Giant Bomb Is Moving Servers Thursday Morning

Not sure if the issue is on my side but speed has been dramatic for me since the move, especially downloading videos take ages with speeds that max out around 250kb/sec. Not even enough to stream a video. I'm on a 50/4 Mbit connection in Europe, and trying to download the QLEX from Galak-Z in HD format but it's not going any faster than 250kb/sec and I had to resume the download a few times already because it times out.

Is now using the CBSi servers? Roundtrip times are definitely a bit faster. Does this impact video serving, or are you still using Akamai?

*clicks some pages, loads a video, and uploads a gif*

Thanks for the hard work keeping the site up. Your effort is appreciated.

Yeah, definitely noticing a marked improvement in page load speeds. Nice job top men!

Site was crawling for me the last 2 or so days, much snappier today. So thanks for that.

Thats what we subscribe for.

we are actually still on VM's. Only the data stores are on real steel which should be faster and more responsive.

I didn't think this would affect me, but then when I was walking out the door to head to class this morning I pressed play on the newest bombcast and... couldn't connect.

I don't download them since my phone has limited space, Thank god for my backup entertainment on the Giantbomb Video buddy!

and we're in our new colo!

I was hoping for some new releases image shenanigans during this period but I am disappointed.

I want to be the guy this time, even if I'm not making any sense.

I liked it better on the old servers. That thing that those servers did aren't present on these ones.

Boom!

I like AWS. Are you folks switching to a CBS-owned colo?

Thank you Giant Robot, Goodnight!

@slag said:

They use it on their Game of the Year articles every year, actually.

Thanks Giant Bomb Staff, IF that is your real name.

Amazon? Amazon??? AMAZOOOOOOOOOON!!!!

All I could read was that Giant Bomb will be under seaserpent rules for 2 hours.

Daaave, site's down.

Just curious, going to Azure or something else?

Godspeed, GiantBomb.

AWS is a fantastic service and is up 99% of the time. That means yes, a few days a year, services could be down, but in my experience it's down maybe once every couple years and if you have DR properly set up, clients shouldn't see much downtime at all. Even moving to a new service or new server locations at AWS won't change as much as people think. I've seen very reliable local data centers go down as much or more so due to issues with local IP's, generators, crazy power outages, etc.

@cerberus3dog:

You are welcome.

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Does that mean we can post really dumb stuff that will then disappear forever?! Rad!

Uh, I mean, so long as it doesn't break forum rules?

Remember the beta version of the site? So rad.

That's Precisely what I was referencing.

Oh I remember it fondly

Goddamn I really missed the beta site. Those were the best of times.

I wonder if and how long the site will be fucked for a period of time.

That means Einhander would be out of question.

I always wondered if hamsters are like crazy coordinated. I would think their legs would fall through the gaps in the hamster wheel. BUT I'VE NEVER SEEN THAT HAPPEN.

I want to headrub that hamster with one finger so bad! Adorable!!

Oh I remember it fondly

whoah bustin' out the ole @staff user account.

Haven't seen that one in years!

Very cool news.

TWO HOURS without distractions from life and priorities and stuff!?NOOOOOO!!!!

Farewell for now and good luck moving, Giant Robot.

hamsters are vile devil creatures. rats 4 lyfe.

I will be taking an exam during this time, so at the very least I won't be here to mess anything up.

IS THIS PROFESSIONAL MESSAGE TO COMPENSATE FOR UNPROFESSIONAL FRIDAYS

actually there's a few users who i wouldn't mind ending up like hizang

The minute I first saw you on that piano eating popcorn, I knew you were no ordinary hamster.

Hamster

You mean I might have to actually study instead of slacking off and watching GB videos tomorrow?

Sounds good, but I'll be at work unfortunately, so I'll miss any shenanigans that result from the migration.

We don't need anyone getting needlessly banned. Who else will protect us from the plights of Maine?

Oddness on this website? Why I never.

That picture makes it all worth it.

Someone better tell @marino , I hear he's got like hundreds of pictures to upload. Also, I hope pictures load a bit faster after this move =]

gods work

Whatever I did, I'm glad it resulted in this being posted.