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Admin

07-02-2007 21:39:35

well, friends, it's been a long road but we're finally here -- a fully dedicated box just for fipg. with any luck this will reduce the hassle of the forums for many years to come.

for those who are wondering, david spent a lot of time configuring the new box and getting the backups restored, as well as configuring mysql and apache2. i stepped in to help when i could, but he's the one that is deserving of your thanks -- it happens that he's asleep right now because i lucked out in beating the last problem that had us stuck.

so anyway, we're back home in fremont, ca, close to my house. here's what happened
1) server goes down, you see '401 forbidden'
this happened because apis networks, the former webhost, were moving servers from one datacenter to another.
2) server pops back up earlier today
this happened because the new servers were setup and running at the new datacenter
3) server goes down yet again
this happened because they realized just how much bandwidth and cpu time we were using and pulled the plug on our account
4) server comes back up
admin recompiles php for the 1000th time and hits the jackpot

EatChex89

07-02-2007 21:41:44

Well. It's good to be back.

Thanks for your time Admin, and dmorris and whoever the hell else was involved.

MyJobIsThis

07-02-2007 21:52:52

Gah Alot of the trades I set up earlyer are gone .....nooooo

hehehhehe

07-02-2007 22:31:12

Thank you so much for your hard work dmorris and admin!!!

x323smostwantedx

07-02-2007 22:47:41

Thanks David and Tyler!!!

David Beroff

08-02-2007 00:07:31

[quotec303108588="MyJobIsThis"]Gah Alot of the trades I set up earlyer are gone .....nooooo[/quotec303108588]

Yes, I am also seeing a bit of missing data. Thankfully, not a lot for me, (one or two emails, a few trade status changes), but it's clear that there was a gap between the "final" backup and restore.

theysayjump

08-02-2007 00:26:11

Damn dude this thing is blazing!

David and Tyler both deserve huge amounts of Paypal (or Cheese Nips, whichever they hold closer to their hearts) from everyone. At least give them karma.

CollidgeGraduit

08-02-2007 02:36:24

Thanks a million, Tyler and David. I enjoy moderating here, and I appreciate all the hard work you guys have done.

Shoot, I'm growing a vagina.

Anyways, thanks guys.

YourGiftsFree

08-02-2007 02:47:26

Thanks David and Tyler )

OldManWrigley

08-02-2007 02:51:30

FiPG is down for 2 days and my life falls apart...

Thanks for getting it up guys )

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CollidgeGraduit

08-02-2007 04:35:05

I'm guessing the missing data was between David/Tyler's last backup, and when the backups restored.. probably in the window between moving to the new datacenter and Apis pulling the plug on us. Bound to happen when you're getting bounced around like that.

dmorris68

08-02-2007 04:53:35

Thanks for the assist, Tyler. Glad to see we finally got a build of PHP that worked. Sorry I had to bail last night but I was loopy and not much help at that point anyway. Let's all thank Tyler for getting us this new box, which seems to be running great at the moment!

As soon as I have a moment to catch my breath, I'm going to start pitching in on those changes discussed in my last announcement, regarding donations and whatnot. Donations and ads will be more crucial to the forums going forward, because dedicated hosting is quite expensive.

[quoted097de2f88="CollidgeGraduit"]I'm guessing the missing data was between David/Tyler's last backup, and when the backups restored.. probably in the window between moving to the new datacenter and Apis pulling the plug on us. Bound to happen when you're getting bounced around like that.[/quoted097de2f88]
Exactly. I grabbed the latest database AFTER we went down the first time, so we had everything at that point. I wasn't even aware we had come back up on the new datacenter until Admin told me, so there was no way to grab that small window of new data before they shut us down again. Apis gave me access to the new datacenter box so I licouldli grab that data now if I wanted to, but then we'd lose this 10 pages of new posts since we came up on this new box, and I don't think you all want to lose data again. ;)

Veek

08-02-2007 07:26:27

Thanks David and Tyler. D

bballp6699

08-02-2007 07:32:14

[quote71eaeb5a7b="dmorris68"]As soon as I have a moment to catch my breath[/quote71eaeb5a7b]

There's no time for that nonsense. Get working you slacker!

wink

Good work guys, not that I need to tell you that...

NYUDiana

08-02-2007 09:34:35

[quote89822a2729="theysayjump"]Damn dude this thing is blazing!

David and Tyler both deserve huge amounts of Paypal (or [b89822a2729]Cheese Nips[/b89822a2729], whichever they hold closer to their hearts) from everyone. At least give them karma.[/quote89822a2729]

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^^

TFOAF

08-02-2007 09:36:04

Ahahahahahah. Yes. I love you all.

x323smostwantedx

08-02-2007 10:19:54

lolz, did u print that out?

dmorris68

08-02-2007 10:32:25

Yum.

/burp

Thanks Di! )

bballp6699

08-02-2007 10:33:35

We know you didn't burp off of cheese nips...

What else you got there drunky?

samz465

08-02-2007 10:47:48

[quote9c4c0aef08="CollidgeGraduit"]Thanks a million, Tyler and David. I enjoy moderating here, and I appreciate all the hard work you guys have done.

Shoot, I'm growing a vagina.

Anyways, thanks guys.[/quote9c4c0aef08]

how do you [u9c4c0aef08]grow[/u9c4c0aef08] a vagina?

wouldn't you just lose your...stuff?

dmorris68

08-02-2007 10:49:15

Eye 4m n0tt durnk. lihickli

dmorris68

08-02-2007 11:37:14

FYI I'm going to be tweaking the IP's and vhost settings on the web server at some time today (if not in the next few minutes, then perhaps later tonight). This may cause brief periods of downtime. Nothing will be lost like before, the site just might not be reachable for a bit as things get settled down. Do not panic.

gafdpc

08-02-2007 11:55:47

I was having problems accessing each individual subforum (I could get to the main page). Logging in fixed it. I logged out again to test and got the same problem.

dmorris68

08-02-2007 11:57:59

[quotee560209869="gafdpc"]I was having problems accessing each individual subforum (I could get to the main page). Logging in fixed it. I logged out again to test and got the same problem.[/quotee560209869]
Yeah, we're aware of it. Guest access is temporarily broken. Hope to have it fixed today sometime.

TFOAF

08-02-2007 12:01:16

Hey, I noticed something wrong with the time. I assume it's retrieving the time from the server, however, I have mine set to GMT -5, so right now it should say 416 PM, but instead it's showing 301 PM? LOL...wtf?

Admin

08-02-2007 13:33:20

ok really fixed now

TFOAF

08-02-2007 13:58:29

Yeah...It's fixed, except for me it's showing an hour behind, and this post is appearing above yours...lol. P

Admin

08-02-2007 14:17:24

yeah in a couple more hours everything will go back to making sense

CollidgeGraduit

08-02-2007 14:18:45

EDIT BUTTON PLZ

CollidgeGraduit

08-02-2007 14:19:15

Woah its not fixed yet

CollidgeGraduit

08-02-2007 14:19:54

my new posts are showing up above your latest one

YourGiftsFree

08-02-2007 14:21:01

[quotefa832d990a="Admin"]time should be fixed now[/quotefa832d990a]

Nice )

Edit Woah!

Admin

08-02-2007 14:31:45

time should be fixed now

Veek

08-02-2007 14:39:11

Testing..

Admin

08-02-2007 14:43:57

thanks veek, what would i do without dedicated testers like yourself

condra

08-02-2007 14:44:53

is it just me or the pages are longer?

Veek

08-02-2007 14:47:16

I don't know, but my mind can't seem to process such image.

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d11m

08-02-2007 14:54:28

Thanks +kMA

bballp6699

08-02-2007 15:40:11

[quote58678a05fd="Admin"]thanks veek, what would i do without dedicated testers like yourself[/quote58678a05fd]

lol

BD2006BD

08-02-2007 19:09:50

I just got sorry chum for a minute!

condra

08-02-2007 19:13:05

yeah, me 2...

so there are many ppl around i guess

David Beroff

08-02-2007 19:29:27

[quoteb5b6c1577f="dmorris68"][quoteb5b6c1577f="CollidgeGraduit"]I'm guessing the missing data was between David/Tyler's last backup, and when the backups restored.. probably in the window between moving to the new datacenter and Apis pulling the plug on us. Bound to happen when you're getting bounced around like that.[/quoteb5b6c1577f]
Exactly. I grabbed the latest database AFTER we went down the first time, so we had everything at that point. I wasn't even aware we had come back up on the new datacenter until Admin told me, so there was no way to grab that small window of new data before they shut us down again. Apis gave me access to the new datacenter box so I licouldli grab that data now if I wanted to, but then we'd lose this 10 pages of new posts since we came up on this new box, and I don't think you all want to lose data again. ;)[/quoteb5b6c1577f]

Right; you obviously couldn't simply go "back" without losing even more data, but perhaps some sort of "diff" could identify the missing data. Like I said, it wasn't a huge deal for me personally, but I'm seeing others who are having difficulty in reconstructing transactions, etc. Just a thought.

Admin

08-02-2007 22:57:53

david there would be intersecting keys for posts, PMs, threads, etc. merging them would be a manual process and not worth it at this point.

jonohull

09-02-2007 08:35:23

I have a bunch of PMs in my outbox, and some of them were sent during the period that data was lost I think. Would the other person not have gotten them? They're just sitting there taking up space.

johnjimjones

09-02-2007 08:36:00

looks good guys, nice job.

TFOAF

09-02-2007 09:51:15

litesting time againli........not working. P

condra

09-02-2007 13:55:44

oh good it came back....an error was on again the whole afternoon...
god i am REALLY addicted i suppose P

givmea1032

09-02-2007 15:16:23

I would still consider myself really really new. But you guys have really worked on fixing problems and making the freebie world go 'round. So thanks.

I'm still waiting for that paypal link to help out...

kala

09-02-2007 17:50:29

Hey dmorris,

Can you enable the email notification again plzzz D

holyvampire32

10-02-2007 14:06:02

Dam these forums are back up @_@ !$%!#$%^@#

These forms are like crack, i can't get enough of them. Lol I need the disease more then the cure D

Great work guys ^_^b

condra

11-02-2007 15:31:16

question so i try to request TR but each time i type a comment and press enter it gives me the message failure

anyone knows why?

dmorris68

11-02-2007 18:16:11

[quote2441e7338d="condra"]question so i try to request TR but each time i type a comment and press enter it gives me the message failure

anyone knows why?[/quote2441e7338d]
Which browser?

condra

11-02-2007 18:23:58

firefox. and it is solved, althou one of my ref still has trouble with it

dmorris68

11-02-2007 18:31:23

[quoted57071e713="condra"]firefox. and it is solved, althou one of my ref still has trouble with it[/quoted57071e713]
First I've heard of a non-IE7 problem with the Trade Module. What was your fix?

condra

11-02-2007 18:41:38

well the other trader didn't confirm it in the firt place, althou for me it showed confirmed...so after she confirmed it and requested TR i was able to do the same

however, there is still this problem i have X active threads and Y not confirmed, althou the confirmed # is not accurate (3 more than it should be)

does this take into account the hidden trades?