Figure.fm Server Move
Update - will do the server move tomorrow morning JST so you can carry on posting and commenting at figure.fm without the fear of loosing anything.
Within just a short time, figure.fm has grown into a bustling community of figure/gundam collectors with brilliant photos posted every day with a lot of press to boot. The photo above shows you the current home of figure.fm - running on a few mac Mini's in my cupboard.
Will be moving figure.fm to some cloud servers in the US and are going to give SliceHost a whirl. We was going to initially use Amazon but bandwidth costs are much higher.
Cloud servers are virtual machines which can be cloned and spawned in minutes/seconds.
We will flick the DNS today so if figure.fm goes walkies for a bit then you know where. Keep an eye on my Twitter for updates.
If you see posts or comments go missing then its because we missed your stuff just before the snapshot. Snapshot will be taken late afternoon today JST.
You will know when you are on the new servers because Mirai-chan will say so.
Screenshot of figure.fm users - top being the US with a healthy bunch of Japanese readers - although they prefer to read rather than contribute ^^;
Ah, nearly forgot to mention that I announced the 3 Figure Giveaway winner. More giveaways around the corner.
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Kinda reminds me of someone who would name his servers.
And have their own personalities too. :P
anime + games collector
same i know some ppl that haave named theit serves after cars and fods.
Network Specialist by day, Otaku by some other time
:-) y former boss would name our servers with Starwars characters e.g. Anakin, Skywalker, Obi-wan ....
System Admin
http://www.robothentai.com
it is common practice to identify your server and its function in the cluster/farm ;) had named few of my workplace server using mythology swords names :D
Developer/Student
http://threedeecomplex.wordpress.com/
Hope nothing goes FUBAR, good luck with the move. SliceHost looks interesting, I'll have to add that to a list of potential hosts for any future domains I might use.
student , otaku and awesome blogger
http://otakudan.com
is that why when I try to log into Figure.fm, I get this link http://www.ops.ietf.org/lists/namedroppers/namedroppers.199x/msg03040.html
*HINT* MY BIRTHDAY IS AUGUST 12TH *HINT*
http://www.facebook.com/TeresaStockroske
Yep. I got that too.
oddly i notice that malaysia is rank 4th with nearly 5% of your user base o.O that sure is a lot.
student
http://zephi-san.deviantart.com/
hope everything goes smoothly.
Those statistics are pretty surprising.
Australia isn't even there lol.
Student
yay! Australia is at the bottom again!
I.T. Technician
Not even on this list is it?
Uni Student
lol Australia is practically at the bottom of everything.
I.T. Technician
hmmm well... we do try hard...
I woudnt say we are on the bottom of this list in everything, thats not right
We do some really cool stuff for a coutry so small in population...
HECK, we even have the first Swine Flu vacine trials in the World!!!
Thats got to say something!!!...
Swine FLu, the worlds first medical spam out break!!!!
Student Pilot
http://sanctuarystation.wordpress.com/
^^, Figure.fm is growing well it seems. ^^,
Web Developer
http://kungfudiscomonkey.net
I've been happy with slicehost though I'm using it to run my personal stuff. Nothing nearly as serious as what you are running.
Nyoro-n...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yuki-to/
figure.fm is one of my fav sites right now! ^^
Student
http://justobserving.wordpress.com/
YEAH YEAH Canada is 3rd Place! :3 Which is pretty cool when you think about the populations.
Thought there would be more Filipinos though.
I hope it is not because of the canadian customs thingy danny posted before D:
student, otaku, fast food worker
YAY! Server upgrading is a good thing right?
Draftsman Graduated, Environment & Interior Design Student
http://www.flickr.com/photos/manuelriosg/
Come on!!! The second latin american country!!! and 9th place!! Viva Chile!! Greatings!!
Student
http://bloggerpipe.blogspot.com
ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh yes buddy xD
viva Chile!!!!!!!
Licentiate of Design Graphics
http://entodaslasesquinas.blogspot.com/
Viva chile ctm!
XD
great
Tech Support Officer - Network Security Engineer
http://burugureibi.blogspot.com/
VMware is fine too.
*sigh* when will Aust ever get on the list...
Student
too bad I didn't win i really wanted that Louise figure T.T
Ah the gothic maido Louise?
Programmer
http://injapan.tumblr.com
I thought you said Slicehost was slow... What made you change you mind??
Dance Trooper: DCX-001 O.D.E. (Order of the Dancing Empire)
http://dannychoo.com.my
Server migration for a better traffic flows~~~~~~~~
Pseudo-Graphic Designer, 触手 wrangler, H-Man
http://lightningsabre.blogspot.com/
oooh moving the server, eh? Good luck and hope nothing goes wrong *crosses fingers*
Canada #3? And not even close to second place Japan ^^;
Student
http://foxkey.blog126.fc2.com/
Server move, hurray. Be able to store many more pictures. I'm suprised Australia isn't on the list.
http://otakuposts.blogspot.com/
is that a tony taka illustration near the servers?
College Freshmen
I keep forgetting about Figure.fm since I wasn't here when it originally made.
http://moemoekyun.wordpress.com
You not affraid figure.fm became bigger than DC.com ?
Student
http://anime.tedfox.com/
instead of censoring those bar codes, you should censor that tony taka pic! *fap fap fap
Undergrad Studs
http://hmmmandwords.blogspot.com/
hope the server can do the job pretty well..so no more wakie server yaay!!!~~~~
Feelance Design
http://bryoz.co.uk
Hooray for that 3.04%!!
I still find it fascinating that you host on mac minis. It looks really cool :D
Blue Suit Sapien with White Helmet
http://conrad501.wordpress.com/
heh...??? those are servers???....hmmm doesn't look like the ones i am used to seeing...the big ones with all the fan noises coming from a large tower with all the blinky blinky lights...:)
Forgive my "away time" coz i've beeen bz with reality check...
I.T. Technician
WHAT!!!!
Im so dissapointed!! Australia is not even on the list!
Ive been browsing every day!!!
Come on Australia!!!! what you playing at!!!
Support danny
C.E. Student
Can't wait for the next giveaway.
Student and free-time otaku ^^
0,72% from sweden xD
Good thing the server is being updated, I've had troubles commenting at figure.fm =
Computer science student
2.82% Germany... WE RULE... sorry :p !!
IT tech support
http://www.quazacolt.com
Malaysia on 4th woooott
System Admin
http://www.robothentai.com
Malaysia Boleh! :P
trainee at German Telekom
http://grew.themania.org/
Good luck at the transver!
Hey, I can see Germany!
Student
http://www.asuka-suminoe.com/
Is Hong Kong somewhere on the list :3 or did it count as China lol
programmer
http://vkgtaro.jp
おー、これまでは mac mini だったんですね〜。
slicehost、メモリ 256MB からのプランがあって、
一番小さい instance で月 $72 の amazon ec2 よりさらにスモールスタートができますね。
自分の構成の image 取っておいて、コマンドとかでぽこぽこインスタンスが作れるのは手軽で良いですよね。
Otaku Programmer/Gamer/Artist/Photographer
http://argylebolivar.wordpress.com
YES CANADA is third~!!! ^_^
Dirty Gentleman
http://cantstanzya.wordpress.com/
:)
Student
http://lordofgundams.blogspot.com/
I still need to make a Figure.fm account...
US Navy Sailor
http://punynari.wordpress.com/
I'll probably check out Figure.fm a bit more when I get back to Japan. Might get in trouble for putting Firefox on government computers, even if I am an IT. See you then.
浦の引き篭り
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/3219/haruhimemew.gif
Mmm... that reminds me that I should make a Figure FM account once for all ^^;
Btw: I didn't expect so many* Spanish readers O_o
*Yes, it's way more than I imagined.
*HINT* MY BIRTHDAY IS AUGUST 12TH *HINT*
http://www.facebook.com/TeresaStockroske
I thought my computer got hax0rzed and that was the end of figure for me.
Glad to know that's what was wrong with it. Thanks for informing us Danny Sama.
Student
I was suprised at Mexico ranking 6th .
College Student
http://www.projectsaber.com
You host it on your own servers at home?
What kind of a connection do you have? O_o
???Confused???
If every DC.com member moved to Japan, Japan might as well name Danny the new Prime Minister...or the Emperor...
*HINT* MY BIRTHDAY IS AUGUST 12TH *HINT*
http://www.facebook.com/TeresaStockroske
I fully agree with you on that one.
Email & Network Support/Administration
http://badger11.animeblogger.net/
Good luck on the server move. I usually lower the TTLs a few days ahead of the move. But more often than not, I usually don't have that leisure
student
http://decarboxylation.blogspot.com
malaysia is at the 4th? that surprised me.
Student in Internet-based Systems
Wow, Germany is higher than I expected. Cool thing!
And the statistic shows well: Otakunism rules the world!
Pre-U Student
http://wakuwakusuru.zeroclipse.net
Why the mosaic on the servers? Lol.
Electrical Technician
it's seems everyone having the same problem.. cannot get in to Figure.fm..
the page was redirect to this link
http://www.ops.ietf.org/lists/namedroppers/namedroppers.199x/msg03040.html
here's the img
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/3092/73561323.jpg
Electrical Technician
it's seem only Monzia Firefox get that page.. rite now, im using Seamonkey to get in Figure.fm
Electrical Technician
after i login trough Seamonkey.. i got that page again..
so, cant login in figure.fm TT^TT