Advance Warning: Server Maintenance

Posted by Stropp on February 7, 2009

I just received an email from my webhost. They will be performing some maintenance on the server sometime next week to upgrade the MySQL Database to version 5.

We will be upgrading all shared servers from MySQL 4 to MySQL 5 beginning Monday, February 9, 2009 and lasting until Friday, February 13, 2009. This upgrade will cause downtime for your databases, therefore; any database-driven sites will show an error during this time. The upgrade should take 15-45 minutes once the process is begun.

This upgrade is needed to bring MySQL to the current stable release, increase performance, and allow you to use a lot of new applications which require MySQL 5….

If during that time you attempt to view Stropp’s World and get an error message, don’t worry it may be undergoing the upgrade. If you have persistent problems that extend well outside that range, say the site is inaccessible for hours rather than 45 minutes, please contact me at: stropp AT stroppsworld DOT com and let me know.

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