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« on: July 29, 2006, 11:31:55 PM »
The server went down unexpectedly from 11pm to 12 midnight New York Time, on Saturday July 29.

Please excuse the downtime; still trying to figure out what caused it.
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« Reply #1 on: July 29, 2006, 11:38:47 PM »
Bummer about the downtime, but IRC was still up.  We had a good time waiting for the Great Server Reboot.
For those online during the outage, be sure to get your patented "I Survived the Great Server Outage of July" t-shirts available soon from hamradio.   tongue

If you missed it, you missed seeing a frightened mouser!   ohmy

Take this opportunity to remember, it can happen at any moment, so BACKUP YOUR STUFF!   Thmbsup
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« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2006, 02:33:09 AM »
it seems we might have a bad memory stick in the server or something similar..
we may experience some downtime in the next 24-48 hours if they need to replace hardware.
I will keep you updated.  If you have an account on the donationcoders.com server this is the time to back it up.
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« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2006, 06:20:26 PM »
+100 points for everyone who guessed that tech support at the hosting company would foul up the hardware replacement and take us offline for a day..  mad

Looks like things are back to normal now.

Thanks for your patience!
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« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2006, 08:56:36 PM »
Who is the host? Dedicated server?

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« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2006, 08:59:18 PM »
servstra.com is where we have our $205/month dedicated server.
i would not recommend them.
the hardware and price is good - the tech support is not.
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« Reply #6 on: July 31, 2006, 09:02:58 PM »
Quote from: mouser on July 31, 2006, 06:20:26 PM
+100 points for everyone who guessed that tech support at the hosting company would foul up the hardware replacement and take us offline for a day..

Yeah Mouser, I totally did!  tongue
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« Reply #7 on: July 31, 2006, 09:04:41 PM »
Mmhmm. That's why I wanted the name: to avoid. Wink

I recently got a quote from Rackspace - pricey, yes indeed...

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« Reply #8 on: July 31, 2006, 09:33:42 PM »
Glad to see we are back up. Has your hosting provider provided a reason as to why this took so long?
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« Reply #9 on: July 31, 2006, 09:36:21 PM »
Quote from: Josh on July 31, 2006, 09:33:42 PM
Glad to see we are back up. Has your hosting provider provided a reason as to why this took so long?
Because they are lame-o luzers.
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« Reply #10 on: July 31, 2006, 10:08:01 PM »
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Has your hosting provider provided a reason as to why this took so long?

they never do.  actually most of the time they are the ones that cause the problems.  when asked to explain what caused the problem and what the fix was, they rarely reply.
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« Reply #11 on: July 31, 2006, 10:30:04 PM »
So where is the 2nd server being hosted?

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