1&1 Server upgrades..

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Be on the lookout for this email. Luckily, this is the lowest time people are on my sites.

Dear (me), We are pleased to inform you that 1&1 is performing a comprehensive upgrade of its Linux hosting platform as a continuous effort to provide you, our valued customers, with a robust hosting infrastructure. To offer you even more superior security and performance, we will be upgrading to Debian/Linux 4.0 (code name Etch), a highly stable version of Linux.

What's more, the platform upgrade, which is handled by our seasoned in-house developers, ensures that your applications continue to run trouble-free, while achieving high performance. You benefit from our proven and practical approach.

Please be aware that the migration of your hosting platform of the contract(s) listed below to the new environment will be performed early March 12, 2008 between 12 am EST and 6 am EST. At some point during this period, your website / server will be temporarily unavailable for approx. 15 minutes. This migration has been planned to take place around midnight in order to avoid undermining your site's services.
The following package(s) will be affected by this upgrade:
Contract ID: (edited out)

Enhancements with the Upgrade

Following the platform upgrade, newer versions of supported scripting and programming languages will be made available – Perl, Python and Ruby. Your old scripts will continue to run properly as they are downward and upward compatible. However, you will be able to use the new functionalities available in the latest versions of the programming and scripting languages. Click on the scripting languages for more information about the new functionalities.

• Perl Version 5.8.8
• Python Version 2.4.4
• Python Version 2.5
• Ruby Version 1.8.5

Python is available in both versions 2.4.4 and 2.5 because Debian requires some features of Python 2.4. If you have the web development scripts PHP4 or PHP5, these scripts will continue to function without any tweaking or configuration required after the upgrade. Furthermore, MySQL Database 4 and 5 will also continue to run, needing no actions on your part.

Sincerely,

Your 1&1 Internet Team
1and1.com