This post briefly covers two topics – the June 16/17 unplanned downtime, and upcoming planned downtime.

Unplanned Downtime

On June 16, at approximately 17:00 UTC, the web hosting provider used by Brass Goggles began a short planned downtime for security updates and routine maintenance to their VPS hosting services.  Our VPS node never came back on line after this down time.  The situation was resolve at approximately 20:00 UTC on June 17.

Our hosting provider worked diligently to resolve the issue, and I’m extremely pleased with their customer service.

Planned Downtime

Between June 18 at 18:00 UTC, and concluding June 22 at 15:00 UTC, Brass Goggles will be undergoing intermittent periods of planned downtime to test new backup and restore procedures and perform system and software upgrades.

At this time, I only expect short interruptions in service, less than 30 minutes each. Additionally, I expect periods of slower service throughout.

For about a month now, the forum has been located at http://brassgoggles.co.uk/forum instead of /bg-forum ; likewise the blog has been at /blog rather than /brassgoggles. Requests made using the old paths have been transparently redirected so as to avoid breaking links.

The planned updates may break this ability; old links may be redirected to a “not found” page which provides a link to a likely new location.

Watch this space, and follow brasstech on Twitter, for updates.