Albert Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 If you've tried accessing AtariAge in the past several hours, you likely were not able to connect. This was also the issue last night for a period of time (on and off). Looks like there is a hardware issue with the server and that it's periodically locking up. The hosting company has been looking into it and I just got off the phone with them. It's likely that I will be setting up a new server soon if these crashes continue occurring (which I assume at this point is going to be the case). So, don't be alarmed if you cannot access AtariAge again--know that I'm working on the issue and I'm not too happy about it myself. Either the problem with this server will be fixed or AtariAge will be transplanted onto another box. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctorclu Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Thanks for the explanation. Was starting to get worried there for a while. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Nathan Strum Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Glad to see the site back... those withdrawal symptoms can get real unpleasant. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779787 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 Glad to see the site back... those withdrawal symptoms can get real unpleasant. Imagine how much angst I go through when it's down--especially when I'm not near a computer. I had to use my iPhone an hour ago to submit a reboot request and add to an existing trouble ticket. I was up until 6am this morning working on this and have had hardly any sleep today. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779793 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tjb Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 If you don't mind me asking, who do you use? Just curious. tjb Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779795 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 If you don't mind me asking, who do you use? Just curious. It's a dedicated server at The Planet. Last year they had an explosion at this same data center that took down the site for three days.. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779799 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 If you don't mind me asking, who do you use? Just curious. It's a dedicated server at The Planet. Last year they had an explosion at this same data center that took down the site for three days.. ..Al Worst three days of my life! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779802 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Climber Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Yeah I noticed. I actually got more done around the house Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779804 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 They just updated the status as follows, We are sending this ticket back to the DC to coordinate a chassis swap of the server. This should eliminate the possibility of the hardware being the cause of the problem. This means they will transplant the hard drives into an identical server. I hope this fixes the problem.. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779815 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 This means they will transplant the hard drives into an identical server. I hope this fixes the problem.. Waits for the BOOM! ... Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779821 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+atari2600land Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I spend the huge majority of my internet time here. If the site goes down, I guess I'll have my 2600 games to keep me busy, well, that, and real life... Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779831 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 Waits for the BOOM! ... Big Bada Booom!! ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779845 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 They are going to do the chassis swap shortly. Not sure how long it will take, but probably an hour or so. Assuming they don't drop either of the hard drives. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockman_x_2002 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Yeah. Just hope it doesn't take the site down for three days like that explosion last year did. Three of the longest days I've ever spent online because I'm always lurking around the majority of my time surfing, even if not signed in. Last night I was browsing around and all of a sudden, wham... site's down. I'm thinking, "Oh, geez, not again!!!!" Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+remowilliams Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Big Bada Booom!! ..Al Who forgot to disable the explosive chassis anti-intrusion mechanism !?! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779873 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raz1r Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Thanks for getting the site back up! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779900 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Bada bing, Bada boom.. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779908 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPUWIZ Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 What site was down? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779929 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osbo Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Thanks for the update Al! I though the server was super busy (it happend in here at 2am Iraq time after I read about Michael Jackson's dead) Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779933 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 The server hardware was replaced, so things should be good now. ..Al Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1779961 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayhem Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Not sure... I couldn't access the site for a couple of hours earlier (giving me DNS errors). Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1780086 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GroovyBee Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 I've had no access for the last hour or so Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1780090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yuppicide Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 If things are still not good, how much would it cost to get another server? Are you just renting a servr or do you own it? Would it be something we can take a collection up for and each donate a few dollars to get a new one if needed? Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1780094 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hhwolfman Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 She's going down again, Captain. Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1780096 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wickeycolumbus Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Al, please fix the search feature again! Quote Link to comment https://forums.atariage.com/topic/146256-site-downtime/#findComment-1780146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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