Kev Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 First and most important, apologies for the down time. It started with a faulty hard drive and led to a bunch of other issues. If anything is missing, we have to company we entrusted to do our backups to thank for that! At worst, it should only be a few days. We're currently working on the issues with the older pictures. Even though I'm going to post an updated picture on the Desk build, I would suggest waiting to post pictures until we get that issue resolved. My Desk post with a picture is as much a test as it is an update. We're working diligently to ensure that this doesn't happen again! I'm learning this process as I go and learning a lot of lessons! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 Currently, it looks like we have the picture issue fixed.. Please let me know if any are missing.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share Posted April 6, 2021 Well, looks like the picture issue is taken care of but we lost a little better than a day's worth of posts.. Again, apologies for the down time and any loss of updates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 6, 2021 Share Posted April 6, 2021 No apologies necessary bud! We appreciate all that you do to keep this great site in order. Minor inconvenience! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Just wanted to put out an update on this.. Our fix was a little expensive but, it's in the works! We have a secondary server on the way to act as the back up. Both servers will have a common hard drive set up and a redundant back up drive. So, if one server goes down, the other one kicks in. If the hard drive goes down, the backup kicks in.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Is that unusual for a server to go down like that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodenskye (Bryan) Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 5 minutes ago, Coop said: Is that unusual for a server to go down like that? You should ask the $1 store for refund for the IT degree. 🤪 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 13 minutes ago, Coop said: Is that unusual for a server to go down like that? To have a hard drive crap out is not that uncommon. But, to have the company hired to take care of the backups not doing their job is unusual. Regardless, my goal was to not have to rely on someone else to keep this up and running. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 12 minutes ago, Woodenskye (Bryan) said: You should ask the $1 store for refund for the IT degree. 🤪 I confess, much to your disbelief, the degree does read, IdioT Computer Science! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coop Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 (edited) I received an encrypted email that you should be good for at least another 528 days. Edited April 18, 2021 by Coop 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 3 minutes ago, Coop said: I received an encrypted email that you should be good for at least another 528 days. Well, that's a start...lol I do have some new parts sitting on my table that need to be put into service! @webmaster 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kev Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 Just wanted to drop everyone an update.. The new backup server is up and running. There's a little manual work to do if the main server goes down but, it should be a very reduced time! Also, we're changing the backup time to 9pm daily. The thought being that the bulk of this forum's traffic is done by around 9pm each night and the reboot is scheduled for midnight. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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