Server blew up... lost alot [Archive]

Cryptic

12-13-2007, 02:12 AM

9:30am Dec 12, 2007

The server took a royal crap on me. Supposedly the power supply blew the motherboard and both my hard drives (master & slave).

The slave drive is were the backups are kept. It gets a little crazy trying to back up 300 MB sql dumps nightly over the internet. I didn't think I would get hit with an act of god and loose both hard drives at the same time.

My colo provider took all day to get me a new server to load what I have backed up. I best backup I have locally is from 8-9-07, so I am loosing a considerable amount. I am still trying to get my provider to send me the hard drives so I can attempt data recovery on them. I have no idea why they are fighting me on this, but I will escalate the issue. I'm tired.. I've been at this server restore all day. I'll update you all in time.

good night.

Heat Seeker WS6

12-13-2007, 02:15 AM

Thanks for the effort & hard work!:thumbsup

WickedSix

12-13-2007, 02:53 AM

Thanks for the update and the extra effort. :thumbsup I was starting to have withdrawls :rolf

Poncho

12-13-2007, 04:22 AM

Thank you very much andy... Shit I lost about 1700 posts.

Beagle

12-13-2007, 04:28 AM

i lost a little more than 1000 posts..........

Poncho

12-13-2007, 04:40 AM

By the way, your hard work is definately appreciated, I mean, my god I was on team rush's forum.

USMARINE1108

12-13-2007, 05:44 AM

Man, there's going to be a lot of pissed off post whores!

Thanks for the hard work for a great site :thumbsup

Greg@GLD

12-13-2007, 06:25 AM

Screw them, they can line up for a refund...

Andy, if anyone knows what you went thru, that would be me. I feel your pain, I am quite sure most people really have no idea what you went thru with this crash. I applaud your efforts and I truly understand what you have gone thru.

Imagine having 100 or so websites with many forums like this on your server and having the same thing happen.

The shit behind the scenes, I think people have no idea how much work there is keeping these websites going.

Get some sleep, and don't worry about lost posts, I'm sure they'll make plenty more...

All-nighters FTW!!! :D

Ricky Bobby

12-13-2007, 06:25 AM

thanx for the hard work i had no idea were i was gonna surf lol and i also lost like 400 posts thats weird

Rocket Power

12-13-2007, 06:37 AM

Thanks for the hard work. I was wondering what had happened.

GHOSST

12-13-2007, 06:44 AM

Whew... I thought I was done for... BCM is what I do mostly at work when I'm bored... Good luck Andy!

SmokinRAM114

12-13-2007, 06:49 AM

whao man that sucks to here i noticed that every thread is from aug 8th. im not even over 1000 posts any more and im bluez114 again.... thanks for getting it back up and going

DMF_Racing

12-13-2007, 06:51 AM

thanks for keeping it alive

Moparjim

12-13-2007, 06:57 AM

Thanks for going the extra mile for us!

y2kws6

12-13-2007, 07:07 AM

Thanks Andy for all that you provide us.

Dan and Jacki

Z28Roxy

12-13-2007, 07:14 AM

Thanks for bringing it back from the dead!

I went from like 450 posts to like 50 posts though :rolf

Waver

12-13-2007, 07:22 AM

hey thanks for the hard work and screw the lost posts I am sure someone can recap what was said in those posts

Z28Roxy

12-13-2007, 07:33 AM

hey thanks for the hard work and screw the lost posts I am sure someone can recap what was said in those posts

Boobs chicks beer I'm emo my internet penis is this big?

Waver

12-13-2007, 07:38 AM

Boobs chicks beer I'm emo my internet penis is this big?

Yes along with various callout threads by beagle, how beyones is a bad shop, packer this, brewer that, oh yeah...somthing about cutlass queen as well

07ROUSHSTG3

12-13-2007, 07:40 AM

so is this the post whore thread to get our post count back?

07ROUSHSTG3

12-13-2007, 07:40 AM

337....ugh.

Waver

12-13-2007, 07:41 AM

no this thread is to thank cryptic for his hard work

ThatWhiteCivic

12-13-2007, 07:47 AM

Thanks cryptic forthe hard work and getting the server up so fast.

07ROUSHSTG3

12-13-2007, 07:47 AM

no this thread is to thank cryptic for his hard work

:thumbsup

sounds good! thanx for probably losing a bunch of sleep, personal time, and energy, just to give us a place to complain about stupid stuff and call each other names.

jbiscuit

12-13-2007, 07:49 AM

thanx for getting it back online Andy!

michelle

12-13-2007, 07:51 AM

Thanks for bringing BCM back - sounds like a lot of work!

6forwardgears

12-13-2007, 08:10 AM

Thanks for all of the effort and hard work!! :thumbsup

juicedimpss

12-13-2007, 08:13 AM

its fun going back in time.

thanks for the hard work guys,i know its not easy to maintain the site.

Neal Steffek

12-13-2007, 08:20 AM

oh well, shit happens.

Z28Roxy

12-13-2007, 08:21 AM

Thanks for the hard work. I was wondering what had happened.

thanx for the hard work i had no idea were i was gonna surf lol and i also lost like 400 posts thats weird

Man, there's going to be a lot of pissed off post whores!

Thanks for the hard work for a great site :thumbsup

Thanks for the effort & hard work!:thumbsup

no this thread is to thank cryptic for his hard work

Thanks cryptic forthe hard work and getting the server up so fast.

Thanks for all of the effort and hard work!! :thumbsup

Hehe, you guys all said hard.

its fun going back in time.

thanks for the hard work guys,i know its not easy to maintain the site.

You too, and yeah, I wish it was like really going back in time. That would be :headbang

Z28Roxy

12-13-2007, 08:21 AM

337....ugh.

Even worse going under 100 :( :chair:

GRNDNL

12-13-2007, 08:34 AM

Thanks.................:thumbsup

Slow Joe

12-13-2007, 08:37 AM

Thanks for bringing it back Andy!! I understand how much work it is and am happy to see it's back!! :thumbsup

On the other hand, I need a name change :goof

DSMDuDE

12-13-2007, 09:03 AM

my birthday thread was lost oh no! :(

Keep up the great work at getting the server back up and runing!

CobraSnake

12-13-2007, 09:09 AM

thanks and keep this server going. I didn't know what the hell i was gonna do yesterday. But, i'm a new member I love being able to start a new beginning. I accually thought I got banned or something.

Mark

Feature Pony

12-13-2007, 09:10 AM

Thanks for getting it back up, 4 eyed was e-mailing asking if I was getting on, we both were in a panic.

DirtyMax

12-13-2007, 09:16 AM

I thought I got banned... :goof

WilliamZ

12-13-2007, 09:17 AM

Ah well stuff happens. You got it back up in a decent amount of time.

Cryptic

12-13-2007, 09:24 AM

pm the name changes

wikked

12-13-2007, 09:30 AM

Thank you very much andy... Shit I lost about 1700 posts.

I don't think there was much lost :D

wikked

12-13-2007, 09:33 AM

Sig pic size limit must have been expanded since August?
"Remote file is too large"

No hurry, I feel your pain :thumbsup

animal

12-13-2007, 09:36 AM

Hmm... do you have backups from like pre-2004? From back before all the n00b asshats arrived? :goof

Good work anyways. I hate server crashes.

Silver350

12-13-2007, 09:37 AM

Thank you andy for all your hard work to get the site up so that hundreds of slackers could do anything but work.

PureSound15

12-13-2007, 09:40 AM

Thanks Andy, I don't think anyone is taking your hard work for granted.

It's a weird feeling to not being able to read the daily bullshit on here though :goof

theavenger333

12-13-2007, 09:41 AM

poopy diapers..... how was the all nighter andy?

Feature Pony

12-13-2007, 09:57 AM

Even worse going under 100 :( :chair:

LOL looks like someone can't post in the classifieds..:wooo

pickardracing

12-13-2007, 09:58 AM

Good god i was going thru withdrawal........... CURSE YOU AQUA SCUM

(lost over 700 posts! noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo)

Windsors 03 Cobra

12-13-2007, 10:02 AM

I am very pleased the site is back up, thanks alot site owner/operators. :thumbsup

WickedSix

12-13-2007, 10:11 AM

hmm thinking about it the ignore settings some folks had on me probably got reset :D

Hi tommy and ron :thumbsup

Boost21

12-13-2007, 10:17 AM

My account was deleted all togeather :(
Happy the boards are back up though

CobraSnake

12-13-2007, 10:23 AM

My account was deleted all togeather :(
Happy the boards are back up though

i'm in the same boat as you.

Nix

12-13-2007, 10:34 AM

Thanks Andy for all that you do to keep this board up and going man.

Z28Roxy

12-13-2007, 10:41 AM

LOL looks like someone can't post in the classifieds..:wooo

Your mom posts in the classifieds :alcoholic

juicedimpss

12-13-2007, 11:01 AM

This message is hidden because WickedSix is on your ignore list.
thanks,that almost got past.

Flicktitty

12-13-2007, 11:46 AM

Thanks for the update and the extra effort. :thumbsup I was starting to have withdrawls :rolf

X2, i don't care about losing post counts or anything, just kind of bummed about some of the threads that were going on. Oh well :( Thanks for the hard work.

Nick

12-13-2007, 11:54 AM

are all of the humiliation threads with that Mark guy with his NASA powered yellow fox gone too? :(

SSmike1

12-13-2007, 12:13 PM

ANDY

take your time Bro'

no hurry!
we are not going to Run Away!
:rolf

9:30am Dec 12, 2007

The server took a royal crap on me. Supposedly the power supply blew the motherboard and both my hard drives (master & slave).

The slave drive is were the backups are kept. It gets a little crazy trying to back up 300 MB sql dumps nightly over the internet. I didn't think I would get hit with an act of god and loose both hard drives at the same time.

My colo provider took all day to get me a new server to load what I have backed up. I best backup I have locally is from 8-9-07, so I am loosing a considerable amount. I am still trying to get my provider to send me the hard drives so I can attempt data recovery on them. I have no idea why they are fighting me on this, but I will escalate the issue. I'm tired.. I've been at this server restore all day. I'll update you all in time.

good night.

Holeshot

12-13-2007, 12:26 PM

Andy do you need an early renewal fee for paying members ?

PureSound15

12-13-2007, 12:32 PM

Andy do you need an early renewal fee for paying members ?

Do we need a fund for new hard drives too?

I'm in either way. Set the paypal up.

Prince Valiant

12-13-2007, 12:33 PM

I was nearly put in the insane asylum without my brewcity :( :goof

Hey, and I got my Valiant back! I didn't really want the duster...but thanks.

Smokey1226

12-13-2007, 12:35 PM

There are some good deals on 500gig HDD....we could chip in and get a couple!

Flicktitty

12-13-2007, 12:38 PM

I'll chip in on what ever is needed, i was running around like a chicken with my head cut off with no bcm yesterday.

Smokey, good to see you made it back.

Teufelhunden

12-13-2007, 12:39 PM

I might have lost maybe 20 posts. Whores...

Thanks Andy.

Smokey1226

12-13-2007, 12:42 PM

I'll chip in on what ever is needed, i was running around like a chicken with my head cut off with no bcm yesterday.

Smokey, good to see you made it back.

ya thank God BCM is back....geesh i was so bored yesterday after work. My account did get axed but thats not an issue now the board it back up! however all of these GLD track posts (from aug.) are making really wish it was spring again!!!

Flicktitty

12-13-2007, 12:43 PM

ya thank God BCM is back....geesh i was so bored yesterday after work. My account did get axed but thats not an issue now the board it back up! however all of these GLD track posts (from aug.) are making really wish it was spring again!!!

Oh no shit right. Did you end up getting a new Truck? or you still getting a Supra?

Smokey1226

12-13-2007, 12:44 PM

Oh no shit right. Did you end up getting a new Truck? or you still getting a Supra?

thats the issue im at right now. I need a truck for work and hauling the race gas Drums. because im thinking of offering a delivery service! With my trailer and stuff. Which would be super nice for everyone but i would need a new truck for that....but if i dont...then its supra time :D

So its one of those situations.

Flicktitty

12-13-2007, 12:49 PM

thats the issue im at right now. I need a truck for work and hauling the race gas Drums. because im thinking of offering a delivery service! With my trailer and stuff. Which would be super nice for everyone but i would need a new truck for that....but if i dont...then its supra time :D

So its one of those situations.

Ah, I see....Hurry up and get a truck you could use it as a Tax write off. Then get a Supra for next summer. for business advertising ;)

Smokey1226

12-13-2007, 12:55 PM

Ah, I see....Hurry up and get a truck you could use it as a Tax write off. Then get a Supra for next summer. for business advertising ;)

thats kinda what my dad and I have been talking about. No matter what way i go im coming down to the track everytime with you guys. Maybe i can talk my dad into letting me take our 66' Stang down there for a run or two :headbang I just love it there

97z2801ss

12-13-2007, 01:19 PM

damn man that sucks thanks for keepin us updated

hrsp

12-13-2007, 01:26 PM

thanks for all you do!!!!!

i was scared it was lost forever...

Prince Valiant

12-13-2007, 01:28 PM

it sucked...i actually ended up doing work at work because of the bcm crash....what the hell's with that?

Smokey1226

12-13-2007, 01:35 PM

it sucked...i actually ended up doing work at work because of the bcm crash....what the hell's with that?

lol ya im with ya, that concept is just wack! :headbang

Cleveland Dave

12-13-2007, 01:52 PM

ahh so thats what happened...at least not all is lost sucks both hd's went at once...thats unreal!

good work on getting it back up so fast though !

OxmanWI

12-13-2007, 01:56 PM

Sorry about the server going down....

Can I have my 100 post status again so can use the Classified/Wanted forum and edit my posts? I think I had 154 posts? Please?

885.0stang

12-13-2007, 02:25 PM

thanks for the awsome work you do with this site. if it were me doing this it would have never got back up and running. so thanks.

SmokinRAM114

12-13-2007, 03:11 PM

whoa it doesnt bleep shit ass whore slut and hwy 100:wooo

70 cutlass 442

12-13-2007, 03:23 PM

whoa it doesnt bleep shit ass whore slut and hwy 100:wooo

HOLY **** :stare

Flicktitty

12-13-2007, 03:33 PM

HOLY **** :stare

HaHAAH

Cryptic

12-13-2007, 03:37 PM

Data Center Manager finally gave us a callback regarding why we got 3 different stories as to what really happened.

Apparently the server literally caught fire. The inside of the box is completely charred. I asked for pics (not just for proof, but for a memento), we'll see if they'll actually send them. There's talks of a compensation package as well, so we'll see. Their trying to make right. They did agree to send me the master drive but they said it was ticking. A data recovery place maybe able to salvage data. (not just for BCM, I could care less if we lost a few months of useless banter) but for all the other data that was on the server that I didn't have up to date backups of.

SmokinRAM114

12-13-2007, 03:47 PM

HOLY **** :stare

:rolf:rolf fn nOOb

http://www.breakitdownblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/owned.jpg

Cryptic

12-13-2007, 03:47 PM

sitting next to me

1.8 Terabytes of RAID5, Dual Xeon, 4GB ram, triple redudant power supply
(12 hard drives)

Z28Roxy

12-13-2007, 03:53 PM

sitting next to me

1.8 Terabytes of RAID5, Dual Xeon, 4GB ram, triple redudant power supply
(12 hard drives)

Server pr0n :drool:

michelle

12-13-2007, 03:57 PM

Deggy

12-13-2007, 04:01 PM

i was wondering what was going on yesterday.

forcefedss

12-13-2007, 04:25 PM

i was gettin pissed cause it kept saying the page cannot be found. i thought i had a spelling problem lol. i was going to post some stuff i want to sell. but thanks for workin hard to get it workin again

Slow Joe

12-13-2007, 04:32 PM

sitting next to me

1.8 Terabytes of RAID5, Dual Xeon, 4GB ram, triple redudant power supply
(12 hard drives)

:drool::drool:

:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup:thumbsup

SmokinRAM114

12-13-2007, 04:32 PM

Rage Wraps

12-13-2007, 05:17 PM

CrypticGTX - PM Sent

Deggy

12-13-2007, 05:21 PM

are we gonna get our original post counts back eventually...i was at like 991 or something.

Yooformula

12-13-2007, 05:43 PM

damm bro. sorry bout that. shit I thought I banned myself for a minute until I called andy. hearing him say "huh?" had me worried. I swear I typed the address like 50 times trying thinking I messed that up.

Jeff

12-13-2007, 05:52 PM

Thanks for all the hard work! :thumbsup

TURTLE

12-13-2007, 05:52 PM

^i'm with yoo on this one... i typed in the forum addy like 5 times, then the main page like another 5!

thanks for all the hard work andy, and if there's a fund going for new equipment, post it up, i'm sure most of us would hate to be without BCM again! i know i couldn't stand not being able to rip on nutwaver! :goof

Cutlass Queen

12-13-2007, 06:59 PM

Thanks for all the hard work guys!

BadAzzGTA89

12-13-2007, 07:47 PM

I though you were doing a update or something.
I must say i was really getting bored without this place thanks for the fast recovery Andy:thumbsup:thumbsup

wikked

12-13-2007, 08:05 PM

sitting next to me

1.8 Terabytes of RAID5, Dual Xeon, 4GB ram, triple redudant power supply
(12 hard drives)

Maxtor... no wonder they caught on fire :wow :goof

Before you spend $$$ on a data recovery specialist... try SpinRite 6.
It's a little pricey, but I've heard it works miracles, even on literally toasted drives.
You can "find" a copy on the interwebs, but I wouldn't know anything about that :thumbsup

GRAMPS SS

12-13-2007, 08:09 PM

Wow, caught on fire? Who was busy posting when that happened...

poncho dan was ...getting his post count up to 7k by the new year.....

damm andy i lost post counts and sig pics..and important saved pm's..with addresses and phone numbers.....some were clients....what do i do...

GRAMPS SS

12-13-2007, 08:11 PM

but thanks for the quick work andy on getting the prob solved....:thumbsup

Flicktitty

12-13-2007, 08:21 PM

..and important saved pm's..with addresses and phone numbers.....some were clients....what do i do...

Thats the only thing that i really care about that i lost. But the majortiy i had saved.

GRAMPS SS

12-13-2007, 08:31 PM

i had them in my saved file....but that got wiped out flickster....

but hey were back on...i was getting drama withdrawal.....anyone else....

0TransAm0

12-13-2007, 08:32 PM

i didn't even notice it was down.. but thanks for getting it back up quickly.. :thumbsup

SmokinRAM114

12-13-2007, 08:49 PM

i c i got my screen name back and a nice little message i didnt put under it:shades:rolf thanks ALOT!! now carry on with ur guys gigabite jibberish:goof

nismodave

12-13-2007, 09:03 PM

Nice to be back.

Cryptic

12-13-2007, 09:06 PM

Maxtor... no wonder they caught on fire :wow :goof

that's the new server not the old. I'll be migrating to it once I get it configured and in a rack. This one will be collocated in Brookfield hopefully.
I'll need at least a week to know anything about the hard drive.

I do know how to do some data recovery myself. But I am willing to pay if the platers need to be transplanted.

Daytonapacecar959

12-13-2007, 09:32 PM

I was wondering what happened.
Andy my photo album is down,when you have some time could you look into it and let me know.

Poncho

12-13-2007, 10:10 PM

it sucked...i actually ended up doing work at work because of the bcm crash....what the hell's with that?

I just slept at work instead :thumbsup

Poncho

12-13-2007, 10:15 PM

I was wondering what happened.
Andy my photo album is down,when you have some time could you look into it and let me know.

BCM garage is dead. But i'm sure you already know.

pickardracing

12-13-2007, 10:18 PM

Also would be willing to throw some cash out to help.

BCM > *

Nick

12-13-2007, 10:27 PM

Ive been settin up a new dell poweredge dual quadcore server at work. 1tb raid 5, 4 gigs memory, tape backup, redundant power supplies on the rack server and the drive case and battery backup. Should be nice when all is said and done.

Daytonapacecar959

12-13-2007, 10:28 PM

BCM garage is dead. But i'm sure you already know.

i know,i'm talking about my personal one i have through him or his company.

Smokey1226

12-13-2007, 10:50 PM

300pny

12-14-2007, 08:51 AM

Backups being done on the same box? Well lesson learned there I guess, if you want some help setting up DFSR or some other replication over the wire so you dont end up in the same situation again let me know.

Cryptic

12-14-2007, 10:43 AM

BCM garage is dead. But i'm sure you already know.

was broken anyway.. the VBB upgrades keep breaking it. There's been a VB patch like twice a month since august. (or it seems like it anyway)

I'll fix the arcade/garage in time.

Cryptic

12-14-2007, 10:44 AM

300pny

12-14-2007, 10:55 AM

everything costs money & time. DFSR... this isn't a windows box

What type of Box is it. I can script somthing out (free of charge) and you can fill in the variables to shoot the backup to another location. take 10 minutes to once you have a place to land the data.

indyzmike

12-14-2007, 10:58 AM

Thanks for all the hard work!!! I am a BCM lurkaholic... at least once daily.

wikked

12-14-2007, 11:16 AM

and important saved pm's..with addresses and phone numbers.....some were clients....what do i do...

That does suck!, I wouldn't have relied on a message board to store my important info. though :wow
Even with Andy's l33tness, some things happen beyond anyone's control.
You should have at least just copy/pasted your client info to a notepad/word file as it came to you.

There is also a great free office suite called OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org) that has exact functioning replicas of Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Access/etc.) :thumbsup

300pny

12-14-2007, 11:23 AM

That does suck!, I wouldn't have relied on a message board to store my important info. though :wow
Even with Andy's l33tness, some things happen beyond anyone's control.
You should have at least just copy/pasted your client info to a notepad/word file as it came to you.

There is also a great free office suite called OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org) that has exact functioning replicas of Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Access/etc.) :thumbsup

If it is that important make sure it's backed up. Depending on a board to backup critical data probably not the way to go. there are plenty of ways to control a disaster so you dont lose your data. Do some research and find somthing that works for you

Mr Twigbert

12-14-2007, 12:56 PM

Dude... I lost my account and have 0 posts.. ftl

lit666

12-14-2007, 12:59 PM

Dude... I lost my account and have 0 posts.. ftl

No one liked you anyways.

Mr Twigbert

12-14-2007, 01:10 PM

No one liked you anyways.

I'm up to 8 now.. FEAR ME!

BigSnailBuick

12-14-2007, 01:14 PM

Ahh I c. I was soo confused b4 looking for all my threads :stare Anywho ty for all the hard work to get BCM back up:thumbsup

Mr Twigbert

12-14-2007, 01:18 PM

Do you guys have any idea how long it took me to achieve the status of 'Ass hat'???

Now I have to start all over again.. Well here I come! Its on like flin!

Cryptic

12-14-2007, 03:15 PM

http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/demotivators_1979_2140733
http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/demotivators_1981_325542

I couldnt resist :D

SmokinRAM114

12-14-2007, 03:48 PM

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t54/mx_114/owned-BSOD.png

2SLOW

12-14-2007, 04:38 PM

stupid computers lol

Smokey1226

12-14-2007, 06:28 PM

+1 on loseing a ton of important PM's, #'s, ect. :( Now i know to write everything down instead.

TURTLE

12-14-2007, 06:42 PM

+1? does this mean we're getting rep points back?

:goof

Yooformula

12-14-2007, 06:46 PM

/\/\/\ phock no but we can ban you just for asking!?!?!!!

Bobby "Big Daddy" Flay

12-14-2007, 06:49 PM

/\/\/\ phock no but we can ban you just for asking!?!?!!!

hahahaahaha

GRAMPS SS

12-14-2007, 06:55 PM

That does suck!, I wouldn't have relied on a message board to store my important info. though :wow
Even with Andy's l33tness, some things happen beyond anyone's control.
You should have at least just copy/pasted your client info to a notepad/word file as it came to you.

There is also a great free office suite called OpenOffice (www.openoffice.org) that has exact functioning replicas of Word/Excel/PowerPoint/Access/etc.) :thumbsup

was just info on what they ordered thats all...and phone numbers,....no big deal...i can pm ....and it's not like i knew it was going to crash, so i left it there.......but thanks for the info wikked :thumbsup

GRAMPS SS

12-14-2007, 06:57 PM

great work andy getting bcm back up....

Deggy

12-14-2007, 07:05 PM

i posted a thread on GAownersclub.com about rep points, funny thing is people said they are such a good thing, and now they are gone on there too.

good luck trying to recover what you can, you guys are doing a good job.

Greg@GLD

12-14-2007, 11:46 PM

I'm sure this suggestion will end up in the shredder too, but... :D
It's not very hard at all to backup the SQL database to a local machine, if you do that even once a week, you at least have the forum backed up and you don't lose months and months of posts. We probably over-do it but we've had our server on MMA go down and we only lose a few days worth, if that.

As for people who lost important PM's... Are you aware that you can download your PM's as text files very easily? Just view them in your inbox (or outbox for that matter), select the ones you want to save to your local machine and select "download as text"
Then you don't have to worry about losing them when things like this happen.

Don't intend to ruffle any feathers here, just making some fodder for the shredder.

Yooformula

12-15-2007, 12:21 AM

damm, I never knew that great tip Greg.

MurphysLaw88GT

12-15-2007, 01:40 AM

thanks a lot for hard work

Greg@GLD

12-15-2007, 09:17 AM

damm, I never knew that great tip Greg.

No problem Yoo. You also could help Andy out as can any other Admin with full Admin CPANEL rights- Look down on the lower left menu board, all the way down at the bottom, and under MAINTENANCE menu there is "Database Backup"
You yourself can pull a backup down to your own computer or external drive, the only "problem" there is if the file becomes larger then the server "timeout" setting Andy specified, you will not get the file to download. If that becomes the case, then scroll down farther in the main window and see the "Backup database to a file on the server" option- You can have Andy create PW-protected directory for those backups to go to, and then once you are doing that, make SURE that you also take the added step of downloading that file via an FTP program that has the ability to compress the backup so the server won't time out.

Now you have extra backups of your database files. If the server goes down again, you re-install VB, then restore from your backup and you're back in business. ;)

Cryptic

12-15-2007, 09:28 AM

Greg@GLD

12-15-2007, 09:36 AM

I just got caught in a moment of weakness. I'm normally better backed up. I had cronjobs dumping nightly to a slave drive, but alot of good that did me.

In the past I have become "complacent" when things are reliable over long periods of time. I have learned the hard way to expect trouble and redundant backups are part of the solution.
Something worth mentioning though...

Lot of people like to just make post after post of garbage, chit-chat and useless drivel. What they fail to realize (I think) is that every single one of those posts causes the database to grow larger and larger and larger and the backups take longer and the restore process takes longer, etc.

It's not my business, I'm just mentioning it because I see it on a forum I help operate where we have millions of posts and over 100,000 members. They love to complain endlessly about how slow the server is, and these same people make thousands and thousands of posts with the stupidest things you can imagine. Much of it is stuff they saw somewhere else on the web or had sent to them in an e-mail. And it;s supposed to be a "tech forum" first and foremost.

Anyway, I meant what I said Andy, I know what you guys go thru and it can make you crazy.

Cryptic

12-15-2007, 10:13 AM

I have gone ahead and taken a couple of pictures of the failed hard drives and the blown capacitors in your server. I will attach them to this ticket so you can view them.

I have also approved our supervisors to go ahead and ship this failing hard drive to you. Please provide the shipping address you would like us to send this to any any additional information you think is important.

Please keep in mind that you will need to approve the charges for shipping as they will be billed to your account.

Please provide your approval and shipping information and let us know if there is anything further we can do to assist you.

Thank you,

Jon Lowe
Data Center Manager

WickedSix

12-15-2007, 10:30 AM

^^^ yikes. hard drive now availiable in smoked flavor

Smokey1226

12-15-2007, 11:54 AM

Thanks for the help Greg, i didtn know that as well. Ill have to do that from now on.

Cryptic

12-16-2007, 04:46 PM

Not sure if anyone gives a sh1t, but the plot thickens...

[WARNING NERD TALK]

So I get provisioned a new server. I get all 93 domains configured, restored, etc... I was doing some troubleshooting on a single domain issue and happen to peak at my /var/log/messages to find out its flooded with smartd messages about bad/unreadable sectors on my new server/harddrive.

So I end up having to migrate once again (hense this past outage Sunday Morning). The provider has no access to Ghost, TrueImage, or hard drive imaging software which would of turned an all night/day job into a 10-20 minute fix. Their solution was to setup another new server and use a migration tool to copy domains over (this takes a lot of time for 93 domains). The new server has 1 new IP address. So when they decommission the old server I have add all my old IPs to the new server and reconfigure 93 domains' DNS back to their original IPs (or else wait for DNS for propagate to new IP). When the new server was swapped back to the original rack location it wouldn't recognize my original IP addresses, only the new one which is useless beyond migrating data too. This is a classic ARP caching issue. I spent several hours on the phone trying to get anyone with a damn clue or access to clear the MAC address in the ARP table on the switch. Well before that could happen, it resolved itself (ARP cache timeout).

Look's like it resolved itself.
Well that's one way to look at it... or you could say your too slow or incompetent to understand the issue and fix it in a reasonable amount of time.

[/end rant]