The new server for the database has been delivered to the colo this morning. The new server is planned to go online at 5 PM (PST) on Friday. This will require a brief restart on all pool servers in order to redirect them to the new database.
The website may have a few lag spikes during the next 24-48 hours as parts of the database are copied over to the new server. Once everything is moved, this should drastically reduce the current lag spikes that happen about twice per hour, and the minor lag spikes that happen about four times per hour as a result of all the scripts that are needed to keep the statistics updated.
Are the current site issues (refuse to load, not even cloud fire, or issues changing worker settings) related to today's dbase copying or is this another attack/site issue. Also when I was able to get in, the pool stats showed the US stratum server status as "Dead:105m". Related? From BFGMiner's status though, it looks like I've been able to hash away and submit status updates without failover on stratum.btcguild.com.