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WINDOWS 2003 SERVER MIGRATION on Oct 05, 2007 [Updated]
Dear Clients,
In order to provide you with better performance & more stable our Windows 2003 server would be upgraded to heavy duty server with Dual Xeon CORE Processors & minimum 2 GB Ram, The migration details for the servers are given below :
Servers Impacted: OWL.DNSRACKS.COM
Why the need of Migration ? : As a part of the Quality assurance policy our services are regularly upgraded to meet the Industry standards & to protect the servers from any possible sign of crashes/downtimes. Since hard drive of the servers are mechanical devices hence there is a time frame of upgrading the hardware the moment it reaches its 3 years running phase. The Windoes 2003 Server have nearly completed their three years of operations and hence it felt that its right time to move them to heavy duty servers which would not only improve the overall performance but also offer the latest hardware to meet the industry standards.
Migration Description: During this time data & sites are to be will be migrated to a new & powerful server with the following configuration :
Quad Core Intel Xeon 2.4 or above Processors
4 Gb Initial Install Ram
2 X 250 Gb HDD
100 MBPS Port
Migration Date : Friday 05 Oct 2007
Migration Time : The Migration would start at Morning 11.30 AM GMT 5.30 + (IST) time and would be completed by evening 5:00 PM.
Maintenance Impact: As a result of this move, you should expect the sites to be down during a significant portion of the above noted maintenance windows.
Actual amounts of downtime will vary from site to site due to the large number of sites we would be migrating.
We would be providing an exact time frame in next 24 hours, along with that our resellers are to be required to change the IP's for your DNS Service as these would be changed as well. Please check the instruction set that would be followed in the next mail.
Communications Plan: Our helpdesk will be fully functional and staffed during the migrations. We will also be posting periodic updates in the announcements section to keep you fully informed of the status of all migrations. Please do not use our emergency contact numbers during the migration, as this will just slow our work.
We appreciate your business and will do everything in our power to minimize downtime while safely and securely moving server.
Posted on: Wednesday, 3rd October 2007 11:29 AM