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martyb [soylentnews.org] writes:

We have just learned that Linode, the provider of SoylentNews' server infrastructure, is planning a number of reboots.

Recently, we identified a commit to the upstream Linux kernel[1] as the cause of an increase in emergency maintenance on our platform. After implementing, testing, deploying, and gaining confidence in a fix, we are now ready to roll this update out to the remainder of our fleet. We're confident this will resolve the bug and ultimately lessen the amount of unplanned maintenance for your Linodes as a result of this specific issue.

To complete this, we will be performing maintenance on a subset of Linode’s host machines. This maintenance will update the underlying infrastructure that Linodes reside on and will not affect the data stored within them.

If you are on an affected host, your maintenance window will be communicated to you via a Support ticket within the next few days. You can prepare your Linode for this maintenance by following our Reboot Survival Guide[2].

During the actual maintenance window, your Linode will be cleanly shut down and will be unavailable while we perform the updates. A two-hour window is allocated, however the actual downtime should be much less. After the maintenance has concluded, each Linode will be returned to its last state (running or powered off).

This status page will be updated once maintenance is complete.

[1] https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/1/8/905 [lkml.org] [2] https://linode.com/docs/uptime/reboot-survival-guide/ [linode.com]

Read on after the fold for more details on the scheduled maintenance dates and times.

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Note: All dates and times are in UTC:

Affected systems:

lithium     No Maintenance Required     Running     Linode 4GB

magnesium     No Maintenance Required     Running     Linode 2GB (pending upgrade)
sodium     2019-10-18 05:00 AM starts in 11 days 5 hours     Running     Linode 2GB

fluorine     2019-10-19 02:00 AM starts in 12 days 2 hours     Running     Linode 8GB (pending upgrade)
helium     2019-10-22 03:00 AM starts in 15 days 3 hours     Running     Linode 8GB
hydrogen     No Maintenance Required     Running     Linode 8GB
neon     No Maintenance Required     Running     Linode 8GB

beryllium     2019-10-21 09:00 AM starts in 14 days 9 hours     Running     Linode 4GB (pending upgrade)
boron     2019-10-22 05:00 AM starts in 15 days 5 hours     Running     Linode 4GB (pending upgrade)

boron     2019-10-22 05:00 AM starts in 15 days 5 hours     Running     Linode 4GB (pending upgrade)

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