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madthumbs · 08-09-2004, 05:06 PM

Hey guys .. I've looked a bit but cant find any good info on whats up with TCG.

I asked Laura, she told me they would be back up tommorow, and that they went down at 6:00PM Sunday evening.

Quote:

this is what the owner JB posted on teh boards:
Well I guess its Murphys law,, we had 2 harddrives fail
on our Netapp. We had one spare we keep in stock at
all times just for this problem. That means we had one
but not 2 and guess what the other drive from Net app is
on its way as we speak via air freight. I can anticipate we
will be up as soon as possible.

As I said earlier,, ALL webmasters will be paid for average
joins plus 10%. We know you work hard for delivering
traffic to TCG and I am as upset as you are. Think I am
working on 2 hours sleep but who cares. It will be up and
every webmaster will be paid for traffic during this downtime.

Ok anyhow ... Between 6:00Pm yesterday, and 8:00pm today .. thats over 24 hours of down time due to drives.

I've had drives, memory, mother boards .. you name it .. go bad at the most random times ...

You can ALWAYS get backups quicker than 24 hours ... and if nothing else you can get new servers or some shit to at least let traffic flow, not lose retention .. or what the fuck ever ...

Anyhow .. Just thinking that this HAS to be more than just 2x HDD failure.

Any input?

Thanks,
Mike

08-09-2004, 05:08 PM

Very good point Mike, a hardware failure can be fixed within a few hours, probably some other shit hit the fan and we don't know about it.

JSA Matt · 08-09-2004, 05:09 PM

I can get stuff from Newegg faster than that, LOL

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08-09-2004, 05:14 PM

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Originally posted by JSA Matt
I can get stuff from Newegg faster than that, LOL

NewEgg rocks

SpeakEasy · 08-09-2004, 05:17 PM

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Originally posted by madthumbs
Hey guys .. I've looked a bit but cant find any good info on whats up with TCG.

I asked Laura, she told me they would be back up tommorow, and that they went down at 6:00PM Sunday evening.

Ok anyhow ... Between 6:00Pm yesterday, and 8:00pm today .. thats over 24 hours of down time due to drives.

I've had drives, memory, mother boards .. you name it .. go bad at the most random times ...

You can ALWAYS get backups quicker than 24 hours ... and if nothing else you can get new servers or some shit to at least let traffic flow, not lose retention .. or what the fuck ever ...

Anyhow .. Just thinking that this HAS to be more than just 2x HDD failure.

Any input?

Thanks,
Mike

I agree with you MadThumbs. Who is there host?? I mean 24 hour downtime isn't really excusable.

madthumbs · 08-09-2004, 05:20 PM

Yea I know about the 10%, and thats fine and dandy. I know I'm gonna get my money every day ...

What I'm wondering is if there is something else going on behind the scenes other than this 2 HDD failure deal. It's just obvious to me that 2 hard drives can be replaced a little quicker than this.

Oh well.

WiredGuy · 08-09-2004, 05:34 PM

Not sure about the hardware side of things and to be honest, its not really my concern. Whatever happened, just bring it back soon and I'll be a happy camper.

WG

JSA Matt · 08-09-2004, 05:36 PM

Who is the genius that designed their network to completely fail by losing a HDD or two?

SpeakEasy · 08-09-2004, 05:41 PM

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Originally posted by JSA Matt
Who is the genius that designed their network to completely fail by losing a HDD or two?

That's why I asked above, Who they host with, because either this 2 Hard drive gone bad senerio is bull, and the problem is much larger then this, or their host simply sucks.

bigjb · 08-09-2004, 05:47 PM

Guys trust me I am not making up stuff.. It was Network Appliance machine thats about $60k.. It has 36 drives and
all the data is mirroed across the drives. It is very unusual
that 2 drives go bad at same time with a machine like this.

We run cachefs on the tour servers but still has to call
the Net App box and in my wildest dreams did I ever
imagine 2 drives would go bad. Heck we even keep a spare
drive in stock for this exact reason. But it is not the type
of drive you can get at comp USA. Believe me I am sick
to my stomach about this down time and highly frustrated.

We are working as fast as we can and will be implementing
another round of redundancy to be pro active in the future.

We host with cavecreek and there is no other agenda or
issues than what I discussed. Ron C is a good friend of mine
and Ian at cavecreek knows about the problem but there is
not a darn thing they can do until we get the drive here installed
and tested.

I wish there was more I could tell you,, like I said before if
its any consolation ALL webmasters will be paid plus 10%
so Mike even though it sucks big time that we are down you will get more money on your next check.

BVF · 08-09-2004, 05:48 PM

Just did a whois on them...I had no idea that they were based in Curacao

08-09-2004, 05:34 PM	#8
WiredGuy Pounding Googlebot Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Canada Posts: 34,482	Not sure about the hardware side of things and to be honest, its not really my concern. Whatever happened, just bring it back soon and I'll be a happy camper. WG __________________ I play with Google.

08-09-2004, 05:47 PM	#11
bigjb Confirmed User Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Florida Posts: 181	Guys trust me I am not making up stuff.. It was Network Appliance machine thats about $60k.. It has 36 drives and all the data is mirroed across the drives. It is very unusual that 2 drives go bad at same time with a machine like this. We run cachefs on the tour servers but still has to call the Net App box and in my wildest dreams did I ever imagine 2 drives would go bad. Heck we even keep a spare drive in stock for this exact reason. But it is not the type of drive you can get at comp USA. Believe me I am sick to my stomach about this down time and highly frustrated. We are working as fast as we can and will be implementing another round of redundancy to be pro active in the future. We host with cavecreek and there is no other agenda or issues than what I discussed. Ron C is a good friend of mine and Ian at cavecreek knows about the problem but there is not a darn thing they can do until we get the drive here installed and tested. I wish there was more I could tell you,, like I said before if its any consolation ALL webmasters will be paid plus 10% so Mike even though it sucks big time that we are down you will get more money on your next check. __________________ Big JB

08-09-2004, 05:48 PM	#12
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08-09-2004, 05:08 PM	#2
X37375787 Guest Posts: n/a	Very good point Mike, a hardware failure can be fixed within a few hours, probably some other shit hit the fan and we don't know about it.

08-09-2004, 05:09 PM	#3
JSA Matt So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,464	I can get stuff from Newegg faster than that, LOL

08-09-2004, 05:20 PM	#7
madthumbs Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Lexington, KY Posts: 339	Yea I know about the 10%, and thats fine and dandy. I know I'm gonna get my money every day ... What I'm wondering is if there is something else going on behind the scenes other than this 2 HDD failure deal. It's just obvious to me that 2 hard drives can be replaced a little quicker than this. Oh well.

08-09-2004, 05:36 PM	#9
JSA Matt So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 5,464	Who is the genius that designed their network to completely fail by losing a HDD or two?