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

[John Robinson]

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!)

[null and void]

Thanks!

[null and void]

Nope.

That’s the bergamot oil.

It’s an acquired taste.

[swmobuffalo]

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!

[Biggirl]

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

[John Robinson]

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.)

[John Robinson]

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

[Biggirl]

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

[tet68]

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

[syriacus]

Thank you! You are the best!

[Biggirl]

“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. :)=^..^=

[Majie Purple]

((((THANKS John!)))) Everythings back, Jonny!!!!!

[wagglebee]

Thanks for all of the hard work getting them back!

Awesome job!

[Squidpup]

[swmobuffalo]

“old pings will return”

Ok, thanks!!

[AwesomePossum]

UTSA?

:}

[unsycophant]

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

[editor-surveyor]

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!