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#320443 15-Aug-2025 00:18
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Hi folks

 

Geekzone has a new home!

 

Almost a year ago we had this drunk idea during a BBQ. From there a new server was commissioned, configured and tested.
 
Our VM was migrated from one platform to another. We tweaked, tested and tested.

 

As a result, we have also moved from our previous colocation provider to a new datacentre location. We now have two different network providers with faster connectivity. And we are planning a high-availability configuration, when we move our old hardware to the new datacentre.

 

We have been working on this project in the background and acknowledge the help and contributions of the following group:

 

- @michaelmurfy and @cisconz who worked so hard to configure the environment, setup network and help with the VM migration. 
- Vetta for providing us with a new server and rack space.
- DataVault (@skyplonk) for providing us with power.
- Vetta (@saf) and Prodigi (@danfaulknor) for providing us with network access, allowing for redundant paths.

 

Thank you everyone who helped us get here!

 





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  #3402713 15-Aug-2025 00:38
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Well deserved! Thankyou for everything you’ve done over the years for the New Zealand technology community! Here’s to many more years! πŸ₯‚





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  #3402716 15-Aug-2025 05:47
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Fantastic! Pleased to play a role in ensuring the continued sustainability and success of such a valuable community resource you’ve created in Geekzone. πŸ’™





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  #3402719 15-Aug-2025 06:51
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Wow.  Awesome move.  Thank you very much to everyone involved.





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  #3402720 15-Aug-2025 06:55
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Happy to help and, couldn't have said it better @michaelmurfy





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  #3402721 15-Aug-2025 07:06
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Hoorah





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  #3402722 15-Aug-2025 07:11
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Go team! Looking good. Needs more T Swizz though.

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  #3402726 15-Aug-2025 07:48
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... and I didn't feel a thing!

 

Well done to all the amazing people that keep this place physically ticking, and whirring, and humming, and buzzing.





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  #3402727 15-Aug-2025 08:04
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Congratulations Mauricio, and all the Geekzone team and partners! An essential daily stop on the world wide web without a doubt.


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  #3402730 15-Aug-2025 08:27
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Still no KFC sponsorship......    @nate must be annoyed after all these years ;)

 

 

 





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  #3402731 15-Aug-2025 08:28
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Well done. Nothing here is on fire so it looks like it worked. 


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  #3402735 15-Aug-2025 08:52
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I think I noticed the move recently (about two weeks ago) when the site was unavailable, and I thought my DNS was to blame.😁

 

Otherwise: πŸ‘





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  #3402738 15-Aug-2025 09:01
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Tinkerisk: I think I noticed the move recently (about two weeks ago) when the site was unavailable, and I thought my DNS was to blame.😁

 

It happened last night (NZST) πŸ˜‰





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  #3402740 15-Aug-2025 09:08
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michaelmurfy:

 

Tinkerisk: I think I noticed the move recently (about two weeks ago) when the site was unavailable, and I thought my DNS was to blame.😁

 

It happened last night (NZST) πŸ˜‰

 

 

Then there was something else two weeks ago. The monitors confirmed that the site (Cloudflare) was unavailable. 😎





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  #3402742 15-Aug-2025 09:11
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I have no idea what's going on....so it all must have been successful. 

Well played, team. 





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Woohoo! Excited to have been able to contribute.





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