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There is nothing more important to me than to reach out and help more and more people and one of the ways to achieve this grand goal is to make visiting Total Motorcycle an ever improving experience! My mantra for Total Motorcycle has always been "Helpful, friendly, useful and unbiased" and I think it's achieved that over the past 12 years! I've strived to offer more and more information in one spot than anyone else on the internet and I don't charge a single penny for it! Nada.

Although some have taken it upon themselves to help out with a greatfully appreciated donation, or click on a few ads when they visit or recommend us to their friends; all of which is awesomely appreciated. But that isn't the reason for this post, it is to let you know I am going the next step to making your visit to TMW even better by getting a new server.

We upgraded our server in 2006 and continued to purchase more and more upgrades to it but we have reached a limit and will be moving to a totally new server in March!

Sorry for being down for the 6-12 hours on Saturday March 17th but hopefully you will love TMW even more when the upgrade is done.


New Hardware & Software

We have been using our current server since 2006. And will be migrating to a new server provider to utilise better hardware which provides at least twice as much memory (16GB), much faster CPU and hard drive capacity. This also provides an opportunity to install a new operating system with the latest software updates and improvements.

When

Date Saturday March 17th, 2012
Time 5am GMT
Estimated Downtime 6-12 hours

Will be migrating to the new server on March 17th, 2012.
Services will be taken offline at 5am GMT so we can transfer all data to the new server.

A 12 hour window is there to complete the transfer but hope to be done in under 6 hours providing there are no unexpected issues.

totalmotorcycle wrote:


Sorry for being down for the 6-12 hours on Saturday March 17th but hopefully

...............................................you can pass the time with a few pints of the black stuff


Thanx for all the hard work Mike

You (and everyone) are most welcome!! It's a labor of love without all the pain... haha
Mike

Remember, upgrade this Saturday to a faster server is happening. TMW might be down in the morning but when it comes back up, expect faster loading speeds.

Mike

mogster wrote:you can pass the time with a few pints of the black stuff


Thanx for all the hard work Mike

Shouldn't it be a few pints of the "GREEN" stuff?? Green Beer...MMmmmm...BEER!!

Sorry Mike, you can't have yours until you're finished...then have a few...well deserved!!

Later.

PS.

TMW might be down in the morning but when it comes back up, expect faster loading speeds.

Mike

So your upgrading my six year old computer as well?...SWEEEET!!

You are all most welcome for the hard work over these past 12 years (man, has it been THAT long?! That is a bloody long time IMO). Yup, will have to get a green beer tonight at the Riuslip Crown Carvery (should be there at 7pm ish) : http://www.crowncarveries.co.uk/thewatersedgeruislip/ (in case anyone wants to drop by and say H!).

Well, it's upgrade Total Motorcycle first, then upgrade my stuff last, but the good news is I did get a new computer 1.5 years ago and a new laptop 6 months ago so that has really helped me while working on Total Motorcycle... plus the laptop allows me to work while on trips or in this instance for the next 2 months between the move from London, UK to Houston, TX.

Always accepting beer money (I can't take any liquor with me on the move so I have to start my collection over from scratch!)

Mike

Anyone notice how much faster Total Motorcycle is today??

Mike

Update tested as 100% fine. Also I have added an additional 750MB of server space as well for growth.

Mike

Good Job, Thanks again.

Pete

Loads way faster on the iPad, as well as the computer....

Thanks Mike...