In 3 hours your Systems Monkeys are taking down the Archive for a quick db upgrade to Percona 5.5 (now that we've got the RAM upgraded, we want the db with better multi-threaded support. I did warn you!) Details hereIt should be a quick downtime this time. When James and I upgraded the instances on the slave server (yes, bad name I know) they took ( Read more... )

Just a reminder: the AO3 is going down NOW for our RAM upgrade. I DO NOT WANT TO BE AWAKE THIS EARLY. but I am. so there.

arrow: okay, powering down.

arrow: I'm going into init 0 on mysql server

arrow: blamETA: Ha. We were back up and in 1hr 45min. bwee! \o/ We'll be adjusting the number of workers threads (unicorns. seriously, they're called ( Read more... )

Fair warning on Friday we will be taking down the AO3 servers for a RAM upgrade at 8am Pacific. details here.

bwee! cross your fingers that your Systems Monkeys will have a smooth transition.

lately you might have noticed the Beta Archive (AO3.org) is under heavy load. real heavy load, due to a combination of circumstances (do you smell me, Phil?) I swear to god your Systems Monkeys and Busy ADT Bees are all trying their darnedest to buy some breathing room, and we have some tricks up our sleeves we're going to try that should help a ( Read more... )

\o/ boosting the signal that the 852 Prospect Sentinel Archive is moving in with AO3 as an Integrated Collection. I specifically joined Open Doors so I could help out with the move because I have spent so very many enjoyable hours on 852 and felt like it was time to give a little back.

I'm going to be a little busy come beginning of June. :)))

...if I'd known we'd be re-enacting the high school production of Atlas Shrugged, I would have worn my blue chiffon dress.

So, it's time to vote. We have less than 48 hours. I wasn't planning on writing any endorsements, because I was trying to be non-partisan, but things happened yesterday, ugly things, that made me change my mind. Because I want the Org to survive this latest insanity, and I believe that rational, even-handed, brilliant people who have proven ( Read more... )

so, everyone who's read my whining knows my eyes are bad, my right eye much worse than my left. this is not news. ( this is the news. )

There's a big ol' kerfuffle going on right now re: OTW elections. I'm mostly keeping my head down because that's what I do. But here, completely unsolicited, is my unofficial opinion: I love doing what I do for the Org, and I love the committee I work with. Systems is chock full of stellar people, starting with my co-chair (whom I posted about ( Read more... )

so, I'm in the process of finally archiving all my stories to the AO3, and considering how *cough* prolific I have been in the past, you just don't want to know what a ridonculous backlog we're talking here ( Read more... )