We had pretty bad disk failiure :(

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  • wiZd0m
    Confirmed User
    • Feb 2001
    • 1526
    #1

    We had pretty bad disk failiure :(

    Yesterday, we had a prety bad disk failiure that corrupted the /web partition containing the user accounts. This is why you see apache default page.

    We are working on getting the file system restored, with all the accounts back up and resume operations as soon as possible.

    Thank you for your understanding.

    David
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    • Bake
      Confirmed User
      • Jan 2001
      • 5918
      #2
      Im sure your working on it 24/7 and will have your great service back up asap, Your not alone this week thats for sure.
      This week has shown us how quickly shit happens.and how quickly people will turn on you.
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        • Rodent
          Confirmed User
          • Mar 2001
          • 1462
          #3
          Everyones shit hits the fan sometime or another no matter what safeguards you have in place. Ive had a similar thing happen and the mirrored raid drive got corrupted also. One big mess that was for sure Im sure you guys will have everything back up soon.

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            • X37375787
              #4
              David - sorry that I was that pissed last night, I've just had a couple of stressful days and that situation really blew my brains out

              I talked to Tim and he explained everything to me in detail. I am sorry that your FAT blew up - I am sure you'll have everything up and running soon enough.

              I'll be gone from tomorrow til the 12th, so I'll talk to you as soon as I get back.

              ~ Vladi

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                • oscer
                  Confirmed User
                  • Jan 2001
                  • 2834
                  #5
                  David

                  if your gonna be in the freehosting industry man you may want to invest in Raid

                  this way it will automatically Back up your Site on a identical drive and if one drive goes down it switches over to the good drive automatically

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                    • kush
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                      • Feb 2001
                      • 3382
                      #6
                      I know David's taking some big precautions and backups this time around... Sucks what happened but he's on it like flies on shit.

                      Good luck with it Wizd0m.

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                        • RK
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                          • Aug 2001
                          • 868
                          #7
                          Originally posted by oscer:
                          this way it will automatically Back up your Site on a identical drive and if one drive goes down it switches over to the good drive automatically

                          This is a common mistake. A RAID system is not a backup, it's a mirror.
                          RAID is designed to protect against hardware failures and provide better performance but if there is a problem with the FAT (due to a bug or a virus or something else) it will effect the entire RAID array since Drive B will be a mirror of a bad Drive A.

                          RAID or no RAID, regualr back ups should be done.


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                            • oscer
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                              • Jan 2001
                              • 2834
                              #8
                              Yes i know it just makes the servers more dependable and i was trying to help himn out giving him pointers

                              Wish you all the luck with the Servers David

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                                • Nysus
                                  Confirmed User
                                  • Aug 2001
                                  • 7817
                                  #9
                                  Originally posted by RK:

                                  This is a common mistake. A RAID system is not a backup, it's a mirror.
                                  RAID is designed to protect against hardware failures and provide better performance but if there is a problem with the FAT (due to a bug or a virus or something else) it will effect the entire RAID array since Drive B will be a mirror of a bad Drive A.

                                  RAID or no RAID, regualr back ups should be done.

                                  If it was simply a bad disk error as wizdom said then having RAID 1 setup even as a mirror would work well. Disk corrupts, computer shuts down, reboots using other HDD, then just stick another HDD, it gets mirrored and you're set again. Of course if it is from something malicious then there are more likely problems, but they are less likely to happen than failures -- depending on who and how many people you piss off.

                                  OH, I should add the server of mine which will be up Monday ready for hosting has RAID 1 configuration. (www.nysus.com)

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                                  [This message has been edited by Nysus (edited 09-01-2001).]
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