Historical Maintenance

Interlink Maintenance - 11th Sept 22:00 - 12th Sept 02:00
Possible Service Affecting
A small maintenance window for switch upgrades. Possible downtime during this period. Reported by tim on 8 Sep 2008

Email Server Upgrade - Sunday 22nd 9:30am - 12:00pm
Downtime Expected
Major email upgraded planned for today will result in downtime on for the majority of hosting accounts. No email will be lost during this period. Reported by tim on 22 Jun 2008

Network & Datacentre Maintenance - 18 and February between 08:00 and 17:00
Low
The facility operator has announced a UPS maintenance window at Sovereign House which will take place between 08:00 and 17:00 on 18-19 February. On each day, one UPS system is being taken down for service. During this time, the redundancy of power feeds is reduced. This should not affect your service, but as with all maintenance there is an increased chance of problems. Reported by tim on 14 Feb 2008

Switch Upgrade Tests - 11:00 - 13:00 Bank Holiday Monday 28th May
Possible Service Affecting
Further to our switch upgrades on the 7th of May we will be running a series of tests to confirm that these upgrades have been successful. Reported by tim on 25 May 2007

Netconnex UPS Routine Testing - Thu 24/05/07 00:00 - 06:00
At Risk Only
The test will involve a runtime test on one of our two core UPS systems. You should not notice any different in your service, but as usual we seek to notify clients of any maintenance which has the potential to increase risk in combination with other factors. Reported by tim on 20 May 2007

Primary Link Switch Swap Out - 22:00 to 04:00 Wednesday 2nd May
Possible Service Affecting
Layer 2 level switch being replaced today at 22:00 to 04:00. We are switching traffic to our back up link from 7:30pm and will reconnect the following morning. Reported by tim on 2 May 2007

TelecityRedbus Performing Transformer Upgrade - 08:00 - 18:00 from Monday 30th April to Friday
NOT service affecting
These essential works will upgrade the transformer that feeds levels 8&9, improving the quality and reliability of the data centre. During the works we will support the site with external generators as the primary feed whilst our on-site standby generators will act as our secondary supply. Reported by tim on 23 Apr 2007

Upgrading Switches with STP - 11:00 - 13:00 Bank Holiday Monday 7th May
Possible Service Affecting
Our internal switches will be enabled with Spanning Tree Protocol to improve redundancy inside our network. There maybe be downtime of a few minutes as each new link is connected. Reported by tim on 23 Apr 2007

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