Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19286
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jan 29 2013 05:47 PM
We crashed for a few hours today. In an almost repeat performance from last November we lost 1 of our 2 disks. Expect more outages over the near term until tech support can get me a new disk and I configure it.
Btw this is a good time to mention that the operating system on the server is reaching end of support and I should upgrade it. Rather than take the whole site down and fool around for what could be many hours to days, I'll probably rent a second sever so I can take my time and get it setup just like this one. Then we'll switch over to the new one. We did this a few years ago. So thanks for your donations, I'll be able to rent a 2nd server for a month or two during the transition.
— Site dude - S3 Agent #202
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19286
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 10:01 AM
Wow that was fun. Hooray for keystone cops style server hosting and miscommunications!
We are limping along again on 1 drive. I need to rebuild the RAID, so expect a few more outages after I get home from work.
— Site dude - S3 Agent #202
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 10:21 AM
Welcome back you(SG101) magnificent bastard!
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JONPAUL
Joined: Apr 29, 2010
Posts: 2468
Venice, CA
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 10:52 AM
AHHHHHH!!! It's like trying to live without food and water!!! 
Sorry you're having to deal with all this, Brian.
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IvanP
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 10331
southern Michigan
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 11:29 AM
There has been an alarmingly large hole in my life in these past 24 hours. Does that mean I really should get a life??? I do enjoy the one I have right now, though, even if it's possibly excessively tied to this particular website.... 
— Ivan
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derekirving
Joined: Nov 03, 2011
Posts: 660
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 12:04 PM
ugh I work in the IT industry, and I'm too aware of hard disk failures. Thankfully RAID is helpful in these circumstances.
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JakeDobner
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 12159
Seattle
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 02:25 PM
IvanP wrote:
There has been an alarmingly large hole in my life in these past 24 hours. Does that mean I really should get a life??? I do enjoy the one I have right now, though, even if it's possibly excessively tied to this particular website....
I know! I found myself checking the page a lot to see if it was back up.
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Surf_Skater
Joined: Sep 06, 2012
Posts: 1300
Lawrenceville , GA
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 02:31 PM
And I had thought it was my lousy work computer !
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togergo
Joined: Jan 23, 2012
Posts: 282
Budapest
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 02:34 PM
servers rule the world
— original compositions (low-level demo stuff /out of tune, etc) myStuff not my best, but i don't like to be in a musician community without anything to show
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killbabykill34
Joined: Apr 03, 2010
Posts: 3201
Jacksonville, AL
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 02:37 PM
Yes, the outage was a gleaming eye opener to me that this site occupies entirely too much of my social time.
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EJ
Joined: May 05, 2012
Posts: 351
Virginia Beach
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 02:38 PM
I thought It was my I phone or bad router at home too .I didn't stay up as late last night though  You are not alone Ivan . Thanks for all the great work Brian !
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PrestonRice
Joined: Oct 05, 2012
Posts: 1725
Austin, Texas
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 04:12 PM
JakeDobner wrote:
IvanP wrote:
There has been an alarmingly large hole in my life in these past 24 hours. Does that mean I really should get a life??? I do enjoy the one I have right now, though, even if it's possibly excessively tied to this particular website....
I know! I found myself checking the page a lot to see if it was back up.
Ah. Many of you got messages elsewhere from an overly attached no-lifer. That was fun, I thought perhaps the site was deleted or something along those lines.
I was up past 1:00 on a school night checking the site and contacting forum members. I should take a step back and focus more on my health, education, and mental well being...
But why would I want to do that.
— IMO.
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josheboy
Joined: Mar 13, 2009
Posts: 2365
Twin Cities, MN
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 04:16 PM
The old saying rings true: You never truly know what you have until its gone.
No SG101 lead to some serious withdrawals! I spent the evening offline. OH THE HORROR!!!
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11053
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 05:28 PM
That was fixed way faster than I expected. A testament to the genius running this place no doubt. It went down right as I was going to post a little account of the Tmen tour in SoCal, so I had to sit on it until just now. It's true what everyone says, it's hard not to have SG101 around.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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Brian
Joined: Feb 25, 2006
Posts: 19286
Des Moines, Iowa, USA
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 07:12 PM
Thanks for the support. It was pretty stressful for me and I didn't sleep very well last night.
I'm happy to report the disk maintenance is over and hopefully we are good to go for (at least!!) another year.
The best way to receive updates when things like this happen is to bookmark the SG101 Twitter Feed. I don't tweet that often, so if you are a Twitter user, you can have it text you when I tweet.
— Site dude - S3 Agent #202
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morphball
Joined: Dec 23, 2008
Posts: 3324
Pittsboro, NC
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 07:21 PM
WOW, quick work! Thanks Brian!!!
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bigtikidude
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 25560
Anaheim(So.Cal.)U.S.A.
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Posted on Jan 30 2013 07:37 PM
good thing I don't sit on a computer all day for work,
and constantly check in on the site.
Lately I probably get on 1 to 3 times a week.
— Jeff(bigtikidude)
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