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Jfet Zener · Server Admin Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 3353

Ok, well first off, i need to apologize for the server being down so long. Ill give you the rundown of what happened. So I get a call from powder saying the site is down....ok, so i check it out and mysql isnt starting. i go to restart it, it comes up for a bit, then goes down. start again, and no luck. so i call the datacenter where the server is at, they say i need to fsck the disk (run a check on the files, basically). they take server offline, run it, says there is no problem. i reply saying that mysql is still having problems. they want to take the disk our for actual diagnostics. well by the time they actually get around to doing it, its been 3 days. finally get the hard drive back in and let me know there was no problem. i respond with how come im getting this SMART error (error from the hard drive saying its dying). they say ooh, oops....we guess it really is bad. so i back up all the data, and tell them to replace the drive. a day and a half later its finally replaced. i restore all the data and have problems: dns, mail, mysql, apache, basically everything that could go wrong. so i fix all the problems i could and in the end guess what...... still having a mysql problem. i get all pissy with them, they get it back up and running, and, of course, still have problems - all the usernames and passwords werent restored. so after a day of working to get them back....its finally up. so if you see any problems around the place, let me or powder know.

thanks for your patience, and sorry for the inconvenience.

Jfet Zener · Server Admin Joined: 19 Feb 2003 Posts: 3353

also, right now i know there are still problems - mysql keeps restarting. if you make it this far, youve realized just to refresh the page in the meantime.

ROOFCUTTER · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 2:46 pm Post subject:

Thank you Jfet and all who helped!

Heavy sigh of relief....

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Canadian Rifle · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:31 pm Post subject:

well i think i can speak for all of us, awesome job jfet and everyone else who helped, we r greatful, like there were problems and u fixed them and we were all thinking that the ville was going to be down for a while but its up again thanx to u !

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KillerRoofcutter · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:41 pm Post subject:

yay
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Stevo · Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:53 pm Post subject:

Wow I was getting a little worried. Thanks for getting it back up!

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rANCOR hUNTER · Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 7:39 pm Post subject:

/manhugJZ I understood about 4 words of what you said. I'm just happy we're back up and running!
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s.Squirrel · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 1:07 am Post subject:

WOW thanks jfet! That was a tough couple of days.
I think I actually had withdrawal.

Rebel_Rouser · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 7:47 am Post subject:

yay wtg Jfet, it is good to be back

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John Doe · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:14 am Post subject:

I love you Jfet, can I have your children!!!!!

Oh, wait.......

Its back ! Its back !!!

Yay !!!!!
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Ricen · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:23 am Post subject:

MunkeyEye · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:27 am Post subject:

thanks for all the hard work and time! See what spam does to the server cobra!

Hamese · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:28 am Post subject:

Thanks, I was thinking the Ville went bankrupt and they forclosed on the site

Thanks for working so hard to get it back up.
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Kahlan Amnell · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:36 am Post subject:

yay! WTG! I <3 my ville.

Missed my purple site

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DJ George · Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2005 8:54 am Post subject:

Good to see everything back up.

When the SQL restarts, is it giving any kind of error, or just plain restarting?
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