Rapid Migration

Behold the power of BGP!

64 bytes from 193.142.245.198: icmp_seq=5 ttl=49 time=59.927 ms
92 bytes from mort.m.faelix.net (193.142.245.108): Destination Net Unreachable
Vr HL TOS  Len   ID Flg  off TTL Pro  cks      Src      Dst
 4  5  00 5400 4a31   0 0000  36  01 5e84 10.26.26.133  193.142.245.198 

Request timeout for icmp_seq 6
92 bytes from mort.m.faelix.net (193.142.245.108): Destination Net Unreachable
Vr HL TOS  Len   ID Flg  off TTL Pro  cks      Src      Dst
 4  5  00 5400 3942   0 0000  36  01 6f73 10.26.26.133  193.142.245.198 

Request timeout for icmp_seq 7
64 bytes from 193.142.245.198: icmp_seq=8 ttl=49 time=56.130 ms

Under three seconds of down-time.

Xen Virtual Server Upgrade at Faelix

faelix:

Dear Xen Virtual Server Customers,

On Tuesday next week Faelix expects to receive delivery of thirty servers to massively upgrade existing hosting arrangements across our two data-centres, and plan our expansion into the third and beyond. They say “there’s no such thing as a free lunch”, but Faelix will be giving free upgrades to our valued existing customers: the only thing you’ll notice is that your sites and services run even faster!

By the end of next week we should have completed load-testing the new equipment. Over the weekend of 6th-7th June we’ll begin commissioning the new equipment in our data-centres, and our plan is to be in a position to migrate your virtual servers onto the newer, faster hardware over the weekend of 13th-14th June. Of course I’ll be in touch with you closer to the time to ensure that work can be carried out at a convenient time to minimise disruption to you.

If you’ve any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.