Server Down
Last night one of my servers went down, and yes, it helps host both my mail and hockeyfights.com. The server is being restored and I will have it back up sometime today. I’ve also ordered another, more beefy server to spread things out across and help prevent any further downtime after restoration. Theoretically not much should be lost (just some forum attachments). I’ll update as I can.
Update 10am: Since I’m being asked - when the server is put back up, I first have to re-setup everything: dns, email, web settings. The OS was corrupted and I’m using a different drive to put a fresh OS on, and then set it up again. The old primary drive is attached as a secondary, and I’ll be trying to save whatever I can from it. As I said above, theoretically there should be little lost, but it may take a bit to do.
Update 1225pm: New server is up and ready. I’ll be prepping it while waiting for the reload on the crashed machine.
Update 630pm: They’re working on restoring the crashed machine now.
Update 830pm: The crashed machine is up and running again. Time to get to work…
Update Sat 3am: Mail was restored a while ago. Things are slowly being pieced back together. ETA on hockeyfights.com being live again is sometime in the afternoon.
Update Sat 4pm: Still working on it. A couple of hours more should do the trick.
Update Sat 7pm: It’s back! Everything’s functional. There’s still work to do, but nothing related to downtime. Unfortunately, depending on your ISP, you might not be able to reach hockeyfights.com right away due to a DNS change. For some, it will be instantaneous, for others it might take up to a day.
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