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Moved to a new Database Server Last Night
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As you likely saw in the Announcements forum, we had some scheduled downtime (about 30 minutes) last night as we moved the entire TMO database to a new server. While we don’t see nor expect any issues with this particular move, I did want to make sure you all knew, and to start a thread in case you *do* see anything wacky. Just let us know.
Additionally, as some of you know, we are in the final steps of an entire redesign of TMO, which includes an upgrade to v2.x of ExpressionEngine (our CMS and forum engine). That will be rolling out when it’s ready, likely in a week or two. All user accounts will live on and all data will migrate over, of course.
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Initial cut is that the move has, for some reason, made forum administration much faster. Post deletion and account deletion/banning is much improved. Not sure if it is just my imagination or not…
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Speed is excellent for me.
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Indeed, yes, there’s been a significant speed improvement due to a number of factors. We’re on new (and significantly more resource-heavy) hardware, for one, and we’ve also (finally!) abstracted ourselves away from the one app we use that requires MySQL 5.0.x, so we’re up on 5.5.x now, and that on its own likely adds to the speed benefit. So… yes. Speed should *definitely* be a part of what we all see out of this.
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Working well so far. Everything seems to load nice and fast.
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We looking at a significantly different forum experience? Hey, as long as it’s better!
EDIT: I think I’m noticing a speed difference, which is definitely welcomed.
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We looking at a significantly different forum experience? Hey, as long as it’s better!
Indeed, quite a bit different. If you’re interested in taking a look at the alpha (moving to beta soon, I suppose!), and giving feedback, please do let me know. I’ll get you access.
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Any plans for an app? I often check AFB on my iPhone, but the UI isn’t ideal. Thanks.
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