Ian
Site Administrator
Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
User status: Offline
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Got some problems resolving addresses for our logging purposes. Basically the CS server looks some stuff up before writing to the log so that when we read the log the information is better and we can do haxxor trace stuff quicker. That is causing me the most problem tonight for new member signups but you might notice it elsewhere. This one is out of my hands a bit, Tim is aware and assume will get on to first thing tomorrow.
In the mean time, everything else is normal. As some people have asked I'll answer it, we did have a power failure in the server rack which was resolved within 19 minutes of it happening. Did mean that we were down for about that long, the backup power system did keep the site alive for a bit but unfortunately the battery ran out before the power returned which means we had some down time plus a disk check when the server came back up. It came back up normal, all files and data are fine according to my best information.
Rest assured we are of course going to throw more money at the situation to ensure that we're not in the embarrasing position of 19 minutes downtime any time in the future. This brings our availability down to a shamefully low 99.9996% which as you will agree is not 100.
The other question on everyone elses lips is of course search which I'll be totally honest has taken a bit of a back seat. I'm being inspected in work next week and I've a best mans speech to write before Saturday so programming isn't top of the list at the moment. Rest assured when all that is out of the way it will be once again my number one reason to stay up all night.
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CorsAsh
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Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
User status: Offline
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Mike GSi
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Registered: 3rd Jan 07
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Drives:Astra VXR
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Timbaland
Banned
Registered: 20th Jan 07
Location: Glasgow
User status: Offline
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Fair enough.
You only human at the end of the day.
Good work
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CorsAsh
Member
Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
User status: Offline
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Well, almost human...
(Ian and Tim)
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Timbaland
Banned
Registered: 20th Jan 07
Location: Glasgow
User status: Offline
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mav
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
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sure it will all be
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VegasPhil
Premium Member
Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
User status: Online
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So good to us
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Eck
Premium Member
Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
User status: Offline
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I was worried when it went down Not used to cs crashing  But good to know it as been dealt with and its ok
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mav
Member
Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
User status: Offline
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It's like your life stops eh Eck
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VegasPhil
Premium Member
Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
User status: Online
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Felt like Mig 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Eck
Premium Member
Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
User status: Offline
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quote:
Originally posted by mav
It's like your life stops eh Eck
It does mate I literally spend most of my waking hours on here
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Lee Wilson
Member
Registered: 20th Feb 06
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: XE Corsa
User status: Offline
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mmmmm
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CorsAsh
Member
Registered: 19th Apr 02
Location: Munich
User status: Offline
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quote:
Originally posted by Eckmcmann
quote:
Originally posted by mav
It's like your life stops eh Eck
It does mate I literally spend most of my wanking hours on here
Well you've got to have a break from it sometime!
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mav
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Registered: 19th Jun 01
Location: Scotland
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19 mins is a long time when I was stuck at work
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Eck
Premium Member
Registered: 17th Apr 06
Location: Lundin Links, Fife
User status: Offline
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It was unbearable when I was sitting bored
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VegasPhil
Premium Member
Registered: 16th Jan 05
Location: Fareham, Hants Drives: Octavia VRS
User status: Online
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I was out at the time 
Corsa 2.0 16v Vegas - Sold
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Marc
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Registered: 11th Aug 02
Location: York
User status: Offline
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What a guy!
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Liam
Member
Registered: 19th Jan 06
Location: Stafford
User status: Offline
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quote:
Originally posted by Eckmcmann
It was unbearable when I was sitting bored
Same here, was trying to browse classifieds 
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andy1868
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Registered: 22nd Jun 06
Location: Burscough, Lancashire
User status: Offline
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i was fortunate enough not to have encountered the downtime, if i had i would have certainly have been in hospital now for a broken heart
seriously though Ian, most people on here know how much work you do for the site, theres no need to explain yourself as far as i can see. it was out of your hands, and its back up and running so its all laffin'
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JM_16v
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Registered: 17th Oct 05
Location: Essex Drives: GLC63S
User status: Offline
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Ash but
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Tim
Site Administrator
Registered: 21st Apr 00
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In all fairness I was quite impressed the datacentre handled the failure within minutes of it occurring. I was notified by SMS, but I can't say I was anywhere near a computer at the time!
I'm looking into 100% power/network SLAs, but the cost me be prohibitive and better spent elsewhere. They are upgrading some of the breakers/power distribution anyway so we may get a free 'upgrade'...
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davey_jack
Member
Registered: 28th Jan 06
Location: Horley, Surrey Drives: Clio 182
User status: Offline
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I dont pay anything towards being a member here and using the site, so I'm just thankful for what it is really, I think you guys do a great job of running it cheers!
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deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
User status: Offline
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God damn |"0\/\/3|2 |-|4><><0|25
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