# SDMB Server Migration/Upgrade Plan **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 27, 2008, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434 "2008-08-27T16:52:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/161 "2008-09-02T14:53:43Z")
And we’re back? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2008, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/162 "2008-09-02T16:28:26Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > And we’re back? Yeah, but it’s hard to see with all the hair on yours. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/163 "2008-09-03T07:35:43Z")
> [@](#): > > C) Current Charter Member users will not have their membership level renamed. Yearly subscriptions will also continue at half the current subscription price. We’ll also be turning off the Google Adwords ads for Charter Members. Will this happen soon? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2008, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/164 "2008-09-03T11:33:08Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > Will this happen soon? Please see Jerry’s comments re getting the system stable before attending to other, less troublesome matters. [http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=481520](http://boardstest.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=481520) > [@Jerry Davis](#): > > **When the message board goes for a few days without long periods of unusability we’ll know we’ve made some significant improvements. Until that time arrives we won’t be working much on other issues that are known problems or are being brought to our attention unless they are deemed more significant than achieving server performance stability.** ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/165 "2008-09-05T16:14:50Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Dare I ask it, dare I beg for it…? > > Umm, could y’all maybe perhaps look into restoring all the old threads that got pruned a while back? It seems that Jerry has quietly & without ceremony done exactly that. Honestly. Seriously. I am finding threads I have not seen and did not expect to see ever again. [Guy stuff](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?&threadid=18972) circa Nov99 [My first Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28861) circa Jun00 ---
**Author:** ![Telperien](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Telperien](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telperien)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/166 "2008-09-05T16:17:27Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > It seems that Jerry has quietly & without ceremony done exactly that. Honestly. Seriously. I am finding threads I have not seen and did not expect to see ever again. > > [Guy stuff](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?&threadid=18972) circa Nov99 > > [My first Pit thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=28861) circa Jun00 Yes! I was poking around in Threadspotting and discovered that some threads I had wanted to read again were back. It was a pleasant surprise. Thanks, Jerry, for that and all your other work. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/167 "2008-09-05T16:22:40Z")
Yep. He mentioned elsewhere that the 1.3 million threads that were removed a few years ago to save space have been restored. I hoped it would happen but I didn’t know if it was feasible. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/168 "2008-09-05T18:31:07Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Yep. He mentioned elsewhere that the 1.3 million threads that were removed a few years ago to save space have been restored. I hoped it would happen but I didn’t know if it was feasible. I am astounded at just how happy that makes me. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/169 "2008-09-05T18:37:14Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > Yep. He mentioned elsewhere that the 1.3 million threads that were removed a few years ago to save space have been restored. I hoped it would happen but I didn’t know if it was feasible. Damn I missed that thread or note. Could you direct me to it please. ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/170 "2008-09-05T18:45:26Z")
I thought it was 1.3 million posts, but 74,000 deleted threads. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10148817&postcount=9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10148817&postcount=9) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/171 "2008-09-05T18:47:47Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I thought it was 1.3 million posts, but 74,000 deleted threads. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10148817&postcount=9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10148817&postcount=9) Thank you. I do remember seeing that now. ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/172 "2008-09-05T20:01:07Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > I thought it was 1.3 million posts, but 74,000 deleted threads. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10148817&postcount=9](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=10148817&postcount=9) Man, we’re a wordy bunch!!!⭕eek: ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/173 "2008-09-05T21:02:48Z")
> [@DSYoungEsq](#): > > Man, we’re a wordy bunch!!!⭕eek: Just think if **handy** had been posting all this time. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/174 "2008-09-05T23:03:06Z")
Personally, I am hoping that the "quick reply"option comes back soon. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2008, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434/175 "2008-09-06T00:07:23Z")
When will the “social groups” options be available? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-server-migration-upgrade-plan/461434.md?page=8)