Author Topic: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central  (Read 8393 times)

Online Chris Bergin

Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« on: 09/03/2014 06:48 am »
So the one night I go to bed early due to a cold and I get up to "site's down" e-mails. Beats any need for a morning coffee, I can tell you!  :o

This was a very annoying and unfortunate incident where the servers were up, but the public IP accesses had failed at the host - whatever that means. Mark sorted it out.

Huge apologies for that. We've had a really good run of the site being up and through SpaceX launches (with some mitigation) etc. Then that happens.

Amazed the host didn't pro-actively sort it out the second it happened. Got an automated e-mail about it, but we had to personally do something. Hmmm!

Have to go to work. Watched the site for the last 15 mins and looks fine and Mark says it's fine now. Will keep watching it from work like an overly concerned father.

Chris.
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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #1 on: 09/03/2014 06:56 am »
Congrats to Server Admin, I fell asleep yesterday CST and woke up and seen the site was down I was like oh no, CCtCap was awarded and I didn't know about it : :-\ Well I hope this reset allows you guys to handle CCtCap, AsaiaSat-6 Launch, Soyuz Return and Dragon SPX-4 Looking forward to whats a head!

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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #2 on: 09/03/2014 12:28 pm »
Glad you are back, I couldn't handle the withdrawals from my addiction to this place when I got home from work last night!

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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #3 on: 09/03/2014 12:54 pm »
Yea, I had the withdrawls too... :( You run yourself ragged in order to keep this site up to the high standards you set and it is appreciated worldwide. Feel better Chris!! :)
« Last Edit: 09/03/2014 12:55 pm by Rocket Science »
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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #4 on: 09/03/2014 01:06 pm »
Many thanks as usual for the hard work Chris!

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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #5 on: 09/03/2014 02:25 pm »
Huge apologies for that. We've had a really good run of the site being up and through SpaceX launches (with some mitigation) etc. Then that happens.

Chris,

     No need for apologies!  You run one of the best sites of it's type on the internet.  The amount of free info that your site provides is astounding, as is the intellectual conversations I have had in the past.  having a short outage from time to time is completely understandable.
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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #6 on: 09/03/2014 03:59 pm »
Well there you go folks. I can never complain about anything when we've got members like the above. I'd actually understand if people were angry about such things (I know I was!), but I'm pretty much blessed by this membership.

Means a lot, really it does.

(PS Everything has been stable since, so that's good).
« Last Edit: 09/03/2014 03:59 pm by Chris Bergin »
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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #7 on: 09/03/2014 04:15 pm »
 
Well there you go folks. I can never complain about anything when we've got members like the above. I'd actually understand if people were angry about such things (I know I was!), but I'm pretty much blessed by this membership.

Means a lot, really it does.

(PS Everything has been stable since, so that's good).
We know we're wonderful. We can't help it.
 I go to many, many sites for purchases, research and goofing off when I'm suppose to be doing the other stuff. This has always been the most consistently reliable site I know. I wish you'd give seminars on keeping your hosts in line.
 
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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #8 on: 09/03/2014 04:49 pm »
The site was up when I went to bed last night.
It was up when I got up this morning.

If I didn't see it, the outage didn't happen ;)

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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #9 on: 09/03/2014 05:08 pm »
Add a voice to the chorus... I was in withdrawal!

Do we need to throw money?  ;D
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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #10 on: 09/03/2014 08:56 pm »
In other news: SLS delay caught back up, James Webb Space Telescope now ahead of schedule, and SpaceX to launch AsiaSat 6 tonight ;).

You see, an outage is not necessarily a bad thing...
« Last Edit: 09/03/2014 08:56 pm by Lourens »

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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #11 on: 09/03/2014 09:17 pm »
I second what Lars said!  Best site out there. Stuff happens....

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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #12 on: 09/16/2014 09:09 pm »
Speaking of stuff happening, I was asked to login before accessing the advanced concepts thread on EMdrive, anybody else seeing anything unusual?
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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #13 on: 09/16/2014 09:11 pm »
Speaking of stuff happening, I was asked to login before accessing the advanced concepts thread on EMdrive, anybody else seeing anything unusual?

The forum was restricted to logged in members because the servers where hammered due to the Commercial Crew anouncments; ie not logged in members where blocked out to ease the load

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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #14 on: 09/16/2014 09:11 pm »
Aha!, off to see the commercial crew announcements...
« Last Edit: 09/16/2014 09:12 pm by cygnusX1 »
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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #15 on: 09/16/2014 09:32 pm »
Yeah, sorry about that. I saw the servers getting hammered so took the action to avoid it falling over.

REALLY a lot of people hitting the site. Still are!
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Re: Server outage September 2, 2014 Central
« Reply #16 on: 09/16/2014 09:33 pm »
Yeah, sorry about that. I saw the servers getting hammered so took the action to avoid it falling over.

REALLY a lot of people hitting the site. Still are!
No problem with responsiveness of the site at this end.

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