[FINISHED] Maintenance in progress

Hi everyone, I need to perform some maintenance on the BLF server today.  I hope to have it back online a few hours after that. Thanks for your patience!

 Done!

[FINISHED] Migration to new forum engine in progress

Done!

Update: 19:30 GMT

I just initiated the DNS transfer (to make budgetlightforum.com go to the new server). It will probably take another hour at best and another 12 hours at worst for some users. To get access a bit faster these instructions might help, or you can try rebooting your router and computer, or else just wait a few more hours. Thanks for your patience!

[FINISHED] Offline for system maintenance

Hi there, BLF is offline while I run some routine maintenance tasks. Hopefully we'll be back online shortly. Thanks for your patience!

Done!

[RESOLVED] Sporadic outages and performance problems today

Hi everyone,

The datacenter that we run on just informed me that they had a storm go through and are experiencing overheating of equipment due to loss of cooling. So we may have poor performance or go offline today. If necessary I will keep you updated here. 

Thanks in advance for your patience!

[RESOLVED] Temporary outage

My apologies for the outage, some maintenance at the datacenter has caused some issues. Hope to be back up soon.

We're back!

[RESOLVED] Temporary outage

Currently looking into the outage, thanks for your patience!

[RESOLVED] Down for maintenance

Back online! Thanks for your patience.

Hi everyone, sorry for the unexpected downtime due to an unexpected maintenance issue. I'm actively working on bring the site back online.

[FINISHED] Down for maintenance

 Hi everyone, the connection will be intermittent for a few hours while I perform some maintenance on the server. Hope to see you back soon! Sorry for the inconvenience.

[RESOLVED] BLF host offline

Hi everyone, it looks like our host is having some problems. I'm currently waiting on a response from them, hopefully the downtime won't last long. Sorry for the hassle!

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 Update #2: We're still experiencing connectivity issues. The BLF server and all data is fine, but it's only sporadically accessible from the internet.

Update #2: Looks like it might be a while, they had a power surge at the datacenter that caused major damage to some equipment...

[RESOLVED] 2 hour downtime

Still investigating the cause of a ~2 hour downtime today.

Welcome back, and sorry for the inconvenience!

[FINISHED] Server maintenance in progress

 Done!

Hi everyone, I need to perform some extended maintenance on the BLF server, and it will probably take several hours to complete. See you back at BLF later today, and sorry for the inconvenience!

[FINISHED] Down for maintenance

Hi everyone, sorry that the site is currently offline due to some unexpected but necessary maintenance. Hopefully it won't take long. See you back on BLF soon!

[RESOLVED] Site outage

Hi everyone,

Sorry for the downtime that BLF experienced. The site was offline between about 23h00 GMT -05:00 2018-12-16 until about 8h30 2018-12-17. I'm currently looking into the cause of the outage.

Thanks for your patience, and my apologies!

[FINISHED] Down for maintenance

Done.

Hi everyone, the site is currently down for maintenance. Hopefully it won't take too long. Sorry for the inconvenience!

[Finished] Down for maintenance

Done.

Hi everyone, sorry I had to take the site offline for urgent and unplanned maintenance. I hope it won't take too long. Thanks for your patience, and sorry for the unexpected hassle.

[RESOLVED] Site offline or slow to load

Hi everyone, I'm currently trying to figure out the cause of the currently unusably slow performance of the site. Sorry for the inconvenience!

[FINISHED] BLF down for maintenance

Hi everyone, BLF is offline for some routine maintenance. Hopefully it won't take too long. Sorry for the inconvenience! See you back on BLF very soon.

[FINISHED] BLF down for routine maintenance

Hopefully won't take too long. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thanks for your patience!

[FINISHED] BLF down for maintenance

Done!

Hi everyone, hopefully this won't take more than an hour. Thanks for your patience! See you back soon.

Down for maintenance [FINISHED]

Done. Thanks for your patience!

Hi everyone, BLF is currently offline for some routine maintenance. Hopefully it will take less than an hour, barring unforeseen issues. See you back soon!