Just wanted to apologize for the downtime. We've got a couple of new things brewing that involve setting up integration with the forum database, and the SQL server that runs the forum's database backend got flummoxed, causing intermittent errors. I had to take the database offline to rebuild the database indexes and make a new backup, and then we ran into some hardware issues that created additional problems. All is fixed and we should be good to go now.
Boy.............for a moment there I though SRU sabotaged the system by sending a virus to this forum!
Aaarrrggghhhh. I'm going through withdrawal. MUST POST MANY MESSAGES SOON .... A A A A A A A R R R G G G G H H H H H ! ! ! ! ! !
This showed my that I am a true Degreeinfo.com addict! Thanks for getting things back up and running.
Re: Re: Maintenance downtime Yes, well.... it's what in the industry is known as "unscheduled maintenance".... the SQL server, for no apparent reason, started generating lots of errors. It may be a function of the servers getting close to capacity... because the servers haven't been quite as stable in the past couple of days. So we really didn't have any choice but to take it offline to rebuild the database indexes and back it up... ordinarily, I'd much prefer to do so with advance notice, but computer hardware doesn't always work on a desirable schedule. (It was about 4AM when I finished my part of the work, and another few hours for the backup files and rebuild to finish...) The popularity of our forum has meant increased traffic; when we started, DegreeInfo was on a shared server with about 70 other sites. Now, it is currently served from two different servers, and will be moving to new, faster ones before long)... and we think that everyone will be really pleased with some of the new stuff that's coming up later this month
Re: Re: Re: Maintenance downtime I appreciate the wonderful service you are providing and are aware of the enormous challenges. The problem is that this forum is addictive and because each of the five or so times per day that I visit it it is there for me. That means I do not get down to thinking about the people toiling behind the scenes. Regards, Opherus
I never realized how much I go on this forum until it was down! I caught my self checking to see if it was up numerous times
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