This is not a typical maintenance announcement. Our server Operating System (OS) requires an upgrade. I will have to take all servers offline for an extended period of time to perform the upgrade. To prevent any data loss, I will need to take a full backup of all servers, worlds, maps, player data, etc. while the servers are offline and ensure the integrity of our offsite backups before the OS upgrade can begin. Our offsite backups are very slow, so after the servers are taken offline, it will take several hours to copy the backup offsite. Once the copy is completed and its integrity verified, I can begin the upgrade process, which will take (hopefully) about an hour. If all goes well, I can then bring all servers back online without issue. If I run into major issues and have to restore our server data from our offsite backup, it may require several more hours of downtime. I don't expect there to be any problems since I have done this update before, but I wanted you all to be aware that this is no small feat. Maintenance will begin at approximately 7pm Arizona time. Thanks for your patience and understanding.
Alright! Thanks for the heads-up, c0w! Good luck! EDIT: Wow, me and zilory both said basically the same thing at the same time
As always, this will be much appreciated! We don’t always know what happens, but the end effects are always better (not counting bug fixes introduced of course). Thank you for letting us know.
The maintenance has been completed. Please fill out a bug report ASAP if you notice anything out of the ordinary. Thank you!
WOOOOW ok I just started playing again a few weeks ago, AND SO much lag is GONE!!! its awesome! mobs now move naturally in Skyblock, blocks break the first time you mine them, and hopper speeds are back to normal, along with the in game time counter(if thats what we call it?) being accurate again.
