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    Moving online webserver using public transport

    Sascha P

    4 HN mentions · mentioned in 4 months, 2020–2026

    YouTube

    9:59 · 164K views · Oct 5, 2010

    A short video of five people carrying a live, running web server across the city by public transport to a new datacenter. It stayed powered and connected to the internet the whole way, so there was no downtime.

    HN treats it as the classic example of moving a live server with zero downtime, brought up whenever the topic of uninterrupted migration comes up.

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    4 comments from Hacker News

    1. @throw0101cJun 2026· in “AMD silently removes memory encryption from consumer Ryzen CPUs”

      From a few years ago: > Five guys moving a server to a new datacenter without shutting it down. Without cutting it off from the internet. And as using a car would have been too easy, they used public transport. * this video (DE audio, EN subs)

      CitesView on HN
    2. @dijitJan 2020· in “Ask HN: Ever worked with a service that can never be restarted?”

      Oh for sure this is possible: this video the devices that do it without doing what these guys did is quite pricey though [LINK]

      CitesView on HN
    3. @z3ugmaNov 2020· in “Ask HN: What is the solution to the Seinfeld “Frogger” problem?”

      These sysadmins moved a webserver across their city while keeping it powered and connected to the Internet... this video

      CitesView on HN
    4. @aenoAug 2020· in “Moved a server from one building to another with zero downtime”

      A real classic comes to mind: this video Moving a running server about 7km through public transport without downtime.

      CitesView on HN