GFY Upgrade still coming up Sat. night & Sun. morning.
 

Just another reminder, the board will be down for some major upgrades this weekend. This one is bigger than any of the previous ones that I have done, and will take a bit more time.

I've been testing all of this so much for the last month and a half, it's ridiculous. For the last six weeks I've put in at least 16-hours a day or MORE, every single day. The actual upgrade will be smooth as silk, but the horsepower and processing time can't be shortcut, and is pretty damn severe. With 11M posts and 1M threads, the server gerbils aren't just running the Boston Marathon, it's like they get to run the Indy 500!!!!!! :Oh crap

GFY will go offline right around midnight Pacific Time on late Saturday night, and will probably be back online around 4:30am Pacific Time Sunday morning.

On the development servers the ACTUAL processing time was 3 hours, 20 minutes. Then 21 templates had to be totally rewritten. Those 21 templates involved rewriting 15,000 lines of code.

I've got everything nicely documented, checklists all prepared, and unless the entire United States experiences a total national black-out, I've already tested every conceivable possibility for doing everything in 4.5 hours or less.

Even though all of this will all be completed under a new FULL moon!!! :winkwink:

Best of luck.. I'm sure it will go fine. [fingers crossed] :thumbsup

Sounds intense.. you have the hardest job in that whole office and trust me, i have been to that office many times and have seen the workers at work LOL

You can always stop by to keep me and the gerbils company! :thumbsup

OK, Wait a minute there, did you see the gerbils?

everyone wish Texas and the gerbils good luck for sunday morning, I've seen some of the stuff he's putting into the new version of VBulliten, it's intence, but Texas can handle it!!

How will this hurt squishypimp's income?

lil gerbil theme music to help pass the time

https://youtube.com/watch?v=j-J0XI-E5qI

Don't cry for me Argentina

All I have to say is I hope they are treating you well ($$$) for keeping this beast running.

Can't wait to ride the new hardware!

Does that mean I should give up the dial up?

Hope all goes as planned.

Good luck with the upgrade, I'm sure it'll go smoothly for ya.

Have fun upgrading :)

that song was on the bob and tom show

Many years ago, the finest engineer I've ever known had a great quote.

"There is no magic, there is only hard work."

This upgrade will go smooth, and the resulting features that will come from it, will have peoples heads spinning, and wondering how the hell it's all done for years to come. The next 30-days are going to be a mind bender.

Bet the ranch on it. :)

if the updates include anti-troll protection, there is going to be about 30 to 40 people here who will have a rough monday.

It's going to be more than that. Because Jeebus loves me, and he hates trolls, idiots, fake nicks, contest bots, and people that can't follow SIG rules. :)

http://www.blingstudio.com/jeebuslovesme.jpg

p.s. - the cross is just part of my Halloween costume that UPS finally delivered today. :1orglaugh

this is going to rock, i hope everything goes well :thumbsup

Heaven help us! :helpme