{"id":866,"date":"2026-05-15T10:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T09:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.e-group.uk.net\/pages\/?p=866"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:33:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T10:33:18","slug":"olympus-om-system-main-site-is-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.e-group.uk.net\/pages\/olympus-om-system-main-site-is-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympus\/OM System main site is down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We are working on it!<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"magaz-4264390957\" class=\"magaz-content magaz-entity-placement\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-7118785035453708\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-7118785035453708\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"6626408476\" \ndata-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As some of you are only too aware of, we are in the midst of a server migration. Here on the E-Group magazine, all is well (after all you are reading this!). But we are having to mould the legacy software that is the discussion forum, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.e-group.uk.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.e-group.uk.net<\/a>, which is the main site, to fit the much more up-to-date server software environment of our new server. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The forum was already running into problems on the old server, and we are having to repair some of those issues on the new server before we can return to full service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For those of you familiar with our sibling site, Digital Photography Now (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dpnow.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.dpnow.com<\/a>) it&#8217;s a similar situation, though not as bad, and the E-Group forum is our priority as it is the busiest section of all, by far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More frequent updates can be found on our Facebook page at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/olympus.egroup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/olympus.egroup<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We know it has been incredibly frustrating for everyone who regularly uses the forum, just as it has been frustrating at our end. But the end result will be a faster, more secure, and more efficient websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new server has faster hardware, RAID 10 drive redundancy (basically, if one, or even two, of the server drives fail, the server can remain running, even while the drives are replaced). And those drives are ultra-fast NVMe SSDs instead of the old server&#8217;s mechanical HDDs. We have also installed a more suitable backup system, with backups stored off-site (in Germany). The main server is now in Finland, a move away, after nearly 20 years, from our US hosting company in Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If all this sounds expensive, we are actually making marginal savings on the old, slow, insecure setup, mainly because we are doing the server management ourselves, rather than the hosting company (who actually weren&#8217;t doing a lot anyway!).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time of typing, I can honestly say we are on the home stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thank you all for your patience and support!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ian Burley <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Olympus and OM System E-Group founder<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are working on it! As some of you are only too aware of, we are in the midst of a server migration. Here on the E-Group magazine, all is well (after all you are reading this!). 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