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This is a reminder to clients about the upcoming move to the new datacentre this weekend, as per the previous announcements at http://announce.sonnetuk.info/index.php?p=020 and http://status.sonnetuk.info/index.php?p=030

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We're thrilled to finally be able to share some exciting news with our customers.

As part of our continual drive to improve performance, reliability and quality of service for our clients, we have, as some of you are aware, been re-evaluating our datacentre services for some time. The outcome of this has enabled us to plan ahead for the future securely.

We are very excited to have reached a new agreement with our preferred partner, which will see us relocate most of our services to a brand new Tier 3 datacentre facility which has been designed to provide the infrastructure and service we require today, and just as importantly, meet the ever increasing demands of the future.

The new facility is a fully N+1 redundant dedicated high specification design and build, offering the very latest in 'eco' environmental considerations and biometric security. Each and every aspect of the design meets exacting specification.

To take full advantage of these exciting developments we will be relocating servers to the new facility over the weekend of 19-22 June 2009.

During the relocation process, which will be performed overnight, there will be a period where your service is unavailable. Please rest assured we will do our very best to ensure this is kept to an absolute minimum.

During the relocation windows, which will take place according to the schedule below, each server can be expected to be offline for up to 4 hours, though from past experience we anticipate this may well be far less.

Relocation Schedule
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Saturday 20th June (Friday night/Saturday morning): 00:01 - 06:00
Server(s) affected:
Aira
Skiddaw
Client dedicated servers

Sunday 21st June (Saturday night/Sunday morning): 00:01 - 06:00
Server(s) affected:
Ullswater

Monday 22nd June (Sunday night/Monday morning): 00:01 - 06:00
Fine tuning/residual work

Please note that each window begins after midnight, so the first window may be referred to as 'Friday night' and so on by staff.

The 3rd window is reserved for fine tuning and any residual work which needs to be performed. Hopefully the majority of relocation will be completed successfully during the first two windows.

As much preparation work as possible will be done in advance of the scheduled windows, so to reduce the interruption to service for each customer. We do apologise for any inconvenience this essential work may involve.

Unfortunately to ensure the work is performed as quickly as possible we are unable to offer specific timeslots for individual customers to be relocated within the defined windows.

We encourage all customers to have full backups of their accounts at all times, independent to those stored on our servers. We offer a number of solutions if you require assistance with this, please contact us for available options and/or advice.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions regarding the above schedule, the relocation process or the new facility, and we will be happy to assist.

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16 Jun 2009 10:03

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