Though the new server is up and running great, I am running into trouble with making sure the torrents already downloaded from this site will work with the new one. Even though the URL is the same, some software changes are resulting in an issue where users would have to either re-download torrents or edit the announce URL for each of them.
Also, as luck would have it, the software developer's website for this tracker has been down for two days! Since I can't troubleshoot the issue well right now, I think it's best to put it off.
In the meantime, this site will remain as usual but still without torrent uploading.
Posted by: SirLamer
Date posted: 30/06/2009 00:23
Title: Server move on July 1st
Okay! Everything is ready to go!
We are going to complete the server move on July 1st.
In preparation for this move, uploading of new torrents has been disabled. We don't want fresh torrents trying to seed just as we take the site down to move it.
There will be one huge change about the site... and you probably won't even notice it. Our back end tracker software will no longer run on PHP but will instead run as a much more efficient executable program. This will eliminate the service bottleneck experienced with the current solution.
The old PHP tracker software will remain available for all those torrents that have already been downloaded. Newly downloaded torrents will use the more efficient software. Uploaders can expect to receive more information about this change.
Service will be disrupted for all of July 1st as this migration occurs. Due to the unique nature of this site, it must be taken down during this time to maintain continuity. MouseBits and the tracker will remain available for use up until July 1st, and service will automatically resume at the same address (www.mousebits.com).
Remember, with live stats disabled right now, the only way your account can be uploaded with your stats is if you properly close your BitTorrent client. If you don't do this regularly, be sure to do this before the end of June 30th in order to capture your recent activity.
For more information and to discuss this move, please visit this forum thread.
For those of you who have stuck around through our previous moves, I am confident that this one will go through much more smoothly. Nonetheless, I appreciate everyone's patience as we make room for our growing community.
