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SoylentNews.org had a Site Crash and We're Back! (mostly)

posted by martyb on Friday May 21 2021, @12:25AM   Printer-friendly

As many of you noticed, we had a site crash today. From around 1300 until 2200 UTC (2021-05-20).

A HUGE thank you goes to mechanicjay who spent the whole time trying to get our ndb (cluster) working again. It's an uncommon configuration, which made recovery especially challenging... there's just not a lot of documentation about it on the web.

I reached out and got hold of The Mighty Buzzard on the phone. Then put him in touch with mechanicjay who got us back up and running using backups.

Unfortunately, we had to go way back until April 14 to get a working backup. (I don't know all the details, but it appears something went sideways on neon).

We're all wiped out right now. When we have rested and had a chance to discuss things, we'll post an update.

In the meantime, please join me in thanking mechanicjay and TMB for all they did to get us up and running again!

 
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  • (Score: 1) by Sulla on Friday May 21 2021, @05:49PM (1 child)

    by Sulla (5173) on Friday May 21 2021, @05:49PM (#1137598) Journal

    You seem to forget.

    That which has no record of death may eternal lurk, and in strange eons, even buzzards may fly.

    --
    Ceterum censeo Sinae esse delendam

  • (Score: 2) by Reziac on Saturday May 22 2021, @02:36AM

    by Reziac (2489) on Saturday May 22 2021, @02:36AM (#1137671) Homepage

    Death shall not release you...

    --
    And there is no Alkibiades to come back and save us from ourselves.