Dated: March 14, 2004
We are planning to downgrade the operating system for MSSQL1 to Windows 2000 and upgrade its hardware to a Pentium 4 Hyper-threaded processor and dual hard disks in a Raid1 configuration. This will not only give greater performance and stability but also avoid hours of downtime in the future due to a hard-drive or system crash. We are thus considering this upgrade as very important to maintain the reliability of this server
This server will additionally be put in a datacenter in Florida where we are putting all our newer Windows 2000 based servers. We have decided to downgrade some of our systems to Windows 2000 due to the constant reliability issues we have been facing with Windows 2003.
The downgrade is scheduled for 2:00 AM EST (GMT - 5) on March 15th. The process involves making a compressed backup of all files and then transfering it to the new server. Creating the backup will take approximately 30 minutes (or less). During this time, the MS SQL server will be brought offline. Once the backup has been created, the server will be turned online while the backup is transfered to the new server. This transfer is expected to take approximately 1.5 hours. During this period, any new data added to your ms sql server will not be transfered over. We recommend that all customers put their websites to "read-only" mode for this period. If it is absolutely necessary for you to write data during this period, you may continue and we'll perform a separate shift for your database at a later time. But we ask our customers to request such treatment if absolutely necessary
Additionally, all customers must ensure that they are using the host name - mssql1.jodoshared.com instead of the IP to access the server. This is highly important and we request customers to change to the host name if they are using the IP. For resellers, the MS SQL host name would be mssql1.yourhost.com.
For further questions, please contact [email protected]. Resellers are requested to pass this on to their customers
We are planning to downgrade the operating system for MSSQL1 to Windows 2000 and upgrade its hardware to a Pentium 4 Hyper-threaded processor and dual hard disks in a Raid1 configuration. This will not only give greater performance and stability but also avoid hours of downtime in the future due to a hard-drive or system crash. We are thus considering this upgrade as very important to maintain the reliability of this server
This server will additionally be put in a datacenter in Florida where we are putting all our newer Windows 2000 based servers. We have decided to downgrade some of our systems to Windows 2000 due to the constant reliability issues we have been facing with Windows 2003.
The downgrade is scheduled for 2:00 AM EST (GMT - 5) on March 15th. The process involves making a compressed backup of all files and then transfering it to the new server. Creating the backup will take approximately 30 minutes (or less). During this time, the MS SQL server will be brought offline. Once the backup has been created, the server will be turned online while the backup is transfered to the new server. This transfer is expected to take approximately 1.5 hours. During this period, any new data added to your ms sql server will not be transfered over. We recommend that all customers put their websites to "read-only" mode for this period. If it is absolutely necessary for you to write data during this period, you may continue and we'll perform a separate shift for your database at a later time. But we ask our customers to request such treatment if absolutely necessary
Additionally, all customers must ensure that they are using the host name - mssql1.jodoshared.com instead of the IP to access the server. This is highly important and we request customers to change to the host name if they are using the IP. For resellers, the MS SQL host name would be mssql1.yourhost.com.
For further questions, please contact [email protected]. Resellers are requested to pass this on to their customers