Caution, this is a moving target. If beta tests go well next week with the bored, then we'll be moving the primary sites to a new server with a new code base next weekend. I think we're ready. There still is some coding left to do, but most of it would be nice to have done, so it shouldn't affect the plan, I hope.

Once the move starts, we'll be offline for a while. The db conversion takes 6 or 8 hours for 4.6M records. I also want to take everything down and just do a spring cleaning. You can probably figure that once we go down, it'll be all day though we'll be working as fast as we can to get it back up.

I'll update you later this week as to how we are doing with the plan and where we'll go from there.

Thank you for your support and understanding in this transition. Once we do get moved, performance should sky rocket; however, it's also a 100,000 lines of code or so that's all been rewritten and rearchitected, so I suspect we'll have a couple of bugs creep in to keep us busy for a while after the move.

-Rod

 But... it's Mothers' Day! And... the Stereophile Show in NYC. nt - clarkjohnsen 14:03:49 05/07/07 (1)
 And that's where you should be. (NT) - Kal Rubinson 06:48:16 05/08/07 (0)
 My wife thanks you !! -nt - AbeCollins 12:12:50 05/07/07 (0)

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 But... it's Mothers' Day! And... the Stereophile Show in NYC. nt - clarkjohnsen 14:03:49 05/07/07 (1)
 And that's where you should be. (NT) - Kal Rubinson 06:48:16 05/08/07 (0)
 My wife thanks you !! -nt - AbeCollins 12:12:50 05/07/07 (0)
 Thanks for the update and weekend off - rnhood 03:48:46 05/07/07 (0)
 Jeez.... - musetap 23:43:33 05/06/07 (0)
 I will make sure I schedule an extended weekend appointment with my colleague Mr James Boag. ~t - three_sox 22:54:14 05/06/07 (2)
 an excellent choice! - troporobo 23:56:49 05/06/07 (1)
 I think it is a most excellent choice ……… - three_sox 03:16:08 05/10/07 (0)
 Thanks for the update - dave c 21:20:07 05/06/07 (0)
 Again??!? - Todd Krieger 20:58:32 05/06/07 (0)

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Thanks!

"I always play jazz records backwards, they sound better that way"
-Thomas Edison

Actually I have a theory about a potential connection between lousy climates and good beers. I'm guessing that gloomy weather increases a need for tasty internal warmth. In the US the booming microbrew tradition started in Seattle then moved to Portland which both have consistently miserable weather a good part of the year. (though some purists might argue for Anchor Steam in SF, but this only reinforces the point). Belgium of course has been making excellent ales for centuries, as has England, possibly driven by the same factors. As a former resident of such places and a keen amateur zymurgist I can testify to the mood-lifting qualities of a quality ale when its needed the most

I suspect the weather plays a part in the ingredients used in any particular brew but I’m not sure it plays a part in the competency of the zymurgist.

Smile

Sox