In order to remain competitive and avoid price rises we have made the decision to move our servers away from the Docklands datacentre to a new, highly secure datacentre in Cambridge. By doing this we are also able to grow due to the flexibility that will be provided to us from the datacentre.
However, there is absolutely nothing to worry about. Network and internet connections will remain the same. As a result of this move we are going to have to change the IP addresses of all servers and there will be a period of downtime whilst we initiate this change.
Downtime Details for ALL SERVERS
Which server : All servers, including colocation and dedicated
Who is affected : All customers
When : Sunday 8th November
How long : We envisage a downtime of approximately 2.5 hours. Our scheduled plan* is as follows :
09.00 All servers will be configured for the new IP addresses as shown below, shut down and loaded onto transportation. At the same time we will be doing a DNS change so that all domain names that we have in our DNS have the new IP addresses.
09.45 Servers will be transported to Cambridge
13.00 Servers at this point should be being installed and turned on.
12.30 All server should be back online.
*The above times are provisional and are subject to change!
| Server | Old IP | New IP |
| Lasso 8.5 Server
macosx3.blacknight.co.uk |
195.177.192.59 | 91.215.180.6 |
| Lasso 7 Server
macosx2.blacknight.co.uk |
195.177.192.177 | 91.215.180.10 |
| Netpublish Server | 195.177.192.92 | 91.215.180.13 |
| Main Email Server | 195.177.192.170 | 91.215.180.4 |
| FileMaker Services | 195.177.192.177 | 91.215.180.10 |
| NAS Backup Service | 195.177.192.234 | 91.215.180.3 |
| If you have a server colocated with us or currently have a dedicated server you will be contacted directly with further information and your new IP address.Finally if you have a shopping cart solution, WordPress or any other PHP driven solution that uses MySQL you must change the configuration from the IP address in your config to the relevant server name instead of the IP as soon as possible.
For example if you are on the 195.177.192.177 server then you need to change your config to point to macosx2.blacknight.co.uk. Note that we have already performed this change for some sites that we are aware of. |
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