AviWorlds down for server migration

Update 10/30: The migration is now complete and the grid is back online.

Reborn AviWorlds grid. (Image courtesy Josh Boam.)

The AviWorlds grid, formerly owned by Alexandro Pomposelli and now owned by Josh Boam, is down due to a server migration.

“We will be back up in a few days,” Boam told Hypergrid Business. “Weâ€™re upgrading our asset server to a faster and more robust system.”

The upgrade will help the grid address capacity issues caused by an influx of new users, he said, and is the second phase of this upgrade. The first phase was completed a week ago, when many of the grid’s features were migrated.

“This is the remaining half and the longest half,” he said.Â “Transferring the millions of assets to our new server in Germany is taking some time.”

You can follow the grid on Facebook here, though the page isn’t frequently updated and there is no news about the downtime. The grid doesn’t seem to have a Twitter feed or a status page, though there’s a notice on the home page that the grid will be back up tomorrow, which is currently looking doubtful.

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Hypergrid Business editor and publisher Maria Korolov is a science fiction novelist. During the day, Maria Korolov is an award-winning freelance technology journalist who covers artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and enterprise virtual reality. See her Amazon author page here and follow her on Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn, and check out her latest videos on the Maria Korolov YouTube channel. Email her at maria@hypergridbusiness.com. Her first virtual world novella, Krim Times, made the Amazon best-seller list in its category. Her second novella, The Lost King of Krim, is out now. She is also the publisher of MetaStellar, a new online magazine of speculative fiction.