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Connectivity issues to the servers in the Savvis datacenter
30th Oct 2012
There are connectivity issues to the servers in the Savvis datacenter in Boston, MA.
The problems are caused by the Sandy storm.
Our datacenter technicians are working to solve this issue as soon as possible.
PHP upgrade to 5.3.17
09th Oct 2012
We would like to let you know that our system administrators plan to upgrade PHP on all servers to version 5.3.17. The upgrade will occur on October 12, 2012, between 12:00 and 13:00 UTC.
The new version is mainly a bugfix release, and changes in the behavior of PHP are not expected. However, if you use PHP software for your site, we advise you to check it after the upgrade, just to be sure that everything is working properly. No service outage is expected during the upgrade.
MySQL4 service will be suspended on Oct 1
14th Jun 2012
This message is to inform you that we will be stopping the MySQL4 service on all our machines, on Oct 1, 2012.
MySQL4 is extremely outdated as a technology. Its official support ended back in 2008, and we have repeatedly announced that we can stop MySQL4 at any time after Jan 1, 2009. We managed to keep MySQL4 for over three years after this date, but its presence has become a serious obstacle in front of the development of our hosting setup. Therefore, we will fully suspend MySQL4 on Oct 1, 2012.
If you are still using software that relies on MySQL4, we strongly suggest that you make it MySQL5 compatible, and convert your MySQL4 database to MySQL5. You can check this section in our FAQ for more information:
http://www.suresupport.com/faq.php/71/446
IMPORTANT: If your software is not set to use a MySQL5 database, it will stop working on Oct 1, 2012.
If you have any additional questions, you can always contact us through our support site http://suresupport.com.
PHP upgrade to 5.3.13
04th Jun 2012
Our system administrators plan to upgrade PHP on all servers to version 5.3.13. The upgrade will occur on Jun 5, 2012, around 08:00 UTC.
The upgrade addresses security issues with previous versions of PHP. As it is a minor version upgrade, changes in the behavior of PHP are not expected. However, if you use PHP software for your site, we advise you to check it after the upgrade, just to be sure that everything is working properly.
Another phase to PHP 5.3.10 upgrade
24th Feb 2012
This message is to inform you that our system administrators plan to upgrade PHP on all servers to version 5.3.10. The upgrade will occur on Feb 24, 2012, around 09:00 UTC.
The upgrade addresses security issues with previous versions of PHP. As it is a minor version upgrade, changes in the behavior of PHP are not expected. However, if you use PHP software for your site, we advise you to check it after the upgrade, just to be sure that everything is working properly.