UPDATE1 @ 12:55pm: We’ve been able to do a lot of the work up front, so the site hasn’t come down yet. We’ll post here when it does.
UPDATE2 @ 1:30pm: OK! The move is in progress. Here’s a photo of the new cages all set up for the move-in, just a moment ago:
UPDATE3 @ 3:00pm: Almost everything is moved over now, so the last of the image servers and the final webserver are about to come down. After than, it will be 30-40 minutes of powering things back on, rebuilding the internal network, etc., and we’ll be ready to test.
UPDATE4 @ 4:45pm: Image serving has been back up for a little while now and we’re nearly finished testing the rest of the system. The final piece is the database servers which are "not comfortable in their new location yet", but they are always a little finicky.
UPDATE5 @ 5:15pm: All systems back online now. Jolly good! There’s still some more testing we need to do, but basically we’re back. And we’re finally free to add more hardware – another 15 servers over the next two weeks :)
As previously announced, Flickr will be unavailable for several hours on Sunday January 16th. The outage will last for five hours (though hopefully less!), from 12:00 noon to 5:00pm Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8). Since we have users all around the world, the following links may be helpful:
We’re moving all the Flickr servers to a new location in our current hosting facility to make room for expansion. This post will be updated from time to time while we work to keep you in the loop.
During the downtime consider catching up on sleep, breaking bread with friends and loved ones, or going out and taking some pictures. There’s already been some relevant FlickrCentral threads on topics like What will you do on Sunday while Flickr is down? and FlickrOut 2005! (Note: these links will not work while the outage is happening.)
And while you’re here, have a look at this fabulous arachnoid horse, photographed by code bleu!
