Arthmoor Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 Linode is making a switch in their backend virtualization software from Xen to KVM. The free upgrade is now listed in our panel so we'll be scheduling time to transition the site on Sunday, some time shortly after 7PM PDT. They claim the actual upgrade will take about 15 minutes, but this is the tech world. If the site is down for an hour or two on Sunday night, don't be overly surprised. why they think this is of benefit: 300% improvement in UnixBench score, with a KVM Linode vs a Xen Linode 28% faster at compiling a Linux kernel with a KVM Linode vs a Xen Linode Boot and shutdown times are greatly improved We don't particularly need to worry about #2, but the others are worth it.
Leonardo Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 What timezone would that be in Europe (I have UK +2 due to summer time)?
Arthmoor Posted June 18, 2015 Author Posted June 18, 2015 I believe that means GMT -8. London is 8 hours ahead of us, so you'd be 10 hours ahead. Which would be... about 5am your time on Monday morning if I calculated that right.
Leonardo Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 Thanks for the clarification Arthmoor. I haven't seen PDT before hence my question, but it sounds good for me since I'll won't be awake until 7-8 AM in my timezone.
DSoS Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 well it's nice to see they are updating something, instead of their awfully buggy software seriously though, hope it all goes well.
Arthmoor Posted June 18, 2015 Author Posted June 18, 2015 Linode is the service provider, not the forum company
DSoS Posted June 18, 2015 Posted June 18, 2015 oh yeah, that's right yeah, last night was a bit too much
Arthmoor Posted June 22, 2015 Author Posted June 22, 2015 Nobody's gonna see this, but we're getting underway now
Arthmoor Posted June 22, 2015 Author Posted June 22, 2015 Well, ok, that was fast. We're back. Keep an eye out for any oddities, but I don't think there will be any.
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