Database Failure

dwessell · 01-21-2008, 04:15 PM

Well guys.. The sites back up.. However, the DB failed and the last good backup was from October 2007..

So we've lost some posts, and anyone that registered in that time will need to re-register (sorry)..

With that being said, we're taking steps to make sure it doesn't happen again.. We'll be doing dual backups from now on..

So we've got a lot of posting to catch up on.. Better get started

P.S. Just tell your wives your busy helping up repopulate the forums...

Thanks
David (Send Whiskey)

Kees · 01-21-2008, 04:22 PM

Congratulations with getting SRP back in the air again.
I am quite sure most of us don't mind filling the gap of lost posts and threads!

Just consider it an early spring cleaning!

bj64 · 01-21-2008, 04:49 PM

such is life
Brian

Steelforge · 01-21-2008, 04:50 PM

Thanks for the update David, and well done to you and anyone else who was involved in getting the site back up and running.

Mike54 · 01-21-2008, 04:53 PM

I'm happy to see everything is up and running. A couple of broken images here and there, but that's small stuff at this point.

David, if you're interested, I can steer you to a script that will create back-ups via a cron job. Let me know if I can help you out.

dwessell · 01-21-2008, 05:02 PM

Hi Mike..

Thanks for the offer, but I've got one.. Gonna start using it tonight

Thanks
David

Padron · 01-21-2008, 05:06 PM

Great work getting the site back up!!

Surprising that there wasn't a good backup between now and Oct...too bad as it seems a lot of good info will be lost.

Looks like some of are PM's were lost as well

Great Job again

The Topher · 01-21-2008, 05:10 PM

Well congrats on getting it back up. I was wondering if there is a way to reset our post count? I am asking cause I was about to hit 500 and now look at me. I'm listed as a noob again.

I think I will stick with the different name though. I will just have to get people used to it.

Padron · 01-21-2008, 05:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Topher

Well congrats on getting it back up. I was wondering if there is a way to reset our post count? I am asking cause I was about to hit 500 and now look at me. I'm listed as a noob again.

I think I will stick with the different name though. I will just have to get people used to it.

I lost about 300 posts as well, at least your not alone...

Dang... Isaac lost over 500 posts...

The Topher · 01-21-2008, 05:37 PM

Yeah true. But at least you didn't lose all of them. I was gunning for 1500 before my 1 year aniversary. Now I gotta work 50% harder and you have to read 50% more !!!!

Padron · 01-21-2008, 05:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Topher

Yeah true. But at least you didn't lose all of them. I was gunning for 1500 before my 1 year aniversary. Now I gotta work 50% harder and you have to read 50% more !!!!

LOL, dang bro..that sucks...You better get busy

The Topher · 01-21-2008, 05:43 PM

Yep and I am going to do it all in this thread!!!!

At least I got my avatar back up. I like my samuraii monkey! I wanna go see a monkey knife fight bet that guy would kick butt. Wait... Shoot half the usernames on my email list are not gonna exist let alone the people who wanted pm's as their notice. And I have near 100 people on that list. Oh that is gonna be fun.

Quick Orange · 01-21-2008, 05:52 PM

Thanks for your hard work David. I'm sure we'll get along just fine, though I think I'll miss some of the honing discussions that happened.

Lynn · 01-21-2008, 05:54 PM

David,

You da man!!!!!!

This place rocks because of you and Joe and the Mods and the great members. We'll be cookin' without any question in my mind.

Thank you and than you to all our great supporters.

Lynn

IsaacRN · 01-21-2008, 05:55 PM

Im just glad the site is up and running. I was having withdrawls

Amyn · 01-21-2008, 05:56 PM

It is good to finally get the site back up.. good job

did the server crash due to a hacker attack or just randomly?

Is the server windows based or unix based.
Generally windows based servers are far more unstable. Microsoft (i.e. A virus) cannot develop a decent OS.

Surprised that there is no backup until going back to Oct, that stinks but we just have to suck it up and get posting

Milton Man · 01-21-2008, 06:01 PM

+1 on what Lynn said - thank you to all the mods and admins who got SRP back up and running!

Like IsaacRN, I was having withdrawl symptoms! Cold sweats, shaky hands....

Mark

nickyspaghetti · 01-21-2008, 06:19 PM

Withdrawal here too! Thanks for getting it back on so quick.
I lost 1 3rd of my posts - I was quite busy in the last couple of months! At least I will get my 300th and 400th posts twice!
It's

nickyspaghetti · 01-21-2008, 06:19 PM

Withdrawal here too! Thanks for getting it back on so quick.
I lost 1 3rd of my posts - I was quite busy in the last couple of months! At least I will get my 300th and 400th posts twice!
It's a good job I checked some info on here on saturday when I placed an order as the post has disappeared now!

syslight · 01-21-2008, 06:26 PM

well it made for a long and full chat on Sunday night at least!

congrats on the restart... i had started reading the archives to cope with the withdrawal