Site broke! Updates!

[RobertD]

Here's the skinny: the web server (where all this information "lives") went kaput last night. Two hard drives toasted. There were some backups! However, they were from 11-30-2010...



So we're back up and running, but with a case of amnesia. (Think of it as waking up after drinking too much for the new year's eve?)

I'm sorry!

We had a redundant backup set up, but it broke a couple of months ago and we were "really close" to getting it fixed when this went out. But we'll be doing nightly backups again in a week or two.

So, welcome back, and you'll have to re-register if you registered in December. Thanks.

 

[sideways]

Thanks Rob.

Shame about the hard drives, I hope they don't cost too much! Thanks for getting the site up and running again so quickly.

I'l post a guide on how to retrieve lost posts tomorrow, not the forum though, just to view. It's 3:10am here so I'm off to bed.

Thanks

Hayden

 

[Hendu3270]

Doh!! Had to re-register. Now I lost all 4 of my posts...or was it 3? LOL I'm a mod on a duck hunting forum and know first hand that these things happen. Keep up the good work Robert!

 

[r_chez_08]

That's ok Robert, well done for sorting it all out so quickly
Rob

 

[Blazkowiez]

Good job on getting it up and running, how much did it cost you to get it live again?

 

[sideways]

I made that guide on how to find our lost posts, I guess it is tomorrow now anyway. (It's 4AM now, the sun is just starting to come up!)

The guide is here. I hope it helps!

Thanks

Hayden

 

[RobertD]

Good job on getting it up and running, how much did it cost you to get it live again?

well i just lease the space, so it's up to the company that owns the boxes to get it fixed. i manage my share of the servers myself but don't have to deal with actual hardware.

it sucks particularly b/c the other server we were on went down a couple of months ago, so that's why the backups weren't happening nightly, b/c we were limping along on just one server until the new one is finished. Of course, that should be done next week... Murphy's law.

 

[redsox985]

So, just wondering, how much does it cost to rent space one their servers? And that's pretty amazing that they got it running again so quickly.

 

[Doc Sprocket]

I'm impressed. Sounds like it could have taken quite a bit longer... Thanks!!!

EDIT Wow, yeah- I just saw my post count... You ain't kidding!

 

[Rustydog2010]

Does this site come close to making money? I dont see any ads or means of making revenue?

Edit: And thanks for getting it back up quickly

 

[redsox985]

Deja vu! Hurry, we have to recreate a whole month while also making up January.

 

[devino246]

Does this site come close to making money? I dont see any ads or means of making revenue?

Edit: And thanks for getting it back up quickly

There are ads on the homepage

@Robert-How many views does this site get in a day??

 

[anderkart]

You've got the site working nice and fast this morning Robert.

 

[Rustydog2010]

Was it down again yesterday?

Now lets just hope that ol' Billybigspuds dosent come back.

 

[r_chez_08]

Was it down again yesterday?

Now lets just hope that ol' Billybigspuds dosent come back.

Wow! I think this forum needs a like button like Facebook
Rob

 

[RobertD]

@Rustydog -- yes we went down again yesterday, it was related to the down time a few weeks ago. All those changes got zapped based on the data loss, so I had to put them back in to place. And before I could, the spammers came calling. What happens is you get a TON of hits all at once and it binds up everything. The computer just can't keep up. Got it solved again so hopefully all is good for a while.

re: ads - it does make enough to pay for the servers, but let's just say it's not a ton. There are ads on the "regular" parts of the site, but not in the forums. Since all of us in the forums are "regulars", (and I can't stand ads in forums) , I don't subject you to them!

The cost for the servers is quite expensive. I pay about $130 a month. You can run sites like this on cheap servers 10-20 bucks a month, but they often get slowed down. And (yes I know the irony) they don't do backups for you, give minimal support etc. Odds are on a cheap server I would've lost a year of posts b/c I'm so bad about backing up. (yes, I plan to change that! )

 

[RobertD]

Wow! I think this forum needs a like button like Facebook
Rob

hmm that's a great idea. we've got a "thanks"... seems like a "like" would be easy... (i can hear the internet gods snickering at me every time I say something's easy...)

 

[r_chez_08]

Thanks for leaving the adds out of the forum. In some other forums I am on they have ads and they are really annoying!
Rob

 

[newrider3]

hmm that's a great idea. we've got a "thanks"... seems like a "like" would be easy... (i can hear the internet gods snickering at me every time I say something's easy...)

A "negative reputation" feature would be cool too...

 

[redsox985]

I hate the forums that split posts with ads. Although, I wouldn't object to border ads if the money was needed to keep this running.