5Jan2015

WWW-19 Server Replacement – 17 January

WWW-19 Server Replacement – 17 January

The replacement of Linux server WWW-19 was postponed to Friday and Saturday 23 and 24 January.

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5Jan2015

WWW-25 Server Replacement – 9 and 10 January

WWW-25 Server Replacement – 9 and 10 January

We are kicking off the new year with some sever hardware upgrades! First item of business is the replacement of Linux server WWW-25; our faithful servant for the past 3.5 years. The upgrade ensures continued reliability of our service and adds more hosting capacity. Site migration is scheduled for Friday and Saturday.

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3Jan2015

WWW-25 Outage – 3 January

WWW-25 Outage – 3 January

While applying a new Linux kernel and cPanel version we encountered unexpected problems. Website and email services are now fully restored again.

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23Dec2014

Degraded international connectivity to Cape Town data centre – 23 December

Degraded international connectivity to Cape Town data centre - 23 December

The upstream network is experiencing significant packet losses at the moment. Connections from international locations to website in Cape Town may be intermittently slow.

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22Oct2014

WWW-26 Server Replacement – 23 and 24 October

WWW-26 Server Replacement – 23 and 24 October

We will replace Linux server WWW-26 shortly, with site migration occurring on Thursday through Saturday. The current server has served us reliably for nearly three years, but a recent problem with the integrity of the RAID array cannot be fixed without major service disruption.

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