Re: Buildfarm server move

On 01/18/2016 05:20 PM, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> People,
>
> Apologies for the late notice.
>
> Tomorrow, January 18th, at 4.00 pm US East Coast time (UT - 5.0) we
> will be moving the buildfarm server from its current home at
> CommandPrompt, where we have been ever since we started, to a machine
> that is part of the standard core infrastructure. In doing so we will
> be moving to a) a more modern and supported PostgreSQL version, and b)
> a machine with more disk space so that our current severe pace
> shortage will be alleviated. In addition, the community would be much
> better placed to maintain the buildfarm if either JD or I were to fall
> under a bus.
>
> The outage is expected to last about 4 hours or less, and we will sent
> out notifications when this is complete.
>
> Buildfarm owners who want to avoid getting reporting failures should
> disable their animals during that time. We don't have an avalanche of
> commits right now either, but it might also be nice if committers were
> to refrain from adding changes in the hours leading up to this and
> until we announce that we're back online, for the benefit of those
> owners who don't see this message in time.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help and understanding.
>
> And many thanks to CommandPrompt for their constant support over the
> many years we've been in operation.
>
>

Yes, sorry about that. It will be on the 19th. Fat fingers strike again.

cheers

andrew