They say that slow and steady wins the race. Really? Does slow and steady ALWAYS work? NO!
Take for example the case of the company that provides me hosting — the virtual server where whatifitdid.com is hosted, among other sites. I began a business relationship with this same company when my son, Ben, was no more than 14 years-old. That means I’ve been a loyal customer for about 15 years, and I’ve been through about 4 different buy-out ownerships. Recently, an issue cropped up (I could really go into detail here but then, this whole post would turn into a rant) and the decision was made to move all the sites on my dedicated server box to a brand-spankin’ new one. That was in January. Yes, January.
So like my visiting turtle Fred, up there, they cast a glance my way and think they’ve thrown me just enough to keep me at bay. Slow and steady. A small tidbit at a time. Am I getting what I want? NO! Take this for example…
Mr. Tech Man sends me this in email on March 27th: “Shelley, I’m happy to inform you that the DNS situation that has been plaguing your migration has been rectified, and that we can move forward. If OK with you, I”ll use the migration manager to sync the domains, and afterwards change DNS of the domains you provided.”
I emailed back flowing compliments of satisfaction (lies to hopefully encourage him), and my okie dokie for the move.
Mr. Tech Man sends me this in email on March 30th: “I wanted to make you aware that I will unavailable next week [4.2.12 – 4.6.12]. My supervisor (NAME REMOVED) will be your point of contact for that week. Because of the DNS issues Windstream was experiencing, I did not cut DNS for any domains. I notified (NAME REMOVED) of this, and that you will be in contact with him to make him aware of DNS cutovers. (NAME REMOVED), this is currently the list domains that Shelley has given the nod to for DNS cutover. A DNS cut has yet to been done for these because of the afore mentioned reasons that you’re already aware of.”
Fred up there has the right idea. Hunker down boys! When you’re slow and steady, there are times you might just find yourself caught in a shit storm.