Extended downtime this week (Tuesday)

[Elad]

DU will be unavailable for an extended period Tuesday. We will be performing an important upgrade to our main database server. The downtime could last anywhere from 4 to 16 hours. We will be beginning the work sometime around 8am (eastern time) Tuesday morning.

We believe we have a handle on our recent stability issues. As some of you may have noticed, we have not had problems with crashes or corruptions all week, thanks to some changes that were implemented last Tuesday. The upgrade this coming Tuesday should hopefully put all remnants of those stability issues behind us and prepare the server for the upcoming primaries and 2008 election.

Thanks again for your patience!

[WilliamPitt]

1. Damn. I might have to *gasp* go outside or something.

:P

[orleans]

29. no way i'm going outside! we've got that once every 17 years cicada

plague going on.

i'll either be writing or reading.

[Subdivisions]

37. NO, NO!!! NOT OUTSIDE! THERE'S

people out there! :o

[hobbit709]

2. AARRGGHH!!

[MonkeyFunk]

3. That's it!

I'm voting Green!

just kidding... good luck! Hope it goes well.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

I voted Green once.

Man, what a hangover.

[H2O Man]

4. A silent tribute

to Scooter's sentencing.

[hlthe2b]

13. Ahh, man... that is going to be tough... NO DU to share the news

with...

Ok, DUers, best start the anti-anxiety meds now! Double the dose...LOL

[orleans]

30. that's right! scooter is tuesday! does elad HAVE to do this on tuesday...

(do i whine too much?)

[AlCzervik]

5. good, i really to get some errands done.

[progressoid]

6. OMGawd! That means spending time with my family.

Can't really remember their names but hopefully it will come back to me.

[lonestarnot]

40. LOL! Funny.

[Bjornsdotter]

7. 4 to 16 hours?

....okay, I'm breathing slowly into the brown paper bag.

:banghead:

Will....not....make....it.

Thanks for the update! (you just know that Tuesday will be the day something hugh happens, I'm series 1111)

Cheers

[EFerrari]

8. 16 HOURS! HOLY CRAP! I may have to interact with actual people!

Good luck, Elad. Thanks for the heads up. :hi:

[Kurovski]

16. I'm scared.

I'M SCARED!

Please hold me.

[EFerrari]

21. Get it while you can!

lol

:hug:

[Kurovski]

22. Yes. Until we meet again...

:hug: :cry:

Godspeed!

[TahitiNut]

9. Thanks for the heads up, sir. Hang in there, Elad. You do good.

:thumbsup:

[mvd]

10. Thanks for all your work

It is much appreciated! :thumbsup:

[bobthedrummer]

11. Thanks Elad. K&R

[uppityperson]

12. sticky to top of pages please.

thanks for the warning.

[proud patriot]

14. thanks for the heads up

:hi:

[durtee librul]

15. Ok, so the repubs do a news dump on Tuesday?

Paris goes to jail.....Cheney has sex with the Madam on the front lawn of the white house.....Pickles moves to the Mayflower......Lil boots passes out in the Rose Garden.....and the mafia does a hit on Rove.....all on Tuesday, right?

Note: THE important item is listed first.....lol!!!

[Kurovski]

23. I think at least three of those things have already happened. (nt)

[WillyT]

28. Libby Sentencing ???

Libby Sentencing on Tuesday -- Will Bush Pardon Him?

Link: http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003593227

Arrggghhh...

:argh:

[alittlelark]

17. Good Luck w/ the upgrade!

[LSK]

18. I might actually get some work done

[Me.]

19. During The Libby Sentencing?

which starts at 9:30?

[KoKo]

25. Check out Firedoglake for that while there's downtime here...Just to get

the fix! I know that's what I'll be doing.

[Me.]

26. My Plan Was To Go Back & Forth

After all, it is the people here who have been waiting for this for 3 years. DU was on it before anyone.

[babylonsister]

20. Thanks, and I hope all goes smoothly! nt

[BlooInBloo]

24. Should be a sticky until after it's done.

[badgerpup]

27. Thanks, Elad!

Much appreciate the heads-up!
Now I won't be using up all my tinfoil on a new hat. :tinfoilhat: :crazy:

Seriously, you guys and all the work you do to keep this place running a-TALL are much appreciated!
:patriot::yourock:

[Jamastiene]

31. Maybe, we could use that time to wax nostalgic with some vintage DU

on the Wayback Machine.

It goes all the way back to February 19, 2001.
http://web.archive.org/web/20010219033913/http://www.democraticunderground.com

You can go here and do a search too.
http://web.archive.org/


One of the very first posts asks, "Hey has anyone heard the U.S.& England is Bombing Iraq"
http://web.archive.org/web/20010219071018/www.democraticunderground.com/duforum/DCForumID5/144.html

Talk about a time warp, baby? Wow. Just :wow:. The changes through the years are amazing. I love looking at DU on the Wayback Machine. It's fun.

[rasputin1952]

32. WooHoo!!!

"...prepare the server for the upcoming primaries and 2008 election."

Primary Wars v2.9 !!!!


LOL...gearing up for the Big One...

[MiniMe]

33. But the Senate Judiciary committee is having another USA hearing

What can I do without having DU to discuss it with?

[Poiuyt]

34. Don't forget about the DU Panic Room

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DUPanicRoom/messages

[sakabatou]

35. OH NOES!

I'll have to put up with the real world! AUGH!!

[Spazito]

36. Perfect day for me (selfish response, I know)

I have company arriving later this evening and they will be here for a few days so my DU time, sadly, would have been minimal, damn, one can only be so rude to visitors, lol.

All joking aside, thank you for all your work to keep this site the absolute BEST one on the net, it is much appreciated!

[treestar]

38. Thank you for all your hard work!

:yourock:

[BikeWriter]

39. But... but... but...

[lonestarnot]

41. Guess I have to paint!

[blogslut]

42. bummer

On Libby day, no less. Oh well. :)