Server Migration (Important)

[[AK]Palooka]

Since leaving my old job, where I was able to host my server at an extremely secure, cutting-edge datacenter (redundant.com) for free, I've been looking for another reasonably-priced local datacenter to which I can relocate the server. I've found one that meets my needs (amhosting.com), and I plan on migrating the server this Saturday (3/6). There will be downtime. I will try my best to keep it to a minimum, but at this point, I can only guess how long it will take.

The question on most of your minds undoubtedly has something to do with whether or not the performance of the DC server (pings, lag, etc.) will suffer. At first, I figured that it definitely would, since Amhosting has less bandwidth at its disposal relative to Redundant. Also, whereas Redundant uses AT&T and Sprint for its backbones, Amhosting uses Sprint and MCI. This is bad for me, since I use Charter cable broadband, which uses AT&T. My pings will, therefore, almost definately go up since I will likely be routed through the Bay Area. I will miss my direct route to the server.

There is probably no need to panic for most of you, though. Since both datacenters use Sprint, I was able to do a comparison between the two using the Sprintlink Looking Glass (http://oxide.sprintlink.net/cgi-bin/glass.pl). With this service, I can run pings from any of Sprint's backbone routers to the gateways of both datacenters. In every test I tried, including New York, San Jose, Seattle, Florida, Germany, and Australia, among others, the pings were markedly better to Amhosting's gateway. This is very encouraging, and I hope it quells any concerns that some of you may have.

Only when the migration is complete can we actually assess the damage, but I am fairly confident that it will be negligible at worst.

[[AK]Clay]

No sweat. If you need some volenteers to pool a couple bucks, just say the word.

-Clay

[[AK]Sonic Boom]

Thanx Palooka, keep up the great work. I really appreciate all that you do.

[[AK]Nuts]

I agree with clay. I would whole-heartedly support establishing a pay-pal account where I could send $$$ to support the AK server/services.

[[AK]The Beast]

Please don't bear the burden of server expense yourself, Palooka. I can't contribute much, but I'd be happy to send out what I can to help defray the costs.

[[AK]Kidd]

I will be more than happy to pay anything to keep our beloved server up. Nuts has a great idea. can you create a pay pal site for us? I will feel really bad if you pay the server fees. Palooka, you must (please) set this up. thanks

kidd

[[AK]Faxman]

I'll gladly pony up some dough. Thanks for all the great years of gaming!

[[AK]Abaddon]

Yeah, Paypal would be cool.

[[AK]StitchJones]

I will pay $$$. Say the word brother.

[[AK]Bribo]

I'll gladly pay money on the condition no one kill me when I'm on the server.

Seems like a reasonable request.

[Ages]

I'd be willing to help out too!

[[AK]Devil_Dog]

Thank you for all the things that you do for this organization Palooka...
I would be happy to contribute some $$$....

[[AK]JD]

I will send you some good Canadian Beer or cash which ever you prefer.

[[AK]Kidd]

Originally posted by [AK?]JD
I will send you some good Canadian Beer .

What an Oxymoron. Thats like a smart Texan. lol

kidd

[[AK]Palooka]

The migration is done. The server was only down for about 30 minutes. I just got the Ventrilo and DC servers going again.

The new IP is: 65.219.63.174