Sep/090
Updates from RapidSwitch Re:UK Server Downtime
RapidSwitch sent the following update in the small hours of the morning:
We were provided a solution by Cisco TAC at approximately 01:40 UK time. This was the third solution provided and we are pleased to say that it seems to have been effective.Network capacity and performance is running at normal levels, and over 99% of clients are back online.
And just after midday today:
Please be advised that we are now able to officially provide an all-clear notification to all clients regarding the network disturbances, outages, interruptions to service and emergency maintenance experienced by clients in RSH-North since Midday, Thursday 24th September. To clarify, normal service has been resumed for the large majority of clients since before 3am however we are now able to issue a full all clear.
Hopefully this means that the connectivity problems are over for the UK server 
We will add the UK server back to the DNS round-robin, and cease the redirecting of the DNS records for the UK later this evening (assuming there is no more downtime).
Update @ 27/09 01:00: We have reverted the changes to the DNS records; they are now back to how they were before the downtime started.
Sep/091
UK Server Downtime
Due to RapidSwitch encountering unforeseen problems with their router software upgrade last night, there have been large bouts of downtime over the last 24 hours when the UK server has been unreachable.
We have set up a secondary/backup DNS service which will store a copy of the main DNS server's records, so that you are still able to resolve the US and DE server's IP addresses during any future downtime.
In addition, we have removed the UK server from the DNS round-robin for irc.J3di.org, and are also redirecting the records for the UK server to point at the US server until this crisis has abated.
For more frequent (and always available) updates, you might like to follow @J3di_IRC, @Fr3d_org or even @RapidSwitch on Twitter.
We'd also like to pass on RapidSwitch's profuse apologies for the disruption caused by this downtime.
Sep/090
Emergency Maintenance @ RS – Will Affect UK Server
We have just been notified by RapidSwitch, whose datacenter Fr3d uses to host the UK server, that it is likely that there will be a loss of connectivity on their network this evening at around 23:00 UK time.
This is due to RapidSwitch having to perform emergency network maintenance:
The maintenance is to perform an emergency upgrade of Cisco software. [...] The Cisco TAC team have diagnosed a fault with the software on the router in the form of a memory leak. Cisco has supplied us with a new version of the software for the router which will fix the memory leak and slow performance.
- RapidSwitch Support
They say that this maintenance should take no longer than 45 minutes, and that they will do all they can to speed everything up and reduce the maintenance time.
To maintain network cohesion (as much as possible), the DE server will automatically failover its link to the US server in the event it loses its connection, and cannot reconnect, to the UK server.
Update @ 01:50 25/09: RapidSwitch seem to be back online now. No word from them yet as to why the maintenance took so long; we will update this post when we know more.
Sep/090
Upgrading to InspIRCd 1.2.0 “Stable”
InspIRCd 1.2.0 has been released as "stable", and we will therefore be upgrading to it over the next day or so.
This release should fix the problems that the US server had been having in July and August.
Due to the US server having a netsplit earlier, we upgraded it a short while ago, and it is now back up.
The UK and DE servers will be upgraded in the small hours of tomorrow morning -- tomorrow being 23/9 -- to reduce impact to users as much as possible.
The upgrade should take less than 5 minutes, however thing don't always go as planned, so please bare with us if it ends up taking a little longer!
Update @ 02:00: The upgrade went as planned with less than 1 minute of downtime
Aug/090
US Server Crashes (cont.)
The US server is currently down while we investigate the crashing problem. It should be back up soon - in the meantime, you can use the UK server (uk.irc.j3di.org) or the German server (de.irc.j3di.org).
Update @ 20:50: The US server is now back, but may be slower than normal due to running in debug mode to try and diagnose the root cause of these crashes.
Aug/090
IRCd Upgrade
We will be upgrading the Inspire IRCd software on all servers to 1.2.0 RC4 at the beginning of this coming weekend.
The upgrade will take place around midnight on Saturday, UK time (click here to see when that will be in your time zone), and should take no longer than 15 minutes.
This should help reduce (or even eliminate) the crashes the US server has been having recently
Updated @ 00:30: The upgrade went smoothly, and we are now running on 1.2.0rc4. 
Jul/090
US Server Crashes
The US server has started crashing after it has been running for several days. We are still looking into the problem, and will update this post when we find the cause (and/or a solution).
We apologise for any inconvenience this causes.
Updated @ 00:30 08/08/09: We have upgraded to the recently-released InspIRCd 1.2.0rc4, which will hopefully solve this issue.
Jul/090
Scheduled Downtime for UK Server Datacenter Network
There will be two short periods of time next week when it will not be possible to connect to the UK server.
This is due to the datacenter that hosts the server needing to perform maintenance work on their core router.
The times for this maintenance are as follows:
- 02:00 BST on 21st July, for ~20 minutes: To "upgrade the IOS firmware"
- 02:00 BST on 22nd July, for ~30 minutes: To "create a high availability cluster"
Jul/090
Scheduled Downtime for UK Server
The UK server will be shut down for a short period of time today (10th July) at around 19:30 BST to perform updates on the host system.
The DE box should automatically relink itself to the US server during this time.
Thank you for your patience.
Updated @ 20:30 BST: The updates went smoothly and everything is back up
Jun/090
Welcome to J3di!
Welcome to the new homepage for the J3di IRC network!
Please excuse any rough edges while various parts are worked on