Mozilla Webdev

Socorro Database Updates

• By Mike Morgan

The Socorro database, which is the main database for Firefox 3 crashes, will be going through some maintenance upgrades this week. Starting tonight, this means:

• Report data prior to June 23rd will be temporarily unavailable.
• New reports will work as usual on our new database.
• Old data will be imported into the new database using an improved partitioning plan.

Reasons why we need to do this now:

• Firefox 3 crash throughput has been about triple the projected amount (due to the popularity of Firefox 3).
• The current database has a partition that is unmanageable without significant downtime (2-3 days)
• The Socorro reporter is not responsive because of the size of the current partition.

No individual reports will be lost, they will be restored over the next week. Please let us know if you have any questions.

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About Mike Morgan

Mike Morgan is the Director of Web Development for the Mozilla Corporation. Mike joined the Mozilla community as a volunteer in 2003 and has worked on Mozilla's mirror management software, update system and addons.mozilla.org. These days he spends most of his time on strategy, recruiting and helping his team embrace their inner nerd.

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