Why was the site down today?
- Thread starter CougTek
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Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
ddrueding
Fixture
Sweet. Thanks for the update.
I kind of assume that when the drive had file system errors several days back that it was an indication of problems to come. They backup data daily (as do I on my own) but you never know when the system might go down. I still feel like SF is a bit poky in performance.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
No, the server we're on has never had RAID 1.
Also, the HTTP failed this morning and I had to ask them to restart it (they didn't say why it died). I've also put in a ticket to be transfered off this server and onto one of their new ones. The new systems are the Core 2 Duo's and actually do have RAID 1 configured. I'll let you know what happens when I hear back from them.
Also, the HTTP failed this morning and I had to ask them to restart it (they didn't say why it died). I've also put in a ticket to be transfered off this server and onto one of their new ones. The new systems are the Core 2 Duo's and actually do have RAID 1 configured. I'll let you know what happens when I hear back from them.
time
Storage? I am Storage!
Site's been very, very close to unusable for me. Just waited an hour or so before I could even load a page.
Must be a lot of failing disk drives ...
Must be a lot of failing disk drives ...
timwhit
Hairy Aussie
Maybe it's time to switch to Dreamhost, or some other provider? I would be willing to kick in money to host the site and I bet a lot of other regulars would also be willing. But, it is still Doug that has to do the work of moving everything, so it is ultimately up to him.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Go Daddy! ;-)
I'll be avoiding them. During many of my searches today, many separate sites said to avoid them as a hosting service.
I know, I'm seeing it. I've complained twice so far today and they're telling me the page loads fine. Just a few minutes ago apache died again. I really am looking for a new host. There are literally hundreds to read through and EVERYONE has an opinion.
ddrueding
Fixture
Pulling a late night to move the server? That is dedication 
What's the status?
What's the status?
I want to bash some heads. Sorry about the downtime. :bibber:
Apparently they moved everyone else last night and since we moved a few weeks ago, they copied the DNS information again and overwrote ours. They sent us back to the old server for a short period of time, that's why you saw the old message that we were moving servers. nothing was lost, but they screwed up.
I finally closed on my house and I'm looking for a new place...hopefully I'll be able to get us into a new situation sooner than later.
Apparently they moved everyone else last night and since we moved a few weeks ago, they copied the DNS information again and overwrote ours. They sent us back to the old server for a short period of time, that's why you saw the old message that we were moving servers. nothing was lost, but they screwed up.
I finally closed on my house and I'm looking for a new place...hopefully I'll be able to get us into a new situation sooner than later.
ddrueding
Fixture
Dude, you've got plenty of stuff going on. Don't sweat it.
Stereodude
Not really a
I think it was. I couldn't get to it either.
ddrueding
Fixture
I tried once and it was down. An hour later it was back. Dunno.
Bozo
Storage? I am Storage!
For the last two days the site has been agonizingly slow to load.
Anybody else having any problems?
Also, the smilely faces keep changing in the window to the right of the reply window, each time I open the reply page. Strange.
Bozo :joker:
Anybody else having any problems?
Also, the smilely faces keep changing in the window to the right of the reply window, each time I open the reply page. Strange.
Bozo :joker:
Fushigi
Storage Is My Life
Very slow.
ddrueding
Fixture
Wow. 50 hours is one hell of a backup.
CougTek
Hairy Aussie
Read thread title, apply today. I'm starting to wish Doug doesn't like Utah too much ;-)
I like Utah a lot. I'll be sad when I have to leave. I've been traveling through Vegas, Arizona, and now I'm in Utah working my way back to Vegas. We've put 1600 miles on the rental so far. It has had a rough ride with us taking onto several questionable dirt roads.
Anyway, the site was down due to a power plant failure which provides the power to our host which is in Colo4 in Texas. I guess they didn't have generators or other forms of backup. Lots of knownhost customers were down with us during this time.
Anyway, the site was down due to a power plant failure which provides the power to our host which is in Colo4 in Texas. I guess they didn't have generators or other forms of backup. Lots of knownhost customers were down with us during this time.
I did not know you visited Utah every year. I've been here once before back in 2006 and saw only a little of Monument Valley.
This time I'm happy to say that I've made use of the seasonal national park pass and it's covered the cost ($80). We've visited so many parks throughout southern Utah. I'm currently on my way to Zion national park.
Also, crowded you say? I can see some humor in that considering how few people are in this area. :-D. It has been crowded with wild animals.
This time I'm happy to say that I've made use of the seasonal national park pass and it's covered the cost ($80). We've visited so many parks throughout southern Utah. I'm currently on my way to Zion national park.
Also, crowded you say? I can see some humor in that considering how few people are in this area. :-D. It has been crowded with wild animals.
Well I don't mean the whole state of Utah and neighboring states, but some of the parks can be relatively crowded compared to May and September for example. It's not like Yellowstone or places like that in peak season. Of course the places that require a 4x4 see less traffic and some of the national monuments and BLM land have very few visitors.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
What the hell kind of datacenter doesn't have backup generators?
You and 40+ other people I read in the hosting company's support forums asked the same thing. They didn't get feedback as to why there was no APC or generators that supported the place during the outage.
sdbardwick
Storage is cool
Especially considering their front page touts their power arrangements:
If anyone is interested here are the sequence of events that occured throughout the day causing the downtime.
https://accounts.colo4.com/status/
https://accounts.colo4.com/status/