CloudServices/Sync 1.1 to 1.5 Migration

What:

• Migrate all users from Sync 1.1 to 1.5.
• Shut down Sync 1.1 hardware in Phoenix datacenter.

When:

• Migration begins: 2015-04.
• Internal announcement, Mon 2015-07-13.
• External announcement/email, Mon 2015-07-27.
• Sync 1.1 servers shut down, Mon 2015-09-28.

Why:

• Sync 1.5 is integrated with Firefox Accounts; it helps drive our Accounts strategy.
• Improvements to Sync coming; work on one unified codebase.
• Ops needs to get out of the Phoenix datacenter; it costs us a bunch of money.

More details:

• Join us in #sync on IRC or send mail to sync-dev@mozilla.org.