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### 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration - Page 1

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#### 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: Abwayax
Date: 2016-07-24 03:08:55
The server will be down for the weekend of 30 July 2016, for a server migration. Because my host is going to close down the US data center where the server is being hosted, I am required to migrate to one of their European data centers to keep the server running.

> From: hosting-en(at)support.gandi.net
> To: adrian.malacoda(at)member.fsf.org
> Subject: [GANDI] Action required on your servers hosted in Baltimore
> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 09:53:42 -0000
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> Hello Gandi customer,
> For several years now we have been proud to maintain a datacenter on the
> East Coast of the United States for Cloud hosting and other hosting
> services.
> So its with a heavy heart that we must inform you of our decision to
> close the US datacenter located in Baltimore (US-BA1) on December 1,
> 2016.
> The decision was not taken lightly, and we only do so in order to be
> able to concentrate our efforts and commit more resources to pursuing
> exciting new hosting infrastructure plans which could not be deployed at
> the Baltimore location, notably due to compatibility issues.
> On December 1, 2016 all Gandi Cloud services (servers, disks, snapshots,
> web accelerators, private networks, IP addresses, etc.) hosted in our
> Baltimore datacenter will be permanently deleted. The credits that were
> not consumed, however, will remain available in your account.
> As such, we are also writing to tell you that we hope that you will take
> this opportunity to migrate your servers to one of our European data
> centers: LU-BI1, located in Bissen in Luxembourg or FR-SD2, located in
> Paris, France.
> We are acutely aware of the impact this decision might have on your
> operations and we would like to make it as smooth as possible to migrate
> your services.
> To that end, we would like you to have the promo code below for 150,000
> hosting credits, which will allow you to recreate your servers for free
> in one of the European datacenters:
> [****]
> Please note, however, that this promo code is valid through December
> 31st, 2016.
> Once youve gotten set up in one of European datacenters, we encourage
> you to follow our detailed migration guide available here:
> https: //wiki(dot)gandi.net/en/iaas/tutorials/datacenter-migration
> As indicated in the migration guide, updating your DNS zone file is one
> of the most important steps in the migration process.
> - If you use Gandis DNS for your domain(s), you can make these updates
> directly from your resource management page.
> - If you use another provider, you can use the information provided on
> the resource management page to make these changes in your DNS
> providers interface
> And of course if you need additional help, our hosting support agents
> are ready to help. You can reach them
> - by email using the contact form here:
> https:// www(dot)gandi(dot)net/support/contact/mail/
> - by chat: https:// www(dot)gandi.net/support/livechat
> - on IRC in the #gandi Freenode channel (irc.freenode.net)
> Once again, we are sorry for any negative impact our decision to close
> the Baltimore datacenter may have for you. We hope we can make the
> transition as smooth as possible, which is why we wanted to give you
> plenty of time to do it.
> And finally, of course, all of this is with a view towards devoting more
> resources to an upcoming hosting infrastructure project we have
> currently in the works. So stay tuned.
> Sincerely,
> Gandi.net

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: TheUnReturned
Date: 2016-07-24 04:31:20

> The server will be down for the weekend of 30 July 2016, for a server migration. Because my host is going to close down the US data center where the server is being hosted, I am required to migrate to one of their European data centers to keep the server running.

> > From: hosting-en@support.gandi.net
> > To: adrian.malacoda@member.fsf.org
> > Subject: [GANDI] Action required on your servers hosted in Baltimore
> > Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2016 09:53:42 -0000
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> > Hello Gandi customer,
> > For several years now we have been proud to maintain a datacenter on the
> > East Coast of the United States for Cloud hosting and other hosting
> > services.
> > So its with a heavy heart that we must inform you of our decision to
> > close the US datacenter located in Baltimore (US-BA1) on December 1,
> > 2016.
> > The decision was not taken lightly, and we only do so in order to be
> > able to concentrate our efforts and commit more resources to pursuing
> > exciting new hosting infrastructure plans which could not be deployed at
> > the Baltimore location, notably due to compatibility issues.
> > On December 1, 2016 all Gandi Cloud services (servers, disks, snapshots,
> > web accelerators, private networks, IP addresses, etc.) hosted in our
> > Baltimore datacenter will be permanently deleted. The credits that were
> > not consumed, however, will remain available in your account.
> > As such, we are also writing to tell you that we hope that you will take
> > this opportunity to migrate your servers to one of our European data
> > centers: LU-BI1, located in Bissen in Luxembourg or FR-SD2, located in
> > Paris, France.
> > We are acutely aware of the impact this decision might have on your
> > operations and we would like to make it as smooth as possible to migrate
> > your services.
> > To that end, we would like you to have the promo code below for 150,000
> > hosting credits, which will allow you to recreate your servers for free
> > in one of the European datacenters:
> > [****]
> > Please note, however, that this promo code is valid through December
> > 31st, 2016.
> > Once youve gotten set up in one of European datacenters, we encourage
> > you to follow our detailed migration guide available here:
> > https://wiki.gandi.net/en/iaas/tutorials/datacenter-migration
> > As indicated in the migration guide, updating your DNS zone file is one
> > of the most important steps in the migration process.
> > - If you use Gandis DNS for your domain(s), you can make these updates
> > directly from your resource management page.
> > - If you use another provider, you can use the information provided on
> > the resource management page to make these changes in your DNS
> > providers interface
> > And of course if you need additional help, our hosting support agents
> > are ready to help. You can reach them
> > - by email using the contact form here:
> > https://www.gandi.net/support/contact/mail/
> > - by chat: https://www.gandi.net/support/livechat
> > - on IRC in the #gandi Freenode channel (irc.freenode.net)
> > Once again, we are sorry for any negative impact our decision to close
> > the Baltimore datacenter may have for you. We hope we can make the
> > transition as smooth as possible, which is why we wanted to give you
> > plenty of time to do it.
> > And finally, of course, all of this is with a view towards devoting more
> > resources to an upcoming hosting infrastructure project we have
> > currently in the works. So stay tuned.
> > Sincerely,
> > Gandi.net

Could you have a estimate of how long will it be down?

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: Spoink
Date: 2016-07-24 09:14:25
That's my birthday.

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: Abwayax
Date: 2016-07-24 14:48:26
No guarantees, but at least all weekend. There will likely be other server maintenance being performed throughout the week as well

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2016-07-24 14:58:02
Unfortunate to hear that they are closing, hope the migration and maintenance goes well Abwayax!

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: Yeniaul
Date: 2016-07-24 18:04:40
I guess now's the time to say the REPLY menu redirects me to a fountain of broken HTML or the Start New Topic form on my DSi.

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: Yeniaul
Date: 2016-07-24 19:34:58
Well, replying SEEMS to be fixed. For the moment, that is.

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: Spoink
Date: 2016-07-29 15:52:17
I'm pretty sure you just leaked your name in that first post.

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: Yeniaul
Date: 2016-07-29 18:06:38

> I'm pretty sure you just leaked your name in that first post.

AND an email address… not that it matters…

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: TheUnReturned
Date: 2016-07-29 22:01:44
Today is the day…. Uhh…

> That's my birthday.

Happy brithday!

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: Spoink
Date: 2016-07-29 22:08:04

> Today is the day…. Uhh…

> > That's my birthday.

> Happy brithday!

Only 11 PM here. Thanks anyway!

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: Yeniaul
Date: 2016-07-30 00:43:12
Either I was reading the Pan Docs for GB/GBC/GBA while the transfer was occuring, or it's not happened yet, and it's 00:41 Central, so…

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: Torchickens
Date: 2017-02-17 13:57:04
I've edited the main post because a link counted as a broken link on the wiki after Charmy did a broken link search on Discord.

#### Re: 30 July 2016 Server Downtime and Migration

Posted by: Charmy
Date: 2017-02-17 13:59:17

> I've edited the main post because a link counted as a broken link on the wiki after Charmy did a broken link search on Discord.

Oh hey, that fast? I didn't even notice :)
Anyway, for clarification, the free check only scans the first 2000 links, for the full scan, you need to pay.
Yay.
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