Bonaparte Posted December 19, 2012 A few words on what happened and the way forward: During the night from 17-18 the provider did maintenance on our server. Due to a server reboot part of our database got corrupted. We did not do a full restore from our (daily) backup this time, but only restored the damaged tables (the main one being the members table). So no posts have been lost! Of course we have to take measures to make us more safe from database corruption and that'll be the next step. This will require a number of changes on the server which will be done during a planned maintenance window. We'll inform you in advance when this will happen (as the site will be offline during this window). I want to say a big thank you to Ace for his time working on these issues. He was the one fixing the database (preventing loss of posts) and is in charge of the way forward for preventing this. Without Ace the future of EB would be rather uncertain. Thank you Ace!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hrontos Posted December 19, 2012 Thank you for doing a good job. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kai NRG Posted December 19, 2012 Thanks so much! Hope all goes well with the further mantinence! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ace Posted December 19, 2012 My personal goal for EB server in 2013 is 99+% uptime and no dataloss Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alasdair Ryan Posted December 19, 2012 Well done all the admins. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MstrOfPppts Posted December 19, 2012 Phew! I thought the world already ended wherever the servers are located ... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kez Posted December 19, 2012 Hallelujah it's back up Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
moschino Posted December 19, 2012 Phew! I thought the world already ended wherever the servers are located ... Yeah... this is just the beginning. 21.12.2012 is coming. A few words on what happened and the way forward: During the night from 17-18 the provider did maintenance on our server. Due to a server reboot part of our database got corrupted. We did not do a full restore from our (daily) backup this time, but only restored the damaged tables (the main one being the members table). So no posts have been lost! Of course we have to take measures to make us more safe from database corruption and that'll be the next step. This will require a number of changes on the server which will be done during a planned maintenance window. We'll inform you in advance when this will happen (as the site will be offline during this window). I want to say a big thank you to Ace for his time working on these issues. He was the one fixing the database (preventing loss of posts) and is in charge of the way forward for preventing this. Without Ace the future of EB would be rather uncertain. Thank you Ace!!! EB Staff may want to move the Server somewhere else. So far, before last move there weren't so many problems as were during the past two months. However, until few weeks ago I wasn't as active as I'm now, so I might be wrong. But so far, forums doesn't use to have so many problems with their database so I assume there's a problem where EB is hosted. For a moment I thought our RvB will never occur due to EB Server issues. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
meyerc13 Posted December 19, 2012 Thank you Ace for getting the site back up! I too work in IT and know what it's like to be under pressure with a system down, and also know how messed up a system can get when the database has issues. Glad to see someone with experience devoting the time to get things right. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Player Nº1 Posted December 19, 2012 Thanks!! I was worried about EB. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyC Posted December 19, 2012 A big hurrah to all the admins and their efforts to get everything back and running asap. Let's hope going forwards that EB can return to a rather more reliable state than it has been of late. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wedge09 Posted December 19, 2012 Thank you a lot EB Staff for makng this great job :thumbup: . Wenn I see the advise "Eurobricks is under maintenance" I say "Oh my god, not again. " Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kieran Posted December 19, 2012 fantastic news, well done from a fellow IT guy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jim Posted December 19, 2012 Great work guys! I know these things can be a pain in the behind Keep up the good work Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JimBee Posted December 19, 2012 Thanks so much to the staff and Ace for handling this problem quickly!! :D Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Masked Builder Posted December 19, 2012 Thanks guys! I'm glad we didn't lose any posts. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Strikeman Posted December 19, 2012 Bonaparte, are you certain that you want to stick with your current provider ? Because I honestly don't see much going for this provider; they've f****d up twice already (or is is three times) and that's just getting silly now. I have no idea about the bandwidth requirements for EB or the processing power needed, but I could be able to help out if it is needed. Anyway, ace did a good job getting things back online without loss of data, but the goal should be to have no (or as little as possible) downtime/corrupt database at all !! Feel free to contact me if or when there are any problems again and none of the other guys can be reached. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
herrJJ Posted December 19, 2012 Thanks to you all. Good work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
eurotrash Posted December 19, 2012 Thank you to everyone who worked to restore the service. Now the end of the world can be MOCed and shared! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brickdoctor Posted December 19, 2012 Thanks and nice work, Ace and EB Staff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alasdair Ryan Posted December 19, 2012 (edited) This man/boy/guy looks more like Harry-potter to me........ Edited December 19, 2012 by Alasdair Ryan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Captain Blackmoor Posted December 19, 2012 Well done Ace and other staff members. Great work and a big thank you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CMP Posted December 19, 2012 Thanks, Ace and staff. Just goes to show EB is unstoppable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Legonardo Posted December 19, 2012 thanks for the speedy getback! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TimH Posted December 20, 2012 Thankyou to everyone that helped get EB's back up and running. :thumbup: Share this post Link to post Share on other sites