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Perry | Posted: Aug 15 2004, 09:47 AM | ||
Like an eagle! Group: SITE OWNER Posts: 8,014 Member No.: 1 Joined: Sep 15th 2002 Location: San Leandro, California | The datacenter facility in Orlando FL which hosts our forums was hit by a Category 5 hurricane at 9:00 PM EST Aug 14th, 2004. The server was down for approximately two hours due to a power outage. The staff at the datacenter moved our server around to somewhere so that it could receive power. However, the downtime will happen again around 4:00 AM EST - 7:00 AM EST tonight, because the staff are moving the server back to where it was. This is the official announcement from our host about the downtime:
Thank you for your patience and we apologize for any inconvenience which you may experience during the downtime. For more information about the Hurricane Charley, please visit - http://www.ktvu.com/weather/3633936/detail.html | ||
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Alex | Posted: Aug 15 2004, 11:40 AM |
OG Member Group: Advanced Members Posts: 9,054 Member No.: 111 Joined: Nov 26th 2002 Location: Atlanta | Yeah, I realized the forums weren't working. So the server is in the south. *did not know* I only got a little rain in the morning the other day. I'm in North Georgia btw. |
[ Mizerok ] | Posted: Aug 15 2004, 11:51 AM |
I Fabrikat w3rDs!!! Group: Advanced Members Posts: 5,174 Member No.: 1,237 Joined: Feb 4th 2004 Location: Somewhere Inside | Well that makes sense. If I knew that the damn server was down there, I would have deducted that... well... here's for knowing. |
S15-guy | Posted: Aug 16 2004, 01:51 AM |
dampachi! Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,164 Member No.: 177 Joined: Jan 10th 2003 Location: Adelaide, South Australia | hmmm, didnt this happen last year too? |
Benji | Posted: Aug 16 2004, 02:01 AM |
IDW Banned Member Group: Banned Posts: 1,593 Member No.: 891 Joined: Oct 9th 2003 Location: Update Profile | Ooohhhh ok, lol, we were both wondering why it was, but it's good they got it running so quickly. (2 hours is quick when a hurricane goes through, lol.) |
Perry | Posted: Aug 18 2004, 08:52 PM |
Like an eagle! Group: SITE OWNER Posts: 8,014 Member No.: 1 Joined: Sep 15th 2002 Location: San Leandro, California | Board has been down since 10:05 AM PST 'til 9:35 PM PST. Approximated downtime was longer than 11 hours. Sorry for the unexpected long downtime. I've already E-mailed the guys at SurpassHosting regarding this. Again, I am sorry for the downtime. Thanks for your understanding. |
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Perry | Posted: Aug 18 2004, 09:07 PM |
Like an eagle! Group: SITE OWNER Posts: 8,014 Member No.: 1 Joined: Sep 15th 2002 Location: San Leandro, California | I got a response from SurpassHosting. Apparently, we had too much MySQL activities going on and they had to shut down the site for awhile. What that means in English is some people have been posting a little too much with mindless posts, also known as, spamming. By all means, please try to think before posting. One emoticon, one word posts really kills the server as they put burden on the forums' database. Please be considerate enough and follow our Forum Guidelines. For the last time, please use the EDIT button. Thank you very much. |
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Kev | Posted: Aug 18 2004, 09:12 PM |
IDW Goldmember Group: Advanced Members Posts: 4,105 Member No.: 571 Joined: Jul 22nd 2003 Location: Update Profile | I've noticed a lot of double posting, one word posts, lot of spamming in general. Maybe if we didn't spam so much, this kind of stuff wouldn't happen. |
Benji | Posted: Aug 18 2004, 09:30 PM |
IDW Banned Member Group: Banned Posts: 1,593 Member No.: 891 Joined: Oct 9th 2003 Location: Update Profile | Maybe if People weren't repeating what Perry said this wouldn't happen... Thanks for the info Pez. |