I would expect then to have oceania (cali) and oceania test(new server) running for at least a week once its set up to make sure it works
Actually come to think of it i cant see why they cant have the oceania server where it is and run the other one as an internal test shard and then make it a public test shard before swapping it over
Because they are shutting down that facility completely. This was explained on the Oceania boards. So we do not currently have a home for UO in Australia as of today.
We are basically testing the "rented rack space" now (backup processes, EA/Mythic to Aussie communication ... you get the idea) before we can totally commit to the new hardware in the new managed space.
Also, the guys doing the final testing are stuck for the next week in a very small cage in Tokyo migrating Japan. I would send pics but they are rather sensitive about that sort of thing ...
- C