Re: [GMOD-devel] [Gmod-ajax] Migrating gmod.org advice/RFC

[Raymond W. <rwa...@gm...>]

Hi Scott,


On Thu, Sep 1, 2016 at 11:46 PM, Scott Cain <sc...@sc...> wrote:
> I'm addressing this to a few of the more heavily trafficked GMOD mailing
> lists in hopes of getting some good advice.  The server that runs gmod.org
> is being retired at the end of the month, so I have to find it a new home.
> One option includes leaving it at OICR on a new virtual machine, but it will
> require me to port the existing MediaWiki instance, which I already know
> won't be fun.


Though you've received many good opinions already, I'm not sure if I
can add more information.

But I don't think moving a MediaWiki instance from the current server
to a new virtual machine is very difficult.  The backup and restore
steps are fairly clear -- I've applied them a few times before.  If
the two versions of MediaWiki are the same (i.e., upgrade the old one
before performing the backup), I don't think you should have many
problems.

In terms of time, I think it would be faster than moving to GitHub.
Moving to GitHub would be nice, but "moving servers" + "moving
software" seems to be a lot in one go.  Maybe it's better to move
things one step at a time?


> There are other alternatives though--it was suggested recently that the
> content in gmod.org could be migrated to GitHub pages, which sounds
> appealing but I have no idea how much work would be involved.  I've also
> considered migrating to AWS, which I think will be a similar amount of work
> as the internal migration at OICR but would likely be cheaper in the long
> run.


Like Dave, I'm happy with AWS but I do have some strange days where my
VM should be idle but the load is incredibly high.  I did look around
and it's probably because another VM on the same server is over-using
resources?  (I'm not too sure ... don't take my word for it!)  It
might be because I'm on the absolute lowest AWS tier...

In any case, it is true that both OICR and AWS are VMs, but in terms
of ease of finding someone to solve some particular problem, I would
think it is easier with OICR than AWS?  Of course, I don't know the
difference in costs between the two...

Ray