We're moving!!!!!!!!!

Boards.ie: Mike · 08-05-2023 03:07PM #1

I hoped the headline would grab your attention :).

OK! Don't panic. It's only Transatlantic. 😕

So there has been a whole load of negotiations and back and forth with Vanilla/Higherlogic recently. Amidst all the conversations a new development came to the fore. The issue of site speed was a hot topic and they put forward an option that was previously unavailable to us. It is now possible for us to be hosted on a European server. Their hope is that this will improve site speed and some other issues that have cropped up. So it was decided to get the ball rolling on this ASAP in the hopes that it would have a positive impact.

I had requested for the move to be made this week. They have confirmed that the move will take place on the 11th of May. That's this Thursday morning at 1.00am. It is expected that there will be some downtime for the site then.

There are a couple of conditions attached to the switch. One of which is a clear and transparent move for all of our users. There may also be some minor changes to things like privacy policies etc.. We have not fully developed a detailed plan of all changes as of yet, but we want any changes that we are implementing to be as transparent as possible. We will do our best to keep everyone properly informed with all relevant information as soon as it is available to us. So we are taking the time to inform everyone. We have informed the Admins and Mods last week and are taking this opportunity to issue a site wide announcement.

It is our hope that there won't be much downtime and this will improve some issues that we are currently facing and will boost positivity overall. We have been assured that it will not be any longer than 24 hours. It could potentially take this long because there is such a huge database here to move. So although it may be disruptive it is necessary and it will be carried out as efficiently as possible to keep this disruption to a minimum. When we receive a definitive timeline we will add it here.

Anyways if you have any questions or comments then post them here and as I said, we will put any update here as soon as we have them.

Thanks all.

Mike.

08-05-2023 03:18PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058295687/were-moving

Any improvement in site speed is a good thing imho 👍️

If there are changes coming to the site policies will they be rolled out/published ahead of the move?

Leg End Reject · 08-05-2023 03:28PM

24 hours you say ... see you all next year. 🤣🤣🤣

Boards.ie: Mike · 08-05-2023 03:28PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120570867#Comment_120570867

I will do my best to make any changes ASAP!

Dial Hard · 08-05-2023 04:30PM

This should end well...

knucklehead6 · 08-05-2023 04:31PM

Not yet developed a full plan for something happening in three days?

Think I’ll order some popcorn.

HeidiHeidi · 08-05-2023 04:34PM

"We have been assured....."

Where did we hear that before??? 🤔

I really hope it goes to plan (if there is a plan), but I'll be on my holliers for the next two weeks, so in reality I just hope there's something here when I get home.

ctrl-alt-delete · 08-05-2023 04:40PM

I guess if there isn't much of a plan it can't go that wrong.

I just wanted to be the first to mention GDPR!

Slideways · 08-05-2023 04:40PM

So as usual Boards.ie are going to take a shít and then pull their pants down.

Would it not be a little more prudent to have all the details ironed out before the migration??

Hungry Burger · 08-05-2023 04:42PM

Can someone explain this to a Neanderthal who is computer illiterate…

heavydawson · 08-05-2023 04:45PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120571331#Comment_120571331

(Edited to reflect the fact the mods pointed out the site is currently hosted in Canada, not the US. My bad!)

They're moving the information hosted by boards.ie to servers in the EU (they're in ~~the US~~ Canada now). They'll then be physically closer to the vast majority of the users here in Ireland. By being closer, the site should be faster, as loading the site data takes less time because user requests don't have to physically traverse the Atlantic.

Hungry Burger · 08-05-2023 04:47PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120571347#Comment_120571347

Yeah that’s what I thought but had just assumed an Irish website would be on a European server by default. The more you know.

odyssey06 · 08-05-2023 04:51PM

To be precise is it an EU based server or a European one??? They are not necessarily the same thing.

08-05-2023 04:57PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120571272#Comment_120571272

Nothing will go wrong. Plans are for fools 😁. Nice Knowing you all.

JP Liz V1 · 08-05-2023 05:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120571331#Comment_120571331

I'm the same

_Kaiser_ · 08-05-2023 05:40PM

I think you need to take another week before you do anything.

I'm serious. You haven't locked down the details, there's a lot of hoping and crossing of fingers and paperwork left to be done by the sounds of it and you're planning to do this in 3 days?

Does boards have a change control process, because as someone who oversees one, there's no way this major move is ready for implementation - especially given all we've seen to date of the relationship between you and your vendor and their responsiveness (or more accurately the lack there of) when something goes wrong.

Given this site is already operating on the margins financially (unless things have changed?), I don't think you should take the risk of killing off what little traffic remains (by previous standards) in another botched migration.

08-05-2023 05:43PM

The server is likely in Ireland… waiting for planning permission! 🤣🤣🤣

Overheal · 08-05-2023 06:11PM

So all this clap in CA/IMHO over users raging about discussing "US topics on an Irish forum" and the forum is being hosted in the US? kek kek kek

Spear · 08-05-2023 06:20PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120571800#Comment_120571800

No, it's not. It's in Canada, which meets EU privacy standards, the US does not.

AMKC · 08-05-2023 06:22PM

Any chance we could be given the option of not seeing that add about Ukraine everytime we try to load up a thread on Boards.ie

Yes I know there is a war on in Ukraine. I come here to chat and get away from that. I see enough of it on the news. I do not need to keep constantly seeing it here too. Just have it if people are going into the Current Affairs threads and the ones about Russia and Ukraine not everywhere else.

I agree with the poster above wait another week at least or even better a month before you change things over. Let's try and get it right this time unlike last time which was a disaster.

Beasty · 08-05-2023 06:26PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120571385#Comment_120571385

Apparently we were offered a great deal by Moscow......

😀

EmmetSpiceland · 08-05-2023 08:07PM

Any chance you could make the announcement message closable?

FishOnABike · 08-05-2023 08:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120571642#Comment_120571642

.... change control is sooo last year. Boards is bleeding edge agile DevOps all the way.... 😉

hoodie6029 · 08-05-2023 08:54PM

So what does this mean for the Burkes?

08-05-2023 10:10PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120572492#Comment_120572492

They argued any site discussing their family should be hosted in Europe. They won.

08-05-2023 10:12PM

Why try speed up the site when you have that full screen ad making it a miserable experience? Bizarre.

Purple Mountain · 08-05-2023 10:21PM

"There may also be some minor changes to things like privacy policies etc.. We have not fully developed a detailed plan of all changes as of yet"

Don't like the sound of that, Ted 😵

StupidLikeAFox · 09-05-2023 01:54AM

Kaiser, tell the truth, you will be here until boards breathes it's last breath. You have a love hate relationship, they could revert the site to a dreamweaver html website and you would still embrace it.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120571642#Comment_120571642

Fathom · 09-05-2023 02:20AM

We should already be in compliance with EU guidelines, Ireland being EU. Unless the “European server” is not in the EU? The geographical server site location may also have specific national regulations?

Esel · 09-05-2023 03:06AM

The Russians are tapping the undersea cable so they can capture all of Boards in one go. 😀

secman · 09-05-2023 06:06AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120571869#Comment_120571869

On top left (on phone site anyways ) of the advert, click it and it gives you the usual Google options to adverts, it's gone for the moment from my screen.

We're moving!!!!!!!!!

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