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Unexpected Downtime

Robby linupI apologize for the site disappearing early Saturday morning. I woke up to find it gone, nearly had a heart attack, but soon learned that BlueHost had decided to move it physically from one server to another to better accommodate EP's growth. The move required changing DNS addresses, and that in turn required time for the address change to propagate throughout the internet. It's like updating a phone book listing. Within 48 hours most service providers will know to point to the correct address and visitors will be able to access the site again normally. Since it was down anyway I had BlueHost assign a fixed IP address (74.220.211.15), which should slightly increase access speed and slightly reduce CPU usage. Overall, I'm pleased rather than put out, as growth is good.

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Moving websites is bad enough - that 48 hours of propagation is a major horror if not planned!

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