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If you are reading this then Bluehost, our hosting provider, has completed the maintenance. So far, I’ve not noticed a single problem.

InetDaemon.Com will be down for maintenance between 9pm March 28 and 5am March 29. Our hosting provider is physically moving equipment between data centers. This is a physical move, which is a bit odd, since the best time to move to a new datacenter is when you’re moving to a new hardware platform (basically, set up the new systems, switch over the data and code).

On another note, one phrase in our provider’s notification that I found interesting ran thusly:

“Our experience has shown that hands-on control over all aspects of your hosting is the best method of ensuring excellence.”

What? Outsourcing your datacenter to a remote facility is counterproductive? Imagine that..

Anyway, we should be back online by 5am at the hosting provider’s time zone.

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