Saru 6,755 #1 Posted August 19, 2009 This is not the announcement I was hoping to make this morning, a couple of hours before work was due to start on upgrading the forum to IPB 3.0 our main database hard drive suffered a complete failure and took the server down with it. Our service provider was able to replace the disk and I was able to get the database server back on-line however the data that was on the failed drive is unrecoverable. Fortunately we don't keep all our data in one place and as such I have restored the UM database from a backup however this means that we've had to undergo a 48 hour rollback - anything posted on the forum over the last two days has been lost. I'd like to offer our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. The scheduled forum update has now also been postponed, more details on that will follow soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badeskov 6,892 #2 Posted August 19, 2009 This is not the announcement I was hoping to make this morning, a couple of hours before work was due to start on upgrading the forum to IPB 3.0 our main database hard drive suffered a complete failure and took the server down with it. Our service provider was able to replace the disk and I was able to get the database server back on-line however the data that was on the failed drive is unrecoverable. Fortunately we don't keep all our data in one place and as such I have restored the UM database from a backup however this means that we've had to undergo a 48 hour rollback - anything posted on the forum over the last two days has been lost. I'd like to offer our sincerest apologies for any inconvenience this may cause. The scheduled forum update has now also been postponed, more details on that will follow soon. Bummer Cheers, Badeskov Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
behaviour??? 24 #3 Posted August 19, 2009 Aww...that was bad....but I just cant wait for ther server to come Note-This was not the statement I was hoping to make this morning Thanks B??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lady Amethyst 5 #4 Posted August 19, 2009 That explains why some of my posts disappeared. What a shame. I hope things get fixed soon. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BiffSplitkins 4,537 #5 Posted August 19, 2009 Bummer - we'll spare your life this time Saru. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chemical-licker 1 #6 Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) Edited August 19, 2009 by chemical-licker Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dumbledore the Awesome 45,849 #7 Posted August 19, 2009 This will thoroughly confuse a lot of people whose threads about UFO sightings, etc, have mysteriously disappeared. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
schizoidwoman 1,401 #9 Posted August 19, 2009 This will thoroughly confuse a lot of people whose threads about UFO sightings, etc, have mysteriously disappeared. It's a conspiracy, I tell you! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
12K4e90v 0 #10 Posted August 19, 2009 Dang it!!!!! That would mean I had lost about 5 posts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
InnerSpace 1 #11 Posted August 19, 2009 This will thoroughly confuse a lot of people whose threads about UFO sightings, etc, have mysteriously disappeared. Indeed Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JackoftheFools 0 #12 Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) Another hard drive failed? Did you consider switching the server to a RAID setup, or is that out of your hands? Edited August 19, 2009 by JackoftheFools Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saru 6,755 #13 Posted August 19, 2009 Another hard drive failed? Did you consider switching the server to a RAID setup? Given the recent hard drive failures the possibility of changing to a RAID setup is something i'll be looking in to. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bill Hill 6 #14 Posted August 19, 2009 The bill hill star wars thread... gon..... gon.....gone? Why must everything go, in the end.... why? why can't I smell the flowers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pauly Dangerously 223 #15 Posted August 19, 2009 No worries. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IamsSon 310 #16 Posted August 19, 2009 Freakin' CIA! Someone must have shared something they didn't want known by the general public and the black helicopters attacked the hard drive. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kipperphoenix 119 #17 Posted August 19, 2009 At least not EVERYTHING was erased. Hope everything goes smoothly from here on-out! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chemical-licker 1 #18 Posted August 19, 2009 The bill hill star wars thread... gon..... gon.....gone? Why must everything go, in the end.... why? why can't I smell the flowers? I think that that thread was the cause. why can't I smell the flowers? because the flowers have all been chopped down to make way for another council estate full of immigrants Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Daughter of the Nine Moons 9,923 #19 Posted August 19, 2009 *holds up flashy-thing* <.< Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MeteoricErod 0 #20 Posted August 19, 2009 Do we restart the threads that were lost or do we just let them be forgotten?? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Still Waters 41,028 #21 Posted August 19, 2009 Must be an Unexplained Mystery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
markprice 256 #22 Posted August 19, 2009 wait, what, oh, so that's what happened to that entire topic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Saru 6,755 #23 Posted August 19, 2009 Do we restart the threads that were lost or do we just let them be forgotten?? Please feel free to restart any threads that were lost in the crash. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Hugh 878 #24 Posted August 19, 2009 (edited) I feel like I'm in a Dallas episode lol... http://www.ultimatedallas.com/episodeguide/dreamzone.htm So did those 48 hours actually happen or was it all a dream? Edited August 19, 2009 by Hugh Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TheSearcher 318 #25 Posted August 19, 2009 Don't worry about it mate. But seriouslt, you might want to look into RAID, and maybe automated flash archiving once a day. Allows for fast archiving without having to shut down the services for even a minute. We use it on our SAN at work, works quite nicely. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
