What was the Issue? (extended downtime)

[Brother Shatterstone]

I might not have noticed but I was working last night and I must admit that was the longest I've seen the board being down. Was it that virus that’s been running wild the last day or two?

If you don’t want to or can’t tell us I understand.

 

[Piratecat]

Cyberstreet itself was down for most of the night, I believe. When they finally went back up, we didn't. Thomas Heretic tried to telnet in this morning and got nothing; he concluded that the machine was physically off or disconnected from the network.

Shortly after that, we came back online.

If I was going to guess, i'd guess that cyberstreet got hammered by the virus and we were a casualty. That's just an assumption, though, and could easily be mistaken.

Hey, did i mention that the process of getting a new server is in the works?

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

I thought we got rid of cyberstreet entirely but I guess it was just the URL.

I wouldn't be surprised if it did though… Most of the Internet was all FUBAR’d last night and that made for a rather long night.


Congratulations on 7500.

 

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Hey, did i mention that the process of getting a new server is in the works?

Cool!

 

[Buttercup]

Most of the Internet was all FUBAR’d last night and that made for a rather long night.

And naturally it happened on a night when I couldn't sleep and wanted EN World to keep me company. I had to be satisfied with sprawling on the couch reading D20 stuff while the dog laid on me, snorring.

 

[MerakSpielman]

Hey, did i mention that the process of getting a new server is in the works?

Oh, happy day!

Er, so how far in the works is it? Is Morrus skimming catalogues, or is the sucker in the mail already? Or is it already arrived and having software loaded? Exactly what do you mean by "in the works"????

 

[Len]

Fortunately, there's a team of crack professionals working on the problem. See:

the boards are slow even when turned off!

 

[Brother Shatterstone]

When we get the new server up and running are we still going to be dependent upon Cyberstreet?

 

[BrooklynKnight]

Fortunately, there's a team of crack professionals working on the problem. See:

I'm disgusted. We Enworlders shouldnt have to go to nutkinland to get info on why enworld is down. Its a vile and disgusting place and Erics Grandma has no hold there!

Innocent Enworlders should not be exposed to that place.

Might I suggest using the Enworld Live Journal Community to post news updates when the site is down?

Thus everyone can get the news in a nice docile enviroment.

 

[BrooklynKnight]

When we get the new server up and running are we still going to be dependent upon Cyberstreet?

They still need to purchase bandwith.

The way hosting works is that you can buy hosting/bandwith on someones machine/server. Usually you share machines with others...this includes ram and processer speed for database lookups and so forth.

When buying your own server you typically buy one from a hosting company and they host the site on your unique machine. Now you're no longer paying for space on a machine, you're paying for bandwith and maintinence only.

I think.

The server will still prolly be hosted "at" cyberstreet physically. It least thats how I understand the whole thing to work. I could be wrong.

Alternativly Morrus can get a T1 line thats used solely for Enworld and host it himself, but thats even more expensive (in the short run) and time consuming.