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!)
Thank you so much for eveyrthing that you do.
Thank you for all you do.
Ref: #76. Great minds think alike, yet mine is just slower than yours...
Hooray! This place is crucial, especially during an election year.
The other thread got locked. So, I came over here.
Although you probably don’t know I’m here because my pings still aren’t working. And yours may not either!
But we’ll survive it dear one. Glad to “see” you!!! ;-))
Sooooo, hey sweet girl! I see you’re doing great!? ;-)))
I catch your posts ever so often, and you sound wonderful! ;-)
Thailand?
Thanks for all that you guys do! It was a bit of a
heartattack situation when everything went blank! LOL!
Get more coffee!
We can do without the articles table for awhile. Get some rest. Experience has taught me that many sleepless hours dealing with technology (the all night long server restore thingy), makes one prone to mistakes.
I, for one, am pleased the backup is working. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been to a customer site and found that not to be the case.
Appreciation for all the years of having everything working +99.9% We have all had those moments when our actions preceded our analysis and ended up with a mess to wade through. Thank God for good backups!
Regarding the data loss...see if the feds will add this to the bailout bill, too. :)
Thanks for your hard work.
Here ya go....
"I goofed horribly this morning and wiped the articles table,......"
Thank goodness that is all it was. I thought the market crash had started, beginning with Freerepublic. :-)
Thank you, John Rob!!!
Let those among us who have NEVER accidently screwed up a computer or network server throw the first stone.
G’wan, I DARE ya!!!!
Is it possible to be able to delete all the ping mail?
I think originally I could delete all the old pings but now I can’t.
Hang in there! :)
SOMEBODY STOLE MY PINGS.....OH THE HUMANITY!!!
if recovery takes 42 hours, was that data really necessary?
JohnRob,
Thanks for all the hard work, we appreciate it very much.
Si se puede!
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