> Edit: and seriously, what does this "updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database" mean? my WAG: paving systems; reinstalling the server

> Edit: and seriously, what does this "updating our server software, and rebuilding our entire database" mean? my WAG: paving systems; reinstalling the server OS; updating packages; restoring db from known clean backup; replaying logs/binlogs that are known clean? That would be my guess.