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.
Continue ReadingWWW-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.
Continue ReadingDegraded 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.
Continue ReadingWWW-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.
Continue ReadingServer WWW-26 RAID Maintenance – 9 to 18 October
The RAID array on Linux server WWW-26 reporting errors. As a precautionary but essential measure, we are replacing both hard drives in the array.
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