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2,089,351 Reasons to Put Down the Keyboard After a 26 Hour Shift [FR status report]

Posted on 09/24/2008 9:38:37 AM PDT by John Robinson

Edited on 09/24/2008 10:19:29 AM PDT by John Robinson. [history]

Well, the good news first. After installing three very sweet machines and new networking equipment, FR is geared up for the onslaught of traffic we anticipate during this election cycle. All that is left is some tuning and bringing online another database server.

The bad news: I goofed horribly this morning and wiped the articles table, a file that stores crucial information for displaying articles.

Fortunately, the data is backed up. I'm working on restoring it, but it may possibly take the rest of the day to bring it back fully.

So don't touch that dial!

UPDATE: Restored a couple million old articles. Still working on the most recent, which need to be restored from incremental backups (very slow!)


TOPICS: Breaking News; Free Republic; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: faq; fr; freerepublic; malfunction; oops; srsly; whoops
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To: John Robinson

Thanks!


281 posted on 09/25/2008 5:32:49 PM PDT by null and void (Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.-F. de La Rochefoucauld)
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To: darkangel82

Nope.

That’s the bergamot oil.

It’s an acquired taste.


282 posted on 09/25/2008 5:36:40 PM PDT by null and void (Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.-F. de La Rochefoucauld)
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To: John Robinson

Thanks for working so hard on this. Just one question, are the saved pings going to reappear? I don’t have anything from before the refit. I had a whole bunch of stuff saved.

Just asking!


283 posted on 09/25/2008 8:05:38 PM PDT by swmobuffalo ("We didn't seek the approval of Code Pink and MoveOn.org before deciding what to do")
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To: John Robinson

John, have you restored any of the newer articles that were there on the 24th and dissapeared? Thanks for any updates.


284 posted on 09/26/2008 3:15:58 AM PDT by Biggirl (Good night and good bye Pumpkin,sweet gentleman cat. (June 29, 1998-September 23, 2008) =^..^=)
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To: Biggirl

Yup. Working on integrating those articles right now. (It’s why we’re a little bit sluggish at this time of night when we’d otherwise be flying.)


285 posted on 09/26/2008 3:26:59 AM PDT by John Robinson
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To: swmobuffalo

Yes, old pings will return. I temporarily hide them because, with the missing article files, the page would not display.


286 posted on 09/26/2008 3:28:10 AM PDT by John Robinson
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To: John Robinson

Thank-you. Have a good day coming up, have a good cup of coffee while you are at it. :)=^..^=


287 posted on 09/26/2008 3:31:51 AM PDT by Biggirl (Good night and good bye Pumpkin,sweet gentleman cat. (June 29, 1998-September 23, 2008) =^..^=)
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To: John Robinson

Thanks so much for all you do, you guys are awesome.
tet.


288 posted on 09/26/2008 3:34:56 AM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: John Robinson

Thank you! You are the best!


289 posted on 09/26/2008 4:31:56 AM PDT by syriacus (Under Bush, Dems controlled the Senate for MOST of the 107th Congress and for ALL of the 110th)
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To: John Robinson

“Thank-you for the update. Please do restore all the threads, including the most recent that were up at the time they got lost, including one called “Death Of A Cat” about this poster’s befriending of a cat named Floyd and who had sadly had passed because of illness, which was a blessing and a help the same day I had to put down a beloved cat named Pumpkin, a handsome male orange cat who looked like Morris the cat after a short illness at the age of 10. =^..^=

Thank-you John for your hard work. =^..^=”

John, this is from post number 252, a very special thread which has been a help to me during the sad passing of one of my cats, Pumpkin. That thread is very special. Thank-you for your hard work in restoring it and all the other threads that went down a few days ago. Please keep the FR posters updated. :)=^..^=


290 posted on 09/26/2008 5:17:14 AM PDT by Biggirl (Good night and good bye Pumpkin,sweet gentleman cat. (June 29, 1998-September 23, 2008) =^..^=)
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To: John Robinson; silent_jonny


((((THANKS John!)))) Everythings back, Jonny!!!!!
291 posted on 09/26/2008 7:24:38 AM PDT by Majie Purple (Pres. B. & F L Laura are still residing...Love;Honor;Respect;Thanks...Start ,to Finish!)
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To: John Robinson; Jim Robinson; Lead Moderator; Admin Moderator

Thanks for all of the hard work getting them back!

Awesome job!


292 posted on 09/26/2008 4:59:29 PM PDT by wagglebee ("A political party cannot be all things to all people." -- Ronald Reagan, 3/1/75)
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To: wagglebee

293 posted on 09/26/2008 5:09:58 PM PDT by Squidpup ("Fight the Good Fight")
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To: John Robinson

“old pings will return”

Ok, thanks!!


294 posted on 09/26/2008 9:12:31 PM PDT by swmobuffalo ("We didn't seek the approval of Code Pink and MoveOn.org before deciding what to do")
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To: Syntyr
UTSA?

:}

295 posted on 09/28/2008 7:45:17 PM PDT by AwesomePossum ("He who conceals a useful truth is equally guilty with the propagator of an injurious falsehood.")
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To: John Robinson

I just found the pager thingy. Maybe two posts away from asking “am I logged in?”. Good grief.


296 posted on 08/03/2011 9:16:57 PM PDT by unsycophant
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To: John Robinson

Anybody can make a mistake.

You have done the impossible so routinely here that you’re having difficulty living up to your own standards.

Take it easy!


297 posted on 08/03/2011 10:08:57 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Going 'EGYPT' - 2012!)
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