Closed.Brief: We are upgrading our Sheffield hosting platform services. This upgrade will add additional functionality for MS SQL users as well as ensuring the continued security and stability of the hosting platform.
Timeframe: Between 23:00 and 23:45 Monday 3rd March 2008
Expected Impact: The MS SQL service will be stopped and restarted which will cause downtime of all MS SQL databases for approximately 10 minutes. The Win7 server will require a full server restart which will cause all sites to be down for approximately 10 minutes.
What you need to do: All customers on Win7 or are using MS SQL databases are advised to check their sites availability and functionality after this maintenance window. While we will endeavor to check all sites, this is a time-consuming task (given the bespoke nature of web site programming), and user reported issues will be dealt with as the highest priority.
As ever, please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or suggestions via the control panel support system.