Avoiding downtime during database work tonight

July 22nd, 2009 admin

We have some important database upgrades to make this evening starting at 8:30p Pacific. We’re seeking to avoid any downtime as a result of this work. However, it is likely that users will experience an elevated number of errors for several hours


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