[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T230788: Several read-only windows needed for: s2, s3, s4 and s8

Elitre added a comment. Thanks for confirming! In this case, it'd be helpful to follow the structure suggested at https://office.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Relations#Public_requests_(standard) - we more or less know what it is that you may need from us, but more details for everyone else

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T230788: Several read-only windows needed for: s2, s3, s4 and s8

Marostegui added a comment. In T230788#5451661 , @Elitre wrote: > @Marostegui is this task only to coordinate our team support? Yes :-) The technical bits are on different tickets TASK DETAIL

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T230788: Several read-only windows needed for: s2, s3, s4 and s8

Elitre added a comment. @Marostegui is this task only to coordinate our team support? TASK DETAIL https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T230788 EMAIL PREFERENCES https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/settings/panel/emailpreferences/ To: Trizek-WMF, Elitre Cc: Elitre, Trizek-WMF,

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T230788: Several read-only windows needed for: s2, s3, s4 and s8

Marostegui added a comment. That is a broader discussion. Essentially, the architecture we have at the moment (both, systems and MW related) is thought to have only one active master at the time. So only one host receives writes at the time. Having more than one host allowing this, is

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T230788: Several read-only windows needed for: s2, s3, s4 and s8

Johan added a comment. @Marostegui Thanks! The one additional detail some people keep asking about where it'd be great if I could give them a good answer would be what in our setup creates this problem, when they can't remember it happening for other websites. TASK DETAIL

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T230788: Several read-only windows needed for: s2, s3, s4 and s8

Marostegui added a comment. Sure @Johan, let me know if this is good enough or you need more or less detail. There is an on-site maintenance at our primary datacenter, where the primary database masters are located. The maintenance will be specifically on those racks, and it involves

[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Commented On] T230788: Several read-only windows needed for: s2, s3, s4 and s8

Johan added a comment. @Marostegui Something that would be helpful would be if we could have a simplified technical explanation (aimed at fairly non-technical audience) explaining why we need the read-only periods, so that we could explain to the communities what's happening and why they