Downtime

[Dan]

Apologies for the recent downtime, our raid card broke out of hours and we couldn't access anything to pull up from a backup. We're getting a separate server in a separate datacenter to mirror the existing one so if one goes down like that again, we can instantly get back online, so this doesn't happen again.

 

[Plonker 3]

Could you explain that in plain english please?

 

[Dan]

Something broke and now it's fixed.

 

[Octopus]

A raid controller "splits" the data across a number of seperate discs - without it its fxcked.

 

[7029 dave]

Could you explain that in plain english please?

Come on Dill, somebody raided us out of hours. lol

 

[Plonker 3]

Something broke and now it's fixed.

Thats better , simpletons like me only know how to use the internet for certain things and quell urges soemtimes.

 

[Dan]

A raid controller "splits" the data across a number of seperate discs - without it its fxcked.

We couldn't even access KVM to send commands.

 

[Octopus]

We couldn't even access KVM to send commands.

ah, technology, don't you just love it!

 

[Dan]

This hosting is awesome when it comes to DDOS attacks. We had many GB of 'abusive' traffic for months on and off, and it filtered the lot out. Hosting in the UK just couldn't have done that. We don't have the spare network space to allow it to get close enough to the server to manage it properly without spending thousands per GB per day. So it was a good move. Got us back online while we had our issues related to that.

But in the UK we had a guy named Bob who could go to the server(s) and physically replace things on our command and mess around with setups, whether it was Christmas morning or Wednesday afternoon midsummer.

So I guess we just need to come up with our own solutions for if this (what is actually a really rare outage for such a new server) happens again.

 

[Geordie Spark]

Could you explain that in plain english please?

He stuffed the card in his back pocked and when he sat down it broke.

 

[Geordie Spark]

We couldn't even access KVM to send commands.

WOW!!! that's some serious stuff man!! :sifone:

 

[egg67]

The best thing is Dan fixed it, and its Friday, so let's all have a good night and weekend

 

[Paul.M]

The forum actions now seem to be a few m/s faster.

 

[Dan]

The forum actions now seem to be a few m/s faster.

Slightly less traffic today (some people don't know it's back online yet), and freshly booted server services, ran a few update scripts too. All contribute to it. Could get back to normal though so don't get too excited. Might have been the raid card going though for a while so it could have been causing issues anyway.

 

[Geordie Spark]

ah, technology, don't you just love it!

NO!!! ........... Since you asked! :mad2:

 

[Geordie Spark]

Slightly less traffic today (some people don't know it's back online yet), and freshly booted server services, ran a few update scripts too. All contribute to it. Could get back to normal though so don't get too excited. Might have been the raid card going though for a while so it could have been causing issues anyway.

Could be a Borrowed Neutral or somebody tripped on the flex and pulled the plug out or there again maybe the Arsey Dee blew. :snore:

 

[Dan]

Could be a Borrowed Neutral or somebody tripped on the flex and pulled the plug out or there again maybe the Arsey Dee blew. :snore:

Probably the Arsey Dee I'd have thought. Always tripping those things aren't they?

 

[telectrix]

i blame joseph swan. after all, he was a mackem.

 

[Geordie Spark]

i blame joseph swan. after all, he was a mackem.

WOW!! I'm impressed. Which book did ye learn that from?

You wouldn't find it in the Dandy, Beano or Men Only.

 

[telectrix]

Viz.......also reported in MAD magazine.