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Moving a Live Web Server by Public Transport With Zero Downtime

Sascha P · Demo · 10 min · 2010 · YouTube title: Moving online webserver using public transport
Why it's here

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.

What it covers

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.