Author: Dave

  • Database Server 217.115.117.183 maintenance

    The database server at 217.115.117.183 is currently offline for updates to mysql. To maintain data consistency we have taken the server off line while the updates are performed.

    The server will be back on line before 6am.

    Apologies for any inconvenience caused, however this is necessary maintenance.

    Update: Database Server 217.115.117.183 is back online.

     

  • Updates to services affected by recent CPU exploit announcement.

    Summary: Last week we were alerted regarding a recent exploit discovered in Intel, AMD and ARM chips that can allow a remote attacker access data held in CPU memory across a range of servers, desktops, mobile phones etc utilizing these CPU’s . Initially we had been waiting for Vendors to release software patches to mitigate the exploit, these are now available and we will be updating hardware nodes starting at 3:00 GMT

    Maintenance Window:  Thursday 11th Jan 03:00-06:00 GMT

    Services Affected:  All Shared Hosting Database Servers.

    Status: Completed

  • Database Server 217.115.118.109 Upgrade

    We are upgrading our older shared hosting database servers to Mysql 5.6.

    The effected server will be database server 217.115.118.109.

    This will begin on Thursday 16-11-2017 at 2am.

    The server will be down for a window of 2 hours and all shared hosting sites that use this server will be effected between 2am and 4am.

    Update 03:41 > Update complete and server operational.

  • Database Server 217.115.118.9 Upgrade

    We will be upgrading our older shared hosting database servers to Mysql 5.6.  This will begin on Monday 13-11-2017 at 2am.

    The effected server will be database server 217.115.118.9.

    The server will be down for a window of 2 hours and all shared hosting sites that use this server will be effected between 2am and 4am.

    Update 03:49 > Update complete and server operational.

  • Database Server Update

    We will be upgrading our older shared hosting database servers to Mysql 5.6.  This will begin on Monday 2-10-2017 at 2am.

    The effected server will be database server 217.115.117.250.

    The server will be down for a window of 2 hours and all shared hosting sites that use this server will be effected between 3am and 5am.

    Edit: 3:45am Update completed.