You copy those records over in the brief downtime, like I said. I
imagine the vast history of BGG grossly outscales the daily output of
the users.

On Feb 3, 8:56 am, Ooops <[email protected]> wrote:
> Except that, if the site stayed alive for, say the 20 hours needed for
> conversion, everything posted during these 20 hours would be lost
> forever...
>
> On Feb 3, 4:52 pm, Apotheos <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Who cares how long it would have taken? The site would still be
> > active.
>
> > Assuming they take regular backups, you convert to the new format from
> > a backup, and then briefly take the site down as you move over all new
> > records. We're talking an hour of downtime at most, and you even get
> > to test things in the middle.
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