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Network Migration COMPLETE

So, after my POST SKYRIM COMA, I finally got around to finishing my network migration. The old setup, if you remember, and the proposed new setup, were documented here. Now, the new state is done and executed HERE:

The important thing is that all cables were custom cut to be optimal length, meaning no link from the server to the gateway is more than 3 feet. Also, EVERY link between the server and the world is gigabit. LAN transfers of backups went from 10MB/s to 20MB/s.

What will this mean? Not much. Maybe if 100 people were on, lag would be cut. This is more just an interest story :D

Posted in Owner's Corner on February 7th, 2013 by surfrock66
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New Internet

from 10-12 PST on today, 11/28/12, the server will likely be down as my internet is upgraded to business class. Check here for updates; spread the word.

UPDATE: the dude is still working now at about 2PM pst...my ssh connection just died, so I assume we're down?

UPDATE 2: it'll take a bit for the dns to propogate...try the following as the server address:

surfrock66.yourhda.com:25565
mc.teh3l3m3nts.com:25565
71.197.114.191:25565

Update 3: Well there's sort of a sucky deal...the new business class device isn't just a modem, it's a modem and a router, a router with an overly simplistic configuration. Allow me to explain via whiteboard pictures:

Posted in News, Owner's Corner on November 28th, 2012 by surfrock66
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NEW SERVER TESTING

WE ARE MOVING NOW! USE THE TEMPORARY ADDRESS FOR A WHILE! UPGRADE TO 1.4.2

NEWSFLASH! We got a development build of Bukkit 1.4.2, so if you updated, log into the new server!

Ok! The new server is up and running! We are NOT go-live yet, we need more testing. EVERYTHING ON THE OLD SERVER STAYS THE SAME UNTIL GO-LIVE! I need to know if the new server lags, when it lags, how much tnt blowing up it can survive, etc. I need as many ppl on doing as much as they can at many times. TEMPORARY SERVER ADDRESS: surfrock66.yourhda.com

For that end...it's a backup of our world and you can abuse it however you want. Please though, keep 2 things in mind from me:

This is a test, and the 2 servers will be merged likely next weekend, so don't spend a ton of time getting used to different worlds, we're not splitting the community or anything
I will likely upgrade the test server to 1.4.2 and use a dev bukkit, as a test.
Be careful which server you log in to! Don't log into the real server and blow things up thinking it's this one!
When we go live...I'll update the MOTD with a "NO TNT!" order.

So, few other things/known bugs!

There is no dynmap right now, but when I get it set up, the temporary address will be "surfrock66.yourhda.com:50723"
The web irc client won't work right now with the new server, but you can connect with another client at address "surfrock66.yourhda.com" at port 50730 to channel #minecraft
Stats and blocklogging are dead. We may have an issue...I can't connect to my db but that may be a result of a few things, I'll work on that.

Please report any problems here, I need to know so I can fix before we go live! It's useful info to say "we had an issue with it lagging with 5 people on at XXXYYY time on XXXYYY date!

ROADMAP

Repeated and ongoing stress testing of server and network.
DONE: Implement a test upgrade to 1.4.2 on the new server, with a development build of bukkit - On target for Thursday/Friday
12/12 DONE: Implement a test upgrade of all of our plugins - On target for Thursday/Friday
DONE: Test MySQL connection for BlockLog and BeardStats, which involves taking the old server down temporarily (as we believe it has a lock on writes to the DB). On track for potentially early Saturday morning
DONE: Re-implement changes to the permissions nodes that I have been super delinquent on updating...ideally after all plugins are updated. On track for Friday or Saturday.
DONE: Update Noob World by copying the dome to fresh chunks and implementing spawn protect - On track for anytime after the 1.4.2 dev build and worldedit are ready to go. WHEN TESTING WAS COMPLETE, I ALSO SUCCESSFULLY TESTED THE AUTO-RESET NOOB-WORLD SCRIPT.
ROLLOUT! This involves STOPPING the old server, performing a full backup, restarting the old server (which at this point is griefable), transferring the backups to the new hardware (likely 10GB) which will take hours, then unzipping old files and initiating the new server with a DON'T GRIEF HERE message. Once it's live and connectable, initiate the DNS move so "mc.teh3l3m3nts.com" points to the new server, then wait 24 hours and discontinue the old server. ON TRACK FOR LATE SUNDAY!

TESTING UPDATE 1! As much as it's fun, blowing everything up isn't very scientific. For example...at legion base on the test server, there's a loop of sponge-water-lava-tnt that is just causing death. If someone is at legion base, the world crashes. I'm restoring a backup now. HOWEVER it did inspire me to construct a more controlled test which MadBrains saw...I used worldedit at the cheatarena2 to set off a sphere of tnt at every radius 1-15, and both servers performed about the same in-game. Here's the logs from the tests to see rough timecodes.

Old Server Logs Of The Test:

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2012-10-30 19:47:26 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /warp cheatarena2 2012-10-30 19:47:29 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /i 49 2012-10-30 19:47:36 [INFO] SwagPeasant: i have to go to sleep soon anyways, sorry surf. 2012-10-30 19:47:36 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /gm 1 2012-10-30 19:47:39 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /i 49 2012-10-30 19:47:41 [INFO] surf: it's ok :/ 2012-10-30 19:47:45 [INFO] SwagPeasant: bye 2012-10-30 19:47:54 [INFO] MadBrains lost connection: disconnect.quitting 2012-10-30 19:48:02 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /powertool fireball 2012-10-30 19:48:14 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 2 2012-10-30 19:48:27 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 2 test 2012-10-30 19:48:30 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:48:51 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 3 2012-10-30 19:48:55 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 3 test 2012-10-30 19:49:00 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:49:07 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 4 2012-10-30 19:49:10 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 4 test 2012-10-30 19:49:12 [INFO] MadBrains logged in with entity id 15059494 at ([world] -7682.908631678731, 69.0, 4209.476025222801) 2012-10-30 19:49:17 [INFO] SwagPeasant: actually 2012-10-30 19:49:21 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:49:26 [INFO] SwagPeasant: i can still stay up for 20 more mins 2012-10-30 19:49:30 [INFO] surf: wanna see :D 2012-10-30 19:49:32 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /tphere mad 2012-10-30 19:49:34 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /gm 1 mad 2012-10-30 19:49:42 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 4 test 2012-10-30 19:49:46 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:49:55 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 5 2012-10-30 19:50:05 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 5 test 2012-10-30 19:50:09 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:50:17 [INFO] surf: see :D 2012-10-30 19:50:22 [INFO] SwagPeasant: :D 2012-10-30 19:50:28 [INFO] surf: as a baseline I wanna see what this can handle 2012-10-30 19:50:33 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 6 2012-10-30 19:50:38 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 6 2012-10-30 19:50:43 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 6 test 2012-10-30 19:50:48 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:50:57 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 19:51:03 [INFO] SwagPeasant: everything seems to be alright still. 2012-10-30 19:51:09 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 7 2012-10-30 19:51:13 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 7 test 2012-10-30 19:51:18 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:51:30 [INFO] surf: now she's hurting :D 2012-10-30 19:51:42 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 8 2012-10-30 19:51:42 [INFO] SwagPeasant: Lol. 2012-10-30 19:51:45 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 8 2012-10-30 19:51:49 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 8 test 2012-10-30 19:51:54 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:52:08 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 19:52:20 [INFO] surf: lag? 2012-10-30 19:52:24 [INFO] SwagPeasant: Not really. 2012-10-30 19:52:31 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 9 2012-10-30 19:52:35 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 9 test 2012-10-30 19:52:39 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:53:02 [INFO] surf: :D 2012-10-30 19:53:02 [INFO] SwagPeasant: i can see the lag now 2012-10-30 19:53:05 [INFO] surf: she's slowin down 2012-10-30 19:53:08 [INFO] surf: this is good 2012-10-30 19:53:11 [INFO] surf: I'm making log marks 2012-10-30 19:53:27 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 10 2012-10-30 19:53:31 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 10 test 2012-10-30 19:53:36 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:54:07 [INFO] surf: it only goes to 15 2012-10-30 19:54:09 [INFO] surf: she's LAGGIN 2012-10-30 19:54:13 [INFO] SwagPeasant: Yup! 2012-10-30 19:54:15 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 19:54:18 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 19:54:34 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 11 2012-10-30 19:54:38 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 11 test 2012-10-30 19:54:38 [INFO] SwagPeasant: I can't beleive my pc can handle all this. 2012-10-30 19:54:44 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:55:01 [INFO] surf: w lag 2012-10-30 19:55:09 [INFO] surf: come on baby! 2012-10-30 19:55:29 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 19:55:32 [INFO] surf: wow 2012-10-30 19:55:35 [INFO] surf: nottoo bad 2012-10-30 19:55:59 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 12 2012-10-30 19:56:02 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 12 test 2012-10-30 19:56:05 [INFO] SwagPeasant: I was at 2 fps xD 2012-10-30 19:56:09 [INFO] surf: haha 2012-10-30 19:56:12 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:56:12 [INFO] SwagPeasant: LETS KEEP ON GOING 2012-10-30 19:56:42 [INFO] surf: bad lag 2012-10-30 19:56:54 [INFO] surf: still...surviving 2012-10-30 19:57:00 [INFO] SwagPeasant: Yep. 2012-10-30 19:57:00 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 19:57:00 [INFO] SwagPeasant: Yep. 2012-10-30 19:57:12 [INFO] surf: wowza 2012-10-30 19:57:47 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 13 2012-10-30 19:57:52 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 13 test 2012-10-30 19:58:18 [INFO] surf: won't go? 2012-10-30 19:58:19 [INFO] SwagPeasant: nothing even loaded xD 2012-10-30 19:58:26 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 13 2012-10-30 19:58:27 [INFO] SwagPeasant: oh there we go 2012-10-30 19:58:31 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 19:58:37 [INFO] surf: ok, go 2012-10-30 19:58:38 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 19:59:20 [INFO] surf: w 2012-10-30 19:59:27 [INFO] surf: clearing up 2012-10-30 19:59:33 [INFO] surf: now just explosionmarks 2012-10-30 20:00:03 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 14 2012-10-30 20:00:03 [INFO] Read timed out 2012-10-30 20:00:05 [INFO] MadBrains lost connection: disconnect.endOfStream 2012-10-30 20:00:13 [INFO] surf: finally lagged him out 2012-10-30 20:00:31 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 14 test 2012-10-30 20:00:38 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:01:19 [INFO] surf: yikes 2012-10-30 20:01:25 [INFO] surf: errible lag 2012-10-30 20:01:25 [INFO] surf: hough she is surviving 2012-10-30 20:01:46 [INFO] surf: now moving 2012-10-30 20:02:20 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 20:02:24 [INFO] MadBrains logged in with entity id 15133925 at ([world] 47672.40224889069, 60.60164541479489, 49.21870881751241) 2012-10-30 20:02:27 [INFO] surf: wow 2012-10-30 20:02:31 [INFO] SwagPeasant: SHIIT 2012-10-30 20:02:31 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 20:02:31 [INFO] surf: this si a 14 2012-10-30 20:02:34 [INFO] surf: one more to go 2012-10-30 20:02:39 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /gm 1 mad 2012-10-30 20:02:44 [INFO] SwagPeasant: phew 2012-10-30 20:02:52 [INFO] SwagPeasant: chucks arent loading :/ 2012-10-30 20:02:56 [INFO] SwagPeasant: oh there we go 2012-10-30 20:03:07 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 15 2012-10-30 20:03:12 [INFO] surf: ### sphere radius 15 test 2012-10-30 20:03:17 [INFO] surf: this is it 2012-10-30 20:03:19 [INFO] SwagPeasant: Oh god... 2012-10-30 20:03:21 [INFO] surf: here we go 2012-10-30 20:03:26 [INFO] SwagPeasant: LETS GO 2012-10-30 20:03:28 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:04:19 [INFO] Read timed out 2012-10-30 20:04:31 [INFO] MadBrains lost connection: disconnect.endOfStream 2012-10-30 20:04:42 [INFO] surf: come on 2012-10-30 20:05:04 [INFO] Pong! 2012-10-30 20:05:15 [INFO] surf: holy shit 2012-10-30 20:05:30 [INFO] surf: there's dropped tnt everywhere 2012-10-30 20:05:35 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: //help 2012-10-30 20:05:52 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 20:06:16 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush 2012-10-30 20:06:20 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 20:06:21 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush ex 2012-10-30 20:06:27 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush gravity 2012-10-30 20:06:46 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: //undo 2012-10-30 20:06:50 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush 2012-10-30 20:07:01 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 1 2012-10-30 20:07:10 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 20:07:17 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 2 2012-10-30 20:07:22 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /time day 2012-10-30 20:07:32 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 3 2012-10-30 20:08:02 [INFO] surfrock66 lost connection: disconnect.quitting 2012-10-30 20:08:35 [INFO] Reached end of stream 2012-10-30 20:08:43 [INFO] surfrock66 logged in with entity id 15155870 at ([world] 47696.551976374954, 15.777539651368363, 5.957137947023366) 2012-10-30 20:08:47 [INFO] surf: wow 2012-10-30 20:09:06 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /warp afk_ug_bottom 2012-10-30 20:09:14 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /gm 0 2012-10-30 20:11:06 [INFO] MadBrains logged in with entity id 15159621 at ([world] 47694.28336497201, 65.79900986553893, 38.45024867705863) 2012-10-30 20:11:17 [INFO] surf: it survived

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New Server Logs Of The Test:

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2012-10-30 20:33:50 [INFO] surfrock66 logged in with entity id 295613 at ([world] 47688.49576882353, 15.0, 8.512383284985651) 2012-10-30 20:34:12 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 1 2012-10-30 20:34:22 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 1 2012-10-30 20:34:29 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /powertool fireball 2012-10-30 20:34:31 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:34:44 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 2 2012-10-30 20:34:47 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 2 2012-10-30 20:34:49 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:35:00 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 3 2012-10-30 20:35:04 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 3 2012-10-30 20:35:07 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:35:22 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 4 2012-10-30 20:35:24 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 4 2012-10-30 20:35:26 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:35:39 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 5 2012-10-30 20:35:46 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 5 2012-10-30 20:35:49 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 5 2012-10-30 20:35:53 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:36:09 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 6 2012-10-30 20:36:12 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 6 2012-10-30 20:36:14 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:36:34 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 7 2012-10-30 20:36:37 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 7 2012-10-30 20:36:40 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:37:07 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 8 2012-10-30 20:37:10 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 8 2012-10-30 20:37:14 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:37:57 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 9 2012-10-30 20:38:01 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 9 2012-10-30 20:38:05 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 9 2012-10-30 20:38:08 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:39:05 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 10 2012-10-30 20:39:07 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 10 2012-10-30 20:39:10 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:40:30 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 10 2012-10-30 20:40:33 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 11 2012-10-30 20:40:35 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 11 2012-10-30 20:40:41 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: //undo 2012-10-30 20:40:46 [WARNING] surfrock66 moved too quickly! 0.04183036694303155,0.0,10.107851904643098 (0.04183036694303155, 0.0, 10.107851904643098) 2012-10-30 20:40:46 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:42:34 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 12 2012-10-30 20:42:36 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 12 2012-10-30 20:42:42 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:45:15 [WARNING] surfrock66 moved too quickly! -5.918706237862352,8.07705183895633,-0.760885331345392 (5.918706237862352, 8.07705183895633, 0.760885331345392) 2012-10-30 20:45:51 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /none 2012-10-30 20:45:59 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /none 2012-10-30 20:46:17 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 13 2012-10-30 20:46:20 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 13 2012-10-30 20:46:25 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:49:43 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 14 2012-10-30 20:49:45 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 14 2012-10-30 20:49:52 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:54:43 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /brush sphere 46 15 2012-10-30 20:54:45 [INFO] surf: ### TNT test radius 15 2012-10-30 20:54:54 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /none 2012-10-30 20:54:56 [INFO] [PT] surfrock66 issued server command: /fireball 2012-10-30 20:55:02 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /powertool 2012-10-30 21:00:28 [INFO] surf: survived :D 2012-10-30 21:00:35 [INFO] surfrock66 issued server command: /gm 0

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TESTING UPDATE 2! Plugin testing is underway, and I was tracking it in a comment, but that was dumb. Here's the actual plugin status:

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BeardStat-0.4.8 Current Version: 0.4.8 Official 1.4.2 Support: Unknown Testing Experience: WORKS Blocklog-2.2.3 (CNC modified) Current Version: 2.2.3 Official 1.4.2 Support: Unknown Testing Experience: WORKS BukkitIRCd-0.9.4 Current Version: 0.9.4 Official 1.4.2 Support: Unknown Testing Experience: WORKS Dynmap-0.70.1-1271 Current Version: 1.0 Official 1.4.2 Support: Confirmed Testing Experience: WORKS http://surfrock66.yourhda.com:50723 Dynmap-Factions-0.30 Current Version: 0.30 Official 1.4.2 Support: Unknown Testing Experience: WORKS Essentials-2.9.4 Current Version: Dev. 2.9.612 Official 1.4.2 Support: Testing Testing Experience: WORKS Factions-1.6.9.1 Current Version: 1.6.9.1 Official 1.4.2 Support: Forum thread says works, but may delete configs so have a backup Testing Experience: WORKS! Faction build restrictions relies on worldguard, which relies on worldedit, which we uninstalled. Use lockette to shut doors and chests. Lockette-1.7.3 Current Version: 1.7.4 Official 1.4.2 Support: Unknown Testing Experience: WORKS Multiverse-Core-2.5 Current Version: Dev 2.5.623 Official 1.4.2 Support: Mixed Reports Testing Experience: WORKS PermissionsBukkit-1.6 Current Version: 2.0 Official 1.4.2 Support: Unknown Testing Experience: WORKS rTriggers-2.4.2 Current Version: 2.5.4 Official 1.4.2 Support: Unknown Testing Experience: WORKS VanishNoPacket-3.12 Current Version: 3.12.4 Official 1.4.2 Support: Yes Testing Experience: WORKS

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TESTING UPDATE 3! Major progress tonight. Worked out details of worldguard/worldedit/factions discussion and put it to administrators. Set up the new noob world, created its backup, reconfigured all the multiverse crap. Tested auto-restore script for noob world...works great. Also restored the super-old unused worlds for old times sake. Also sent a message to my host to hopefully work out the mysql problems with blocklog and beardstat. I tested the incremental backup plugins on the new server...working great. Finally, I actually had a real downtime that I was able to test the monitoring scripts I wrote...work like a charm. I would say we are completely ahead of schedule.

Posted in News, Owner's Corner on October 29th, 2012 by surfrock66
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Owner’s Corner: Monitoring Script

We've never had a great monitoring solution. If something goes really wrong, usually I wait for someone to text me if I'm not there to deal with it. I've long wanted to initiate an automatic notification of downtime, and tried to use something like nagios to do the monitoring, but it ended up being overkill for this monitoring of 1 service on 1 server. So I decided to write my own solution.

I believe there may be some logical complications here, so I wanna talk out my logic and ask you, the readers, to poke holes in my thinking. This script isn't done yet, by far.

Owner’s Corner: THE NEW SERVER! CONTINUALLY UPDATED POST!

IT'S FINALLY COMING! THE SERVER IS SCHEDULED TO BE DELIVERED TODAY! This will be an ongoing chronicle, full of pictures and such, showing what we're doing to ready this thing for production. It will not be a quick process.

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