Well I finished the move last night, but I had to wait for the changes to propogate through the internet. It looks like the changes have now taken effect, though it could take up to another 24 hours before they are seen everywhere. Thank you for your patience during this move. I think the site performs much better already.
Be on the lookout in the next 2-4 weeks for some new functionality.
Friday, October 24, 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Moving Hosts
Tonight I'm going to begin (and hopefully end) the process of moving GoRoam off of its current hosting company and onto Amazon Web Services. While this is happening, the website will not be available and you should bounce to this blog page (which you probably already know if you're reading this). When the move is complete, I will remove the redirection and the site should work as it did before. I'll post back here again once the move is finished.
I'm really excited about this move, mostly because the current host is horribly slow. Not only should we see noticeable speed improvements with AWS, but we'll be embracing cloud computing. You don't need to understand the technical details of cloud computing, just that it should make it easier for us to grow the site as it becomes more popular. Plus, GoRoam will essentially be hosted in the same way that Amazon hosts its site, so the speed and consistency should be similar to theirs.
I know it's been a while since I've updated the site, but it has taken me a while to figure out AWS in order to complete this transition. That, and I recently got married and, let me tell you, weddings take a lot of work - work that I should have devoted instead to GoRoam, but what can you do? Now I'm back focusing on GoRoam so after I complete this hosting move, I hope to follow it up with new functionality.
I'm really excited about this move, mostly because the current host is horribly slow. Not only should we see noticeable speed improvements with AWS, but we'll be embracing cloud computing. You don't need to understand the technical details of cloud computing, just that it should make it easier for us to grow the site as it becomes more popular. Plus, GoRoam will essentially be hosted in the same way that Amazon hosts its site, so the speed and consistency should be similar to theirs.
I know it's been a while since I've updated the site, but it has taken me a while to figure out AWS in order to complete this transition. That, and I recently got married and, let me tell you, weddings take a lot of work - work that I should have devoted instead to GoRoam, but what can you do? Now I'm back focusing on GoRoam so after I complete this hosting move, I hope to follow it up with new functionality.
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