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KamaAina

(78,249 posts) Fri Sep 5, 2014, 07:31 PM Sep 2014

Our agency website has been down for two days. Wait'll you hear why.

Our host migrated us FROM a Linux server TO a Windoze server, and, with absolute predictability, screwed it up and can't fix it. Who on Earth would even think of such a thing?!

I don't know whether to or !!

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Our agency website has been down for two days. Wait'll you hear why. (Original Post) KamaAina Sep 2014 OP

Is that a problem with the server....or with your company predictably screwwing up? VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #1

No, it's that "We're migrating from a Linux to a Windows server". Said no one ever. KamaAina Sep 2014 #2

No I am sure that has occurred many times.... VanillaRhapsody Sep 2014 #3

Really? KamaAina Sep 2014 #4

I had a problem of my own today Cirque du So-What Sep 2014 #5

Anyone who would attempt any sort of server migration without... tk2kewl Sep 2014 #6

Lousy host. Fire them. MineralMan Sep 2014 #7

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)

1. Is that a problem with the server....or with your company predictably screwwing up?

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 07:38 PM

Sep 2014

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

2. No, it's that "We're migrating from a Linux to a Windows server". Said no one ever.

Reply to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #1)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 07:39 PM

Sep 2014

Until now. It's not our agency that did it, it's the web-hosting company.

VanillaRhapsody

(21,115 posts)

3. No I am sure that has occurred many times....

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #2)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 07:40 PM

Sep 2014

the screw up is migrating the live data....

they should have done a parallel...

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)

4. Really?

Reply to VanillaRhapsody (Reply #3)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 07:41 PM

Sep 2014

There are web-hosting companies run by repukes?

Cirque du So-What

(25,938 posts)

5. I had a problem of my own today

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Fri Sep 5, 2014, 08:35 PM

Sep 2014

Not quite the scale of your problem, but it wasted a lot of my time regardless. Tried in vain to find drivers for a microscope camera that the manufacturer stopped supporting about the same time that Windows XP was cast aside.

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)

6. Anyone who would attempt any sort of server migration without...

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 11:17 AM

Sep 2014

First making a test run in a duplicated environment that does not effect your production web site is completely incompetent

MineralMan

(146,305 posts)

7. Lousy host. Fire them.

Reply to KamaAina (Original post)

Sat Sep 6, 2014, 11:58 AM

Sep 2014

Migrate your site to another host, post haste. For business-critical websites, choosing the right host is crucial, and the deciding factor should never be who charges the least.

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