We have scheduled an upgrade of our R1Soft Server Backup (formerly Idera Server Backup or R1Soft CDP) platform software on cdp01.steadfast.net.  This upgrade will involve back-end changes only and will not affect the user interface.

This upgrade is being performed during the daytime, mid-week, because it is the lowest utilization period for the server.

Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2020
Start Time: 1:00 PM CST (UTC -6)

We have scheduled maintenance of our cloud hosting control panel server (https://vm.steadfast.net).  This maintenance will upgrade the server hardware and migrate the system to a new location.

Date: Sunday, December 13, 2020
Start Time: 12:00 AM CST (UTC -6)
End Time: 4:00 AM

We have scheduled a window to perform needed maintenance on several internal systems that provide customer-facing support services.

Date: Saturday, October 10th, 2020
Start Time: 10:00 PM CDT (UTC -5)
End Time: 6:00 AM CDT (UTC -5)
Maintenance Scope: Customer-facing support services

Customer Impact:

Individual systems will be unavailable for up to an hour at points

At approximately 9:50 am CST this morning we identified several major DDOS attacks targeting clients within our datacenter. This may have lead to increased latency or difficulty reaching services for a short period of time. Our Support Staff and Network Engineers worked quickly to mitigate the situation and return traffic to normal by 10:10 am. We are continuing to monitor the network for further attacks and have brought in additional staff as a reserve. At present time, our focus is 100% on

We have scheduled a maintenance in Chicago, IL for our 725 S. Wells (chi18) facility.

Date: Thursday, September 3, 2020 to Friday, September 4, 2020
Start Time: 11:00 PM CDT (GMT -5)
End Time: 5:00 AM CDT (GMT -5)

Maintenance Scope: Network Services at 725 S. Wells Chicago.

Customer Impact:

There will be several periods of traffic loss as we make repairs to one of the distribution routers out of this facility. While every effort will be made to limit the