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>>1vuio0+(OP)
It's temporary.

>>dang+Sb
How will you switch back to the new server once it's ready without losing database records?

>>herpde+mv
Last time I checked, nearly every database worth using on a busy site supported some sort of real-time replication and/or live migration.

If that doesn't work, there's always the backup plan: say the magic words "scheduled maintenance", service $database stop, rsync it over, and bring it back up. The sky will not fall if HN goes down for another couple of hours, especially if it's scheduled ahead. :)

>>kijin+Sx
You could even flush the DB to disk, mark a ZFS snapshot, resume writes, and then rsync that snapshot to a remote system ( or use zfs send-receive)

>>solare+sC
I'd be curious to know if HN was on ZFS.