Major Update session forthcoming

We are planning a major update session for all our servers to start this weekend or early next week. This will include the following list of changes to ALL of our servers:

1) PHP 4 will be removed, this was EOL in Jan of last year and is no longer updated, at this point it is a security risk just to have it on the server.
2) MySQL will be upgraded to MySQL 5 on all servers
3) Correct timezones will be set for all servers & time will be checked to be accurate on a regular basis (system clocks aren't entirely accurate) (this may cause a "hole" in some of your logs)
4) RVSiteBuilder updated to its latest version
5) Fantastico updated to its latest version
6) PHP 5 upgraded to its latest (stable) version
7) Apache upgraded to its latest (stable) version
8) New Kernels for all boxes (this will require a reboot of the server)

Please NOTE: ALL transfers will be DISABLED during this update session (because we're upgrading mysql) once the session is complete they will be enabled again.

And to answer the initial barrage of questions about PHP4:
No, this is not something we will put off.
No, this is not something you can opt out of.
No, you can not have "a few more weeks" on this.
Sorry, but we've supported an EOL product for a year, we have to draw the line in the sand somewhere.

Node35 Migration

We will be migrating node35 from the Hong Kong data center to Softlayer's Dallas Facility due to the lack of response from the data center on the 3 hour outage.

cPanel Update

All nodes will be updated with the latest version of cPanel.

cPanel Version 11.24.4-RELEASE
cPanel Build 32486

During the update, accounts may become inaccessible for a period of time (1-2 hours).

SERVER UPGRADES

We are almost finished the server upgrades, all nodes will use the new specifications within 1 week.

NOTE: All nodes will now use 64bit processors.

Quad Core Xeon
4GB RAM
All Hard Drives with RAID 1
CentOS 5.x

HoberSoft

Main Website Migrated

During a migration of the main website, a problem caused downtime.

You may have noticed a suspened notification on our website due to the migration problem.