Moving to the Cloud

Over the last few weeks, we've received a large amount of user feedback regarding slow response times across our servers. Lighthouse users in particular have been experiencing intermittent delays that result it long load times, often resulting in errors.

The spikes on the database appeared to be random, but over time, a pattern unfolded. We've grown a lot over the last few months, and it's starting to take it's toll on the servers, affecting the stability of the applications and the users experience.

We sincerely apologize about the issues. Our products are just as critical to us as they are to our users and we're currently working with our host to implement a fix and secure stability to the servers.

That's right! We're moving to the Cloud

We've mumbled it in support discussions recently, but now that the reality is upon us, we're proud to announce that we're moving both Lighthouse and Tender Support to the Engine Yard Cloud.

Last month, we diverted a large portion of our attention towards preparing for the move. The good news is that we're almost there. Over the next few days, we'll start migrating key portions of the applications, followed by the applications themselves.

The most exciting part is the scalability and large performance gains. The core setup of our cloud infrastructure is a lot more hardware than we're currently running on. It feels like I'm trading in my Volkswagen for a Porsche.

We'll post more details about the move soon.