Downtime today 26th October

[Stanky]

Hi All,

As you may have noticed we had some issues today. These were mostly my fault.

The recent picture upload issue was due to the site running out of storage. In an attempt to increase the storage on the primary disk partition I managed to megab0rk it, and was compounded by network interface problems when the server was restarted.

We've been working to restore things since ~14:00 today and have now been able to restore back to midday today. Sorry for any lost posts, this was absolutely not my intention.

There is quite a bit more work to do in the background but we're up and running again, I'll announce here any further maintenance or downtime as we make some fixes to improve things in the background.

Huw

[camryv6]

Yes i *understood all that.

Thank you

[sutty2006]

Thanks for all your hard work. 
 

Thanks for not reducing me to the whiskey cupboard. Although it’s still looking welcoming none the less. 
 

👍

[loserone]

Am sure you will get the driver out successfully like the chap here did this afternoon.

[hairnet]

you were that hammered in the royal oak you didnt make it home

 

[Bren]

Your hard work is much appreciated. 

[JJ0063]

Thanks for all you do! It’s much appreciated 

[Split_Pin]

An emergency forum clutch change on the driveway!

Cheers for sorting it though

[bunglebus]

I was getting withdrawal symptoms...

[Dick Cheeseburger]

Thanks for your efforts and great to see the forum back online. Withdrawl symptoms here too!

[stuboy]

thanks for you hard work.

[Eyersey1234]

Thank you for all your efforts, it's good to see it back online 

[stuboy]

17 minutes ago, sutty2006 said:

Thanks for not reducing me to the whiskey cupboard. Although it’s still looking welcoming none the less. 
 

i put the tv on and started drinking my sons Budweisers..

[Popsicle]

Cheers for getting it back up and running,

[wuvvum]

6 minutes ago, stuboy said:

i put the tv on and started drinking my sons Budweisers..

Isn't your son about 4? 😕

[tooSavvy]

My 'tic' is beginning to ease...

🍾🥂

 

 

[St.Jude]

Easily done.

One time I put “rm -rf” when I thought I was in a specific folder. I wasn’t, I was in root. Like a dickhead I rebooted the server - a production server. Lost everything.

The server was down for 36 hours, as Rackspace tried twice to load the server backup (140GB) on to the server. But they kept using the wrong drive, which was 60GB in size.

So yeah, don’t sweat the small stuff mate.

[richardmorris]

And we’re back! 

[Remspoor]

 

Next time it is simple

 

PS: I loved the image that was used whist the site was down.

 

[Macscrooge]

We all have off days, so why should AS be any different? 🤪. Well done for all the hard graft involved with this - it’s much appreciated 👍

[Split_Pin]

Just a note, the photos I tried to upload to AS when I was getting the error have disappeared from my phone. They aren't in my recycle bin either.

It's no bother to me but just in case anyone had a similar issue. 

Or it could all be a coincidence and I'm just technologically dumb.

[Matty]

Cheers @Stanky. I've just rewarded your efforts by posting loads of pictures and using up even more site storage 🤣. Many thanks 👍

[Mally]

I blame Dave not Dave.

Oh and Truss.

[stuboy]

18 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

Isn't your son about 4? 😕

keeps him quiet............lol no my eldest 21

[grogee]

Thanks for your efforts @Stanky. I felt like I'd lost a limb when the site was down. 

Didn't realise how dependent I had become. Is there a Shiters Anonymous group?

[greengartside]

Thank you for your continued efforts @Stanky .

[outlaw118]

Cheers @Stanky it's all fuckin' witchcraft as far as I can see. In my world if it can't be fixed with a 13mm a screwdriver and/or a hammer it stays broken.

[hairnet]

i think it was a ruse and every time someone pressed F5

into stankys bin it went

how is the house in sandbanks now

nice one son - this internet can be a mare innit bruv

 

[PhilA]

2 hours ago, camryv6 said:

Yes i *understood all that.

Thank you

The computer equivalent of the EZ-Out breaking off in the hole happened.

[High Jetter]

Top work Sir! Also, just quietly cull the zero viewed stuff, nobody will notice (apart from @LightBulbFun)