Backups

What?

All services should be minimally affected. Response times may increase, and temporary timeouts may occur. If you receive an error, try again after a few seconds.

When?

Between 1:00 AM CST and 3:00 AM CST Tuesday to Sunday. More or less time may be needed depending on circumstances. (e.g. server load, backup size, compression ratio, and network traffic)

Why?

The servers running these services are backed up regularly as part of responsible administration. In the case of a serious software error, hardware failure, or disaster these backups will allow the servers and their respective services to be restored.