Downtime.

[manker]

I'm curious as to why the board was down for so long. Any specific reason?

I'm even more curious as to why no-one else asked. Weird.

[Barbarossa]

We all wondered, but were too polite to ask... :)

I was just glad to be able to get some work done this morning... :mellow:

[RPerry]

hmm, I didn't even know it was down..... when did this happen :blink:

[manker]

hmm, I didn't even know it was down..... when did this happen :blink:Judging by the posts in the lounge - for about 12 hours starting from midnight (BST) last night.

[sArA]

News to me....but then I was probably sleeping.

[gillxx]

Havnt been on the forum for ages.

Have there been some problems??

[Gripper]

I'm curious as to why the board was down for so long. Any specific reason?

I'm even more curious as to why no-one else asked. Weird.

Couldn't ask cause I couldn't get on the feckin board :lol:
plus I thought it was just me being picked on again :unsure:

[Virtualbody1234]

I would also like to know why this seems to happens so frequently.

[RealitY]

There was corruption in the MySQL db and needed some work and should be fine now...

[{I}{K}{E}]

still slow here :huh:

[GepperRankins]

There was corruption in the MySQL db and needed some work and should be fine now...
it took the board offline and took 12 hours to fix it?

[Busyman]

When I can't get on the board I just go somewhere's else.

I figure someone's working on it or I've been banned. :ermm:

Either way, can't do nuthin' but go, "Oh Well".

[GepperRankins]

impeach RealitY

[tesco]

There was corruption in the MySQL db and needed some work and should be fine now...
it took the board offline and took 12 hours to fix it?I haven't talked to rookie or reality since last night when we were trying to figure out the problem, but at that time the only news we had heard from the server guys (who restarted the server a few times to figure this out) figured out that it was this forum crashing the server (taking down this and rookie's other sites on this server).
They didn't have any idea why it was doing it so i'm guessing it took them a while to figure it out.

[manker]

Thanks for the update.

The server guys still suck :)

[tesco]

I dont think so.
You do realize that they have more than just this site to keep running, there's probably a lot of servers they run there.
It's usually just 1 or 2 guys online on the server chat at a time, and afaik they aren't even physically at the server, they do it either form a network or over the internet somehow.

12 hours isn't that bad. ;)

[manker]

I dont think so.
You do realize that they have more than just this site to keep running, there's probably a lot of servers they run there.
It's usually just 1 or 2 guys online on the server chat at a time, and afaik they aren't even physically at the server, they do it either form a network or over the internet somehow.

12 hours isn't that bad. ;)I just don't like 'em.

Also, running a server is pretty damn easy and, presumably, they're getting paid for it.

Money for old rope, if you ask me.

[tesco]

I dont think so.
You do realize that they have more than just this site to keep running, there's probably a lot of servers they run there.
It's usually just 1 or 2 guys online on the server chat at a time, and afaik they aren't even physically at the server, they do it either form a network or over the internet somehow.

12 hours isn't that bad. ;)I just don't like 'em.

Also, running a server is pretty damn easy and, presumably, they're getting paid for it.

Money for old rope, if you ask me.;)
So what did they do to upset you manker?

Or is it just that they're mad at you for trashing the database so many time...:shifty:

[manker]

I just don't like 'em.

Also, running a server is pretty damn easy and, presumably, they're getting paid for it.

Money for old rope, if you ask me.;)
So what did they do to upset you manker?

Or is it just that they're mad at you for trashing the database so many time...:shifty: :lol: :D

Fecking server guys.

[kazaa2002]

There was corruption in the MySQL db and needed some work and should be fine now...
it took the board offline and took 12 hours to fix it?


well....they did fix the time

F1 should be happy
perhaps they just got back from lessons in timekeeping.
they would never admit that.
oh well , back to sleep.

[peat moss]

Gave me a chance to try a few other sites but like this one better. Thought I got banned for some drunk post last weekend . :ph34r:

[tesco]

Gave me a chance to try a few other sites but like this one better. Thought I got banned for some drunk post last weekend . :ph34r::lol:

The team wouldn't do that.:shifty:

[peat moss]

Ya Ross I think you mods should notify us all by email next time you fart around with our forum fix . :lol:

[Rip The Jacker]

I was wondering why I couldn't access the board for all of yesterday...

[brotherdoobie]

Its got a good beat and you can dance to it.

So,dance.

Peace bd

[maebach]

I thought FST banned me for garbage posts :(

[RealitY]

Just as an update for those that are curious. Last I was talking with support they had done some repairs on the db although when the site was put back up it kept going down. It was later relized that MySQL was corrupt. At that point it was debated if there was a way to repair it or if a fresh install was the solution. Around that time I logged off and when I came back the site was online...

[thewizeard]

....I have an idea, seeing that the board also goes down with this software...is this not the pderfect time to change back to Invision? /me gets my hat and coat and run for it... :)

[RealitY]

Theres been am intense amount of time and hacks put into VB here at FST along with work for optimizing search engines. I dont see any reason to go back to IPB and see many reasons to stay with VB now. The downtime and the corruption may have also occured in IPB anyway and some of the prior downtimes werent even software related but just minor server issues...

[tesco]

I like VB much better, i've gotten really used to it by now and find it really easy to customize, and have gotten used to where all the code is in the php files so i could make any mod/hack that i wanted.

With IPB a lot of the features i've added we'd lose, and i dont feel like learning another forum software...


Anyway, if there's some feature in IPB that you like better I could always make that available for us ehre in vbulletin if you just ask...

[Barbarossa]

VB is warm and familiar now. To go back to IPB now would be like going back to a pair of old shoes.... they never quite feel the same. ;)