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4/4/2008 5:18:17 PM

tech talk?

4/4/2008 5:22:03 PM

well, getting it back required server work. so yes, its tech.

4/4/2008 5:25:02 PM

was this a restore from 4/1?

[Edited on April 4, 2008 at 5:26 PM. Reason : oh....good job.]

4/4/2008 5:26:28 PM

Wow. Backup much?

So wait, no, seriously. You mean to tell me this server is not on a raid array or or has a redundant twin? An epic fail if I've ever seen one.

[Edited on April 4, 2008 at 5:39 PM. Reason : .]

4/4/2008 5:36:27 PM

yea, seriously, lost 3 days of data... down for ~8 hours? (i wasn't counting)

at least he didn't restore triangleweb

[Edited on April 4, 2008 at 5:43 PM. Reason : .]

4/4/2008 5:40:02 PM

^first thing I thought of after I figured out it was a restore

4/4/2008 6:10:30 PM

what can cause a server to have to be reset?

4/4/2008 6:12:53 PM

No, this was not a reset ... this was a data loss and backup restoration.

Basically, they are retards and either A) did not have a cloned (or a live backup) server on standby, or B) were not using a hardware disk-drive array for active data. Both of these methods (combined especially) will prevent ANY data loss from occurring in a server environment.

Unless of course you have a complete meltdown of the building. And to combat that, you maintain a live backup/clone off-site.

4/4/2008 6:18:19 PM

so what causes something to have a data loss and restore?

4/4/2008 6:19:42 PM

hardware failure.

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make the switch Tdub.

there's absolutely no reason why a forum that has over 700+ users online at one time does not have any redundancy built-in, much less daily backups

[Edited on April 4, 2008 at 6:37 PM. Reason : .]

4/4/2008 6:34:36 PM

yeah it's pretty inexcusable really

4/4/2008 6:39:18 PM

maybe i should buy a premie and support you guys

4/4/2008 6:55:20 PM

they have raid now.

[Edited on April 4, 2008 at 6:57 PM. Reason : ]

4/4/2008 6:56:55 PM

You guys are acting like this is mission critical information.

It's Chit Chat, come on.

4/4/2008 6:57:28 PM

^Tdub is NOT their only customer. But I imagine it is one of their bigger ones.

4/4/2008 7:12:27 PM

mission critical or not.... no customer whether they pay $5/mo. or $200/mo. should have to be down for 8 hours and not have daily backups

4/4/2008 7:23:55 PM

i missed you guys

4/4/2008 7:24:26 PM

this is exactly why i dont pay this site JACK SHIT

and have ad-block installed

and always circumvent the automatic image resizing

and externally hotlink images from my gallery

4/4/2008 11:18:43 PM

haha hundreds of users were faced with the horrific thought of having to find a real life on a friday night

4/4/2008 11:31:41 PM

not really the point but yeah

4/4/2008 11:48:37 PM

^^hahahah, that's exactly what i told gs7 offline, this was probably one of the best things that could have happened to TWW.... i just can't believe it happened to begin with tho.

my post times are an hour off, anyone else?

[Edited on April 5, 2008 at 12:31 AM. Reason : .]

4/5/2008 12:30:00 AM

^Yea, management /message_topic.aspx?topic=517733&page=3#11463000 is saying that it's the new OS causing problems this time ... um, WHAT?

I am a fan of the incompetence by all involved. This whole episode is deserving of a place in "tales of the technically inept" /message_topic.aspx?topic=376822

Someone make a pithy post.

[Edited on April 5, 2008 at 1:13 AM. Reason : ok last edit, for real.]

4/5/2008 1:09:50 AM

this is no surprise to me, I've been calling TWW's administration inept for years

4/6/2008 10:01:44 AM