what is happening: BC server will be down for a span of 4+ hours

when is this happening: tentatively will be June 29th, 2008, 2:45PM PDT

why is this happening: server upgrade

who will be affected: all our dear BC members

thanks!

- BadmintonCentral.com Administration.

what is happening: BC server will be down for a span of 4+ hours
when is this happening: tentatively will be June 29th, 2008, 9PM PDT
why is this happening: regular server backup
who will be affected: all our dear BC members

thanks!

- BadmintonCentral.com Administration.



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kwun ... Thank you for informing us.

It's just after the Finals of the SCG THAILAND GRAND PRIX GOLD 2008.

Perhaps the span of 4+ hours for the server backup could cool down comments for the expected MS Final between Lin Dan and Boonsak Ponsana. :D:D:D

Cheers... chris@ccc
:):):)
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haha. it would be cruel to shutdown the server during the finals... ;)

we will see how it goes. if there are tons of good discussions, maybe i will postpone the downtime.

i think it will be ok for 4 hrs.
many will be concentrating on Euro 2008 final.........:D

i think it will be ok for 4 hrs.
many will be concentrating on Euro 2008 final.........:D

i knew there was something genius about my timing... :D

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when is this happening: tentatively will be June 29th, 2008, 9PM PDT
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i think it will be ok for 4 hrs.
many will be concentrating on Euro 2008 final.........:D
i knew there was something genius about my timing... :D
...9 pm, this coming Sunday night, will be 6 am Monday morning, Vienna time. The final should be over and our Pemuda should be on his way back to join all of us... ;)
If kwun wants to shut BC down (for back up duty) and have all the football maniacs congregate, sit and enjoy the Euro 2008 Final in front of their tubbies, whilst at the same time not miss the Thai Open Finals, then it shall be done about 9 hrs. earliler (11:30 am PDT)...which i believe the TO Finals should be over also..:cool:

Btw, i think a warning (http://65.186.65.233/sounds/televis/startrek/10sec.mp3) & countdown (http://wavcentral.com/cgi-bin/log/log.cgi?id=4167&sound=/sounds/movies/hunt_october/hrotorp.mp3) might be needed...

what is happening: BC server will be down for a span of 4+ hours
when is this happening: tentatively will be June 29th, 2008, 9PM PDT
why is this happening: regular server backup
who will be affected: all our dear BC members

Here's a ready reckoner for our down-time across the world :)
When it's 21:00 (9pm) on Sunday, 29 June for kwun, it will be:

Sun 18:00 Honolulu
Sun 20:00 Anchorage *
Sun 21:00 Vancouver *
Sun 21:00 San Francisco *
Sun 21:00 Seattle *
Sun 21:00 Los Angeles *
Sun 21:00 Phoenix
Sun 22:00 Edmonton *
Sun 22:00 Denver *
Sun 22:00 Guatemala
Sun 22:00 San Salvador
Sun 22:00 Tegucigalpa
Sun 22:00 Managua
Sun 23:00 Mexico City *
Sun 23:00 Winnipeg *
Sun 23:00 Houston *
Sun 23:00 Minneapolis *
Sun 23:00 St. Paul *
Sun 23:00 New Orleans *
Sun 23:00 Chicago *
Sun 23:00 Montgomery *
Sun 23:00 Lima
Sun 23:00 Kingston
Sun 23:00 Bogota
Sun 23:30 Caracas
Mon 00:00 Indianapolis *
Mon 00:00 Atlanta *
Mon 00:00 Detroit *
Mon 00:00 Havana *
Mon 00:00 Miami *
Mon 00:00 Toronto *
Mon 00:00 Nassau *
Mon 00:00 Washington DC *
Mon 00:00 Ottawa *
Mon 00:00 Philadelphia *
Mon 00:00 New York *
Mon 00:00 Montreal *
Mon 00:00 Boston *
Mon 00:00 Santiago
Mon 00:00 Santo Domingo
Mon 00:00 La Paz
Mon 00:00 San Juan
Mon 00:00 Asuncion
Mon 01:00 Halifax *
Mon 01:00 Buenos Aires
Mon 01:00 Montevideo
Mon 01:00 Brasilia
Mon 01:00 Sao Paulo
Mon 01:00 Rio de Janeiro
Mon 01:30 St. John's *
Mon 04:00 Reykjavik
Mon 05:00 Lisbon *
Mon 05:00 Casablanca *
Mon 05:00 Dublin *
Mon 05:00 London *
Mon 05:00 Lagos
Mon 05:00 Algiers
Mon 06:00 Madrid *
Mon 06:00 Barcelona *
Mon 06:00 Paris *
Mon 06:00 Brussels *
Mon 06:00 Amsterdam *
Mon 06:00 Geneva *
Mon 06:00 Zürich *
Mon 06:00 Frankfurt *
Mon 06:00 Oslo *
Mon 06:00 Copenhagen *
Mon 06:00 Rome *
Mon 06:00 Berlin *
Mon 06:00 Prague *
Mon 06:00 Zagreb *
Mon 06:00 Vienna *
Mon 06:00 Stockholm *
Mon 06:00 Cape Town
Mon 06:00 Budapest *
Mon 06:00 Belgrade *
Mon 06:00 Warsaw *
Mon 06:00 Johannesburg
Mon 06:00 Harare
Mon 07:00 Sofia *
Mon 07:00 Athens *
Mon 07:00 Tallinn *
Mon 07:00 Helsinki *
Mon 07:00 Bucharest *
Mon 07:00 Minsk *
Mon 07:00 Istanbul *
Mon 07:00 Kyiv *
Mon 07:00 Cairo *
Mon 07:00 Khartoum
Mon 07:00 Ankara *
Mon 07:00 Jerusalem *
Mon 07:00 Beirut *
Mon 07:00 Amman *
Mon 07:00 Nairobi
Mon 07:00 Addis Ababa
Mon 07:00 Baghdad
Mon 07:00 Aden
Mon 07:00 Riyadh
Mon 07:00 Antananarivo
Mon 07:00 Kuwait City
Mon 08:00 Moscow *
Mon 08:00 Dubai
Mon 08:30 Tehran *
Mon 08:30 Kabul
Mon 09:00 Tashkent
Mon 09:30 Mumbai
Mon 09:30 New Delhi
Mon 09:30 Kolkata
Mon 09:45 Kathmandu
Mon 10:00 Karachi *
Mon 10:00 Islamabad *
Mon 10:00 Lahore *
Mon 10:00 Almaty
Mon 10:00 Dhaka
Mon 10:30 Yangon
Mon 11:00 Bangkok
Mon 11:00 Hanoi
Mon 11:00 Jakarta
Mon 12:00 Kuala Lumpur
Mon 12:00 Singapore
Mon 12:00 Hong Kong
Mon 12:00 Perth
Mon 12:00 Beijing
Mon 12:00 Manila
Mon 12:00 Shanghai
Mon 12:00 Taipei
Mon 13:00 Seoul
Mon 13:00 Tokyo
Mon 13:30 Darwin
Mon 13:30 Adelaide
Mon 14:00 Melbourne
Mon 14:00 Canberra
Mon 14:00 Sydney
Mon 14:00 Brisbane
Mon 15:00 Vladivostok *
Mon 16:00 Auckland
Mon 16:00 Suva
Mon 16:45 Chatham Island
Mon 17:00 Kamchatka *
Mon 17:00 Anadyr *
Mon 18:00 Kiritimati

Please Note: Places marked with an asterisk (*) are on DST (Daylight Saving Time) or Summer Time.

..cover the North Pole (Arctic) as well as the South Pole (Antartica) regions??.. :confused::cool:

..cover the North Pole (Arctic) as well as the South Pole (Antartica) regions??.. :confused::cool:
cooler is the one normally inhabiting such regions.
No fear - he is in Canada now :p

PS: I'm bumping up the time post.

what is happening: BC server will be down for a span of 4+ hours
when is this happening: tentatively will be June 29th, 2008, 9PM PDT
why is this happening: regular server backup
who will be affected: all our dear BC members

With less than 24 hours to go before kwun does his upgrading magic for BC, here's a ready reckoner for our down-time across the world :)

When it's 21:00 (9pm) on Sunday, 29 June for kwun, it will be:

Sun 18:00 Honolulu
Sun 20:00 Anchorage *
Sun 21:00 Vancouver *
Sun 21:00 San Francisco *
Sun 21:00 Seattle *
Sun 21:00 Los Angeles *
Sun 21:00 Phoenix
Sun 22:00 Edmonton *
Sun 22:00 Denver *
Sun 22:00 Guatemala
Sun 22:00 San Salvador
Sun 22:00 Tegucigalpa
Sun 22:00 Managua
Sun 23:00 Mexico City *
Sun 23:00 Winnipeg *
Sun 23:00 Houston *
Sun 23:00 Minneapolis *
Sun 23:00 St. Paul *
Sun 23:00 New Orleans *
Sun 23:00 Chicago *
Sun 23:00 Montgomery *
Sun 23:00 Lima
Sun 23:00 Kingston
Sun 23:00 Bogota
Sun 23:30 Caracas
Mon 00:00 Indianapolis *
Mon 00:00 Atlanta *
Mon 00:00 Detroit *
Mon 00:00 Havana *
Mon 00:00 Miami *
Mon 00:00 Toronto *
Mon 00:00 Nassau *
Mon 00:00 Washington DC *
Mon 00:00 Ottawa *
Mon 00:00 Philadelphia *
Mon 00:00 New York *
Mon 00:00 Montreal *
Mon 00:00 Boston *
Mon 00:00 Santiago
Mon 00:00 Santo Domingo
Mon 00:00 La Paz
Mon 00:00 San Juan
Mon 00:00 Asuncion
Mon 01:00 Halifax *
Mon 01:00 Buenos Aires
Mon 01:00 Montevideo
Mon 01:00 Brasilia
Mon 01:00 Sao Paulo
Mon 01:00 Rio de Janeiro
Mon 01:30 St. John's *
Mon 04:00 Reykjavik
Mon 05:00 Lisbon *
Mon 05:00 Casablanca *
Mon 05:00 Dublin *
Mon 05:00 London *
Mon 05:00 Lagos
Mon 05:00 Algiers
Mon 06:00 Madrid *
Mon 06:00 Barcelona *
Mon 06:00 Paris *
Mon 06:00 Brussels *
Mon 06:00 Amsterdam *
Mon 06:00 Geneva *
Mon 06:00 Zürich *
Mon 06:00 Frankfurt *
Mon 06:00 Oslo *
Mon 06:00 Copenhagen *
Mon 06:00 Rome *
Mon 06:00 Berlin *
Mon 06:00 Prague *
Mon 06:00 Zagreb *
Mon 06:00 Vienna *
Mon 06:00 Stockholm *
Mon 06:00 Cape Town
Mon 06:00 Budapest *
Mon 06:00 Belgrade *
Mon 06:00 Warsaw *
Mon 06:00 Johannesburg
Mon 06:00 Harare
Mon 07:00 Sofia *
Mon 07:00 Athens *
Mon 07:00 Tallinn *
Mon 07:00 Helsinki *
Mon 07:00 Bucharest *
Mon 07:00 Minsk *
Mon 07:00 Istanbul *
Mon 07:00 Kyiv *
Mon 07:00 Cairo *
Mon 07:00 Khartoum
Mon 07:00 Ankara *
Mon 07:00 Jerusalem *
Mon 07:00 Beirut *
Mon 07:00 Amman *
Mon 07:00 Nairobi
Mon 07:00 Addis Ababa
Mon 07:00 Baghdad
Mon 07:00 Aden
Mon 07:00 Riyadh
Mon 07:00 Antananarivo
Mon 07:00 Kuwait City
Mon 08:00 Moscow *
Mon 08:00 Dubai
Mon 08:30 Tehran *
Mon 08:30 Kabul
Mon 09:00 Tashkent
Mon 09:30 Mumbai
Mon 09:30 New Delhi
Mon 09:30 Kolkata
Mon 09:45 Kathmandu
Mon 10:00 Karachi *
Mon 10:00 Islamabad *
Mon 10:00 Lahore *
Mon 10:00 Almaty
Mon 10:00 Dhaka
Mon 10:30 Yangon
Mon 11:00 Bangkok
Mon 11:00 Hanoi
Mon 11:00 Jakarta
Mon 12:00 Kuala Lumpur
Mon 12:00 Singapore
Mon 12:00 Hong Kong
Mon 12:00 Perth
Mon 12:00 Beijing
Mon 12:00 Manila
Mon 12:00 Shanghai
Mon 12:00 Taipei
Mon 13:00 Seoul
Mon 13:00 Tokyo
Mon 13:30 Darwin
Mon 13:30 Adelaide
Mon 14:00 Melbourne
Mon 14:00 Canberra
Mon 14:00 Sydney
Mon 14:00 Brisbane
Mon 15:00 Vladivostok *
Mon 16:00 Auckland
Mon 16:00 Suva
Mon 16:45 Chatham Island
Mon 17:00 Kamchatka *
Mon 17:00 Anadyr *
Mon 18:00 Kiritimati

Please Note: Places marked with an asterisk (*) are on DST (Daylight Saving Time) or Summer Time.

as Oldhand has alluded to, this backup will be expanded to more than a backup.

with some really good luck, i have managed to lease a new server for badmintoncentral at an incredible price.

here is the spec for the new server:

Dual quad-core Xeon (yes, 2x4 = 8 CPU cores!)
Dual 15k rpm 143GB disks
2GB Ram

compared to our previous dual Xeon 2.8G, the new server has 4 times the cpu and 4 times the disk storage.

and the kicker is, all these upgrade only cost $8 more per month!

i have tested the server and it is amazingly fast.

anyway, so tonight will be upgrade night. meanwhile, i am doing all the prep work for the actual migration.

hopefully will see you tomorrow with a brand new and much faster server.

...1 million posts, here we come!..:cool:http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/111.gif

first post after bf reboot:p

as Oldhand has alluded to, this backup will be expanded to more than a backup.

with some really good luck, i have managed to lease a new server for badmintoncentral at an incredible price.

here is the spec for the new server:

Dual quad-core Xeon (yes, 2x4 = 8 CPU cores!)
Dual 15k rpm 143GB disks
2GB Ram

compared to our previous dual Xeon 2.8G, the new server has 4 times the cpu and 4 times the disk storage.

and the kicker is, all these upgrade only cost $8 more per month!

i have tested the server and it is amazingly fast.

anyway, so tonight will be upgrade night. meanwhile, i am doing all the prep work for the actual migration.

hopefully will see you tomorrow with a brand new and much faster server.

Wow! That is very impressive!! Thanks Kwun.:)

Wow! That is very impressive!! Thanks Kwun.:)u have waited too long azn_123:p

first post after bf reboot:p

ops... the downtime just now was unintended. sorry for the brief outage...

apologize to those who are online. since my prep work for the server migration has been completed, and that i find there are few members online, i have decided to move the downtime earlier.

that was painfully long wait for the migration.

the disruptive part is now complete. from here on there should be one more down time in a few days' time and that should be it.

do let me know if you run into any issues.

cheers.

that was painfully long wait for the migration.

the disruptive part is now complete. from here on there should be one more down time in a few days' time and that should be it.

do let me know if you run into any issues.

cheers.
..nope. Everything is lookin' smoooooth as silk...
But learned something. The next time kwun mentioned the server down time is 9 pm PDT, he actually meant to write 12 pm (9 hrs early).. ;)http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/78.gif

..nope. Everything is lookin' smoooooth as silk...
But learned something. The next time kwun mentioned the server down time is 9 pm PDT, he actually meant to write 12 pm (9 hrs early).. ;)http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/78.gif
:D:D:D
unable to log in during Euro2008 final match......
is ok......:p

..nope. Everything is lookin' smoooooth as silk...
But learned something. The next time kwun mentioned the server down time is 9 pm PDT, he actually meant to write 12 pm (9 hrs early).. ;)http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/78.gif

haha. i know. i am terrible. i was sitting at home, all done with preparation, and just cannot wait to deploy the superduper new server. i was like a kid staring at all the toys under the xmas tree!

..kwun was a bit excited & couldn't wait to transition BC to the new server...thus the early BC shutdown..;)

Btw, the only thing different (which is very minor), i notice, is the smilies icons are now jumbled up and are not in the same spots as before... :(http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/13.gif..

Other than that, BC is lookin' fine..http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/69.gif

...Btw, the only thing different (which is very minor), i notice, is the smilies icons are now jumbled up and are not in the same spots as before... :(http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/13.gif..


As a frequent emoticon user, I had noticed that...
...but thought it was a Mac/Safari quirk (my office machine is a Mac).

As usual, ABCD has the answer :D

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PS: Isn't the loading time much faster now?

:crying::):confused::eek::rolleyes::mad::cool::p;) :D:o:(

they are not in the same spot?

...
PS: Isn't the loading time much faster now?
..eehhmm, i noticed kwun just did a quick reset; even that was very fast, i didn't even notice it, until i saw i was already kicked out....hmm, kwun, you must be trigger happy tonite, pressing those buttons, aren't you??... :eek: ;)http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/113.gif

:crying::):confused::eek::rolleyes::mad::cool::p;) :D:o:(

they are not in the same spot?
earlier on, they are not...
now, yes, there in same spot and order of 3 X 4.

kwun,
how long will i be log out automatically if left without any activity?

haha. i know. i am terrible. i was sitting at home, all done with preparation, and just cannot wait to deploy the superduper new server. i was like a kid staring at all the toys under the xmas tree!

Ahem! Take a look at your post-count.
Terrible or not, I find it a fascinating number :cool:

:crying::):confused::eek::rolleyes::mad::cool::p;) :D:o:(

they are not in the same spot?
Aha! So you reset them in their rightful places? :p

:crying::):confused::eek::rolleyes::mad::cool::p;) :D:o:(
For a moment, I thought this was a post by george :D

earlier on, they are not...
now, yes, there in same spot and order of 3 X 4.
...
Aha! So you reset them in their rightful places? :p
..aha, kwun must've gave the server a nice little tap, a kick here, and a kick there...problem solved ;):cool:

Ahem! Take a look at your post-count.
Terrible or not, I find it a fascinating number :cool:

muhahaha.....

i think of it as just under 1/6 of 100,000. ;)

that's a scary though, as that means i make almost 1/50 of all posts in BC.

..kwun was a bit excited & couldn't wait to transition BC to the new server...thus the early BC shutdown..;)

Btw, the only thing different (which is very minor), i notice, is the smilies icons are now jumbled up and are not in the same spots as before... :(http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/13.gif..

Other than that, BC is lookin' fine..http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/69.gif

we also have Brandon and Justin to thank. as they gave me tons of quiet time to do the upgrade. Brandon had a 3 hours afternoon nap, Justin had 1.5 hours.

...3 hrs + 1.5 hrs = 4.5 hrs, hmm, I think that's about right, as BC was down about that long also...Thank you Brandon and Justin for going to sleep in the afternoon, instead of.............now!.. :cool:http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/103.gif

how can kwun jumped so fast....... :confused:
from 16,666 to 16,835
169 posts in few minutes and, where are the other 167 posts...? :eek:

..did you know, 1 post may equal to...eerr...83 posts?!?!..in actuality, kwun only has 8000 and some posts..:rolleyes: ;)http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/13.gif

i was looking back at the historical specifications of previous BC servers. BC managed to grow processing power pretty quickly over the years.

1998: some 300MHz Pentium3 that was also my desktop workstation in graduate school.
1999: slow Celeron on a shared server with 200 other hosts
2000: dual 300MHz Celeron sitting on my company's network.
2001: 1.7GHz Celeron dedicated server
2003: 2.4GHz Pentium4
2004: Dual 2.8GHz Xeon
2008: Dual Quad-Core Xeon. :D

how can kwun jumped so fast....... :confused:
from 16,666 to 16,835
169 posts in few minutes and, where are the other 167 posts...? :eek:

i type really fast. :)

i just went and did some maintanance of the post and forum counts. sometimes the post counts gets out of sync with reality.

..did you know, 1 post may equal to...eerr...83 posts?!?!..in actuality, kwun only has 8000 and some posts..:rolleyes: ;)http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/13.gif

i was looking back at the historical specifications of previous BC servers. BC managed to grow processing power pretty quickly over the years.

1998: some 300MHz Pentium3 that was also my desktop workstation in graduate school.
1999: slow Celeron on a shared server with 200 other hosts
2000: dual 300MHz Celeron sitting on my company's network.
2001: 1.7GHz Celeron dedicated server
2003: 2.4GHz Pentium4
2004: Dual 2.8GHz Xeon
2008: Dual Quad-Core Xeon. :D
:eek::eek::eek:
i see.........
as fast as his processor unit...!!

i was looking back at the historical specifications of previous BC servers. BC managed to grow processing power pretty quickly over the years.

1998: some 300MHz Pentium3 that was also my desktop workstation in graduate school.
1999: slow Celeron on a shared server with 200 other hosts
2000: dual 300MHz Celeron sitting on my company's network.
2001: 1.7GHz Celeron dedicated server
2003: 2.4GHz Pentium4
2004: Dual 2.8GHz Xeon
2008: Dual Quad-Core Xeon. :D
...IBM's BlueGene/L - 360 teraflops...??..:confused: ;)http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/105.gifhttp://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/4.gif

...IBM's BlueGene/L - 360 teraflops...??..:confused: ;)http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/105.gifhttp://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/4.gif

yes. in 20 years time. at that time, the BlueGene/L will be the size of a desktop machine.

looking at the forum usage right now, the decision to do the upgrade around 3pm PDT was a good one. there were hardly anyone aruond then as europe/asia were asleep and Americas were busying sunbathing in the Sunday afternoon sun.

looking at the forum usage right now, the decision to do the upgrade around 3pm PDT was a good one. there were hardly anyone aruond then as europe/asia were asleep and Americas were busying sunbathing in the Sunday afternoon sun.
i was trying to log in during the Euro 2008 first half break. but unable to do so, assuming kwun shut down the server........:p

i was trying to log in during the Euro 2008 first half break. but unable to do so, assuming kwun shut down the server........:p

so honored that some members tries to log into BC when they should be engrossed in the extremely popular soccer final in Europe.

yes. in 20 years time. at that time, the BlueGene/L will be the size of a desktop machine.
..in 20 yrs, we'll still be behind, as the world's fastest computer will probably be the BlueGene/LLLLLL 36000000 teraflops...:eek: :rolleyes:http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/13.gif
looking at the forum usage right now, the decision to do the upgrade around 3pm PDT was a good one. there were hardly anyone aruond then as europe/asia were asleep and Americas were busying sunbathing in the Sunday afternoon sun.
..actually next weekend wouldn't be a bad time also to do an upgrade. As next week is the Fourth of July weekend and most Americans will be away for the weekend.. ;)

i was trying to log in during the Euro 2008 first half break. but unable to do so, assuming kwun shut down the server........:p
so honored that some members tries to log into BC when they should be engrossed in the extremely popular soccer final in Europe.
..imagine all the BCers who really hate soccer and want to log into BC, but can't; instead, they had to suffer by watching it on TV...they must be feeling frustrated saying "Why is kwun doing this to us?!?!"... http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/102.gif:eek: :rolleyes:http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/62.gif

i type really fast. :)

i just went and did some maintanance of the post and forum counts. sometimes the post counts gets out of sync with reality.
that means maintenance and edit also counted into your post count. we will never be near you forever.......:cool:
..imagine all the BCers who really hate soccer and want to log into BC, but can't; instead, they had to suffer by watching it on TV...they must be feeling frustrated saying "Why is kwun doing this to us?!?!"... http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/102.gif:eek: :rolleyes:http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/62.gif
will you suggest to boycott BC..........? :p:D

..personally, i won't boycott BC. I'd probably follow the instructions given on the screen, when BC is down for maintenance, to "Just go out & get my lazy behind to play some baddy!".. :cool:http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/23.gif

is there something wrong with my notebook? net? firefox? or BC is experiencing some hick-up...? :rolleyes:

dunno what happen, is it cuz of the server upgrade or what, but i can't get into the forum thru http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/ or any other link from the main. I could do this posting thru the ip address only.

dunno what happen, is it cuz of the server upgrade or what, but i can't get into the forum thru http://www.badmintoncentral.com/forums/ or any other link from the main. I could do this posting thru the ip address only.

yes. sorry for the downtime again. i managed to screw up some local directory permission in the new server while mucking around this morning.

now it is fixed again..

hey guys, i juz back after a heavy fever and knew that this bc forum had done a lot of modification though:).
i`ve been away for almost 1 week in this forum..:(
my whole body is like a dead body and i cant get up from my bed and it really sucks men!!:(
i guess i have to start playing more baddy and keep my self fit becuase the OG08 is juz around the corner:)
i really hope that i wont fall sick again that time..

....too much surfing BC, eh??... I thought, for a second, you took a sabbatical from BC to party after Spain's victory..;)
Anyway, other than a couple of very brief hiccups in BC, you didn't miss much~good to have you back & feeling well... http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/1.gif

....too much surfing BC, eh??... I thought, for a second, you took a sabbatical from BC to party after Spain's victory..;)
Anyway, other than a couple of very brief hiccups in BC, you didn't miss much~good to have you back & feeling well... http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/emoticons7/1.gif
a good choice to celebrate it though:D:D

yes. sorry for the downtime again. i managed to screw up some local directory permission in the new server while mucking around this morning.



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Hahaha... kwun was still trying to fix up a few things for Badminton Central. :D:D:D

Just 12 hours ago, when I tried to log in, I found this message...

====== * ====== start message ====== * ======

BadmintonCentral.com forum is currently down for site maintainance, will be back shortly.

apologize to those who are online. since my prep work for the server migration has been completed, and that i find there are few members online, i have decided to move the downtime earlier.

we apologize for the inconvenience caused... in your service,
- BadmintonCentral.com staff

the usage silly message:

While you wait, how about pulling your racket from your racket bag, take a piece of silk cloth and carefully wipe off all the shuttle marks on it? after that, take your rackets and practice some overhead swings. make sure you rotate your body, pronate your wrist, and follow-through in a very smooth and fluid motion. for extra credit, make sure your motion is relaxed but tenses up at the moment of impact. please be extra careful if you have a low ceiling.

====== * ====== end message ====== * ======

:):):)
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Hahaha... kwun was still trying to fix up a few things for Badminton Central. :D:D:D

Just 12 hours ago, when I tried to log in, I found this message...

====== * ====== start message ====== * ======

BadmintonCentral.com forum is currently down for site maintainance, will be back shortly.

apologize to those who are online. since my prep work for the server migration has been completed, and that i find there are few members online, i have decided to move the downtime earlier.

we apologize for the inconvenience caused... in your service,
- BadmintonCentral.com staff

the usage silly message:

While you wait, how about pulling your racket from your racket bag, take a piece of silk cloth and carefully wipe off all the shuttle marks on it? after that, take your rackets and practice some overhead swings. make sure you rotate your body, pronate your wrist, and follow-through in a very smooth and fluid motion. for extra credit, make sure your motion is relaxed but tenses up at the moment of impact. please be extra careful if you have a low ceiling.

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this message is standard. every time BC down for maintenance, it will show.....;)

what happen to bc forum juz now???
i seems to cant view the badmintoncentral page!!!:(
damn!
but after i disconnect and try again, then only can open this page.

so far the server has been holding up with flying colors. neither the disks nor cpu has been too highly loaded despite having up to 2000 users online. i notice zero perceptable slow down.

i am not seeing the user number hitting the level that we saw in the TC though. maybe the semi/finals will surprise us.

Kwun, can you fix the broken URL? I PMed you and the mods about it.

so far the server has been holding up with flying colors. neither the disks nor cpu has been too highly loaded despite having up to 2,000 users online. i notice zero perceptable slow down.

i am not seeing the user number hitting the level that we saw in the TC though. maybe the semi/finals will surprise us.



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kwun ... It's great that our server has been holding up with flying colors. :):):)

However, our record of 2,914 users online on 16-May-2008 remains unbroken.

Yes, the TC hit us at BC more than the OG.

Perhaps it's because live matches from the OG were shown more, compared to from the TC.

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kwun ... It's great that our server has been holding up with flying colors. :):):)

However, our record of 2,914 users online on 16-May-2008 remains unbroken.

Yes, the TC hit us at BC more than the OG.

Perhaps it's because live matches from the OG were shown more, compared to from the TC.

:):):)
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yes indeed!!

i monitored the server load and disk access load. server load never went above 2.0, as we have 8 cpu cores it should handle up to 8.0.

disk load is less easy to measure as it fluctuate but it was no where nearly 100% utilized.

pity that we didn't break any record. i saw the user online went as high as in the low 2,000. we will try again next time!

yes indeed!!

i monitored the server load and disk access load. server load never went above 2.0, as we have 8 cpu cores it should handle up to 8.0.

disk load is less easy to measure as it fluctuate but it was no where nearly 100% utilized.

pity that we didn't break any record. i saw the user online went as high as in the low 2,000. we will try again next time!

With some server adjustments it should be better. I notice on more than one occasion if one were to post something, the page does not refresh even thou it did post - verified this from different locations.

Also, the broken link has not been addressed yet.