Select Realm Hardware Upgrades - 9/7 & 9/8

We will be performing hardware retrofits for the following realms as part of our long term realm performance improvement plans and due to the requirements for implementing this new hardware we will be working through an extended maintenance plan.

The maintenance for these realms is scheduled to begin at 12:01 AM PDT, Thursday September 7 and conclude at approximately 12:01 PM PDT, Friday September 8. During this time paid character transfers will be disabled. We appreciate your understanding and patience as we work to improve realm performance and stability through our continued hardware upgrade plans.

Due to the nature of these hardware upgrades, we’re unable to preserve the friends and ignore list for characters on these realms. We recommend that players take the necessary steps to back up this information, and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Aggramar
Argent Dawn
Arthas
Azgalor
Bleeding Hollow
Bloodhoof
Burning Blade
Burning Legion
Durotan
Earthen Ring
Elune
Eonar
Eredar
Gilneas
Gorefiend
Kargath
Laughing Skull
Lightning's Blade
Llane
Lothar
Magtheridon
Malygos
Mannoroth
Medivh
Shadow Moon
Shattered Hand
Skullcrusher
Stormrage
Thunderhorn
Thunderlord
Warsong
Zul'jin

Q u o t e:
So, can someone (Blue) please confirm/clarify that the expected downtime is in fact 36 hours (instead of 12 hours)?

Correct, the maintenance schedule is currently for 36 hours.