a week or less.

Also, you look wonderful today. Muah.