Things are moving... watch out for falling bytes

[RawAlex]

As part of my summer renovations projects, and after 6 solid years at the same host, I am moving to a new host.

First off, let me say that my current host, National-Net, is a top notch company, and that Sweet T, VooMan, LBBV (Bill), and all the staff at NatNet have been wonderful. I wouldn't have an issue recommending them to anyone as a hosting company, and I know many of you do use their services. My first server with national net was Nat33, so you know I got in early. I have been there as NatNet has grown from a very small operation to a darn big hosting andeven sort of general media group of companies. The growth has been amazing! I have had no problem with the service, the 24 hour support, the great ticket system... everything is 110%.

That being said, as many of you know, I have "taken the summer off" from most things posting, most thing board like, and all shows and "personal appearances". That time has been spent to evaluate all of my business, the direction that I want to take in the future, and so forth. The result of this is many, many changes (both online and offline) that will allow me to once again put things in the right direction and grow my business (and satisfaction level overall).

To that end, I have selected Colo-cation as my new host. Sparky (CD34) as you know him here runs a great hosting company, with a level of nuts and blots techie feeling that makes me interested all over again in what I do. Maybe I am crazy, but I like the idea that the boss both answers the phone and knows how to fix the problems. Most importantly for me, much of this stuff sort of plays well towards things I am working on and planning, so this move brings me right into a personal comfort zone that can do nothing except make me more productive!

Anyway, I could go on for a long while. Let me just say that this has been a while coming, not a one minute decision or anything like that. Many hours, many questions, and so on... and it all starts to work out.

The domains are being cloned over to the new network as I type, it is enough work to keep Sparky busy for a while, and his attention to detail makes me sure we will pull it off without any major issues.

This message is basically a note to all posted to Findpics and Link2x: There is a VERY VERY small potential for service interruptions or for the submit form to be disabled on the old servers. This will be done so that we don't get submits that don't appear in the new database. It shouldn't be for a very long time.

For link sites and TGPs I submit to, there should be no outages at all, as everything is being completed duplicated before the switch is flicked, and I will be giving the DNS a fair while to propegate before turning off the old one. There may be minor drops and occassional errors and the DNS plays out, so I ask you to please "curb your bots" and cut me a slight amount of slack during this transition.

thanks everyone, and keep enjoying your summer. Everyone goes back to school soon, so the summer doldrums should be over!

Alex