MotoringFile Server Switch Tonight Completed

Sections: Site News Jul 24th, 2007 9 Comments

Update: The switch is complete and the site now online. As it turns out it was only down for a very short time.

Late (as in after 1am EST/-5 GMT) MotoringFile will be moving to a new and more robust server and host. Anytime a site moves hosts the DNS must change around the web. That can mean different downtime depending on your ISP.

Typical downtime can be just a few hours – meaning that the site will be back online by the morning. However in some cases your ISP might not update DNS as frequently and downtime can range as high as 24 hours. However that is fairly rare and probably won’t affect but a few. For readers in the UK and Europe, your morning browsing may be slightly affected again depending on your ISP’s ability to update DNS.

What do you have to do? Nothing. Bookmarks and RSS feeds will stay the same. You can just sit back and enjoy a new and shiny MF (most likely) by Wednesday morning.

Written By: Gabe

kevin

but but how will I know what is going on in the world of MINI while the site is down?

j/k… I do find myself here more often then I would admit to anyone with a lower level of OCD.
Nathaniel Salzman

Just out of curiosity Gabe, what are the web stats for MotoringFile?
http://www.motoringfile.com/ Gabe

Just out of curiosity Gabe, what are the web stats for MotoringFile?

I won’t bore you with all the mindless stats but I will say that over 100,000 unique people visit the site every month and daily we get well over 10,000 visits.
Nathaniel Salzman

Sweet! Congrats MF.
http://www.VaBluesFest.org jyarrow

I’m pretty unique so I figure I’m about 8,400 of those daily visits. This is a great site.
http://www.gbmini.net Ian C.

Will we be able to tell if we’re being served “old” or “new”? I always (!) put a a new post straight on the new server, so I can tell – but you’ll have loads more old comments to deal with than I do! ;)
http://www.matthewgifford.com/ Matt G.

I’m going to be putting a site-down page on the old server just as I’m brining the new site up. When you see the site again, you’ll know you’re on the new server.
Vanwall

This is actually kinda fun for you guys, huh? ;-) Bigger and Better = successful Web enterprise. Congrats!
stephen martin

An excellent time for another frequent ‘unique’ visitor like myself to this extremely ‘unique’ site!!, to say congratulations Gabe…..SUPERB!!

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