Site Downtime...
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From: Ames, IA
Wait, let me guess - the site was down yesterday afternoon and evening, right? 'Cuz I was starting to go into withdrawal...
Whatever you did must have worked since I got in just fine this morning. Thanks!
Whatever you did must have worked since I got in just fine this morning. Thanks!
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From: The Bluegrass State
Re: Site Downtime...
Originally posted by webmaster
...will be explained when I wake up tomorrow. Must sleep now.
...will be explained when I wake up tomorrow. Must sleep now.
JK with ya...
Keep us posted.
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Ok, here's what happened...again.
Apparently, some script that we use is mistakenly overwriting /dev/null, which is actually a Linux file system character file, into a regular file. So, when it comes time for a reboot, the server hangs and is unable to mount the drives. This is the fourth or fifth time this has happened in the past year and a half, and now the second time the problem has been diagnosed correctly. Thankfully, the consultant that helped me out this time documented the procedure to fix the problem!
Now, my big task is to figure out WHAT is causing the problem. Lucky me. Our reliance on CGI is all but gone, with the exception of our ad rotation script. I'll be doing some investigating over the next few days, so if you see some intermittent downtime or slowness, that is likely the cause.
Sorry for the downtime. (5pm ET to 1am ET) But at least we're still tracking in the 99.97% uptime for the year.
Apparently, some script that we use is mistakenly overwriting /dev/null, which is actually a Linux file system character file, into a regular file. So, when it comes time for a reboot, the server hangs and is unable to mount the drives. This is the fourth or fifth time this has happened in the past year and a half, and now the second time the problem has been diagnosed correctly. Thankfully, the consultant that helped me out this time documented the procedure to fix the problem!
Now, my big task is to figure out WHAT is causing the problem. Lucky me. Our reliance on CGI is all but gone, with the exception of our ad rotation script. I'll be doing some investigating over the next few days, so if you see some intermittent downtime or slowness, that is likely the cause.
Sorry for the downtime. (5pm ET to 1am ET) But at least we're still tracking in the 99.97% uptime for the year.
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From: GEORGIA
Originally posted by webmaster
Ok, here's what happened...again.
Apparently, some script that we use is mistakenly overwriting /dev/null, which is actually a Linux file system character file, into a regular file. So, when it comes time for a reboot, the server hangs and is unable to mount the drives. This is the fourth or fifth time this has happened in the past year and a half, and now the second time the problem has been diagnosed correctly. Thankfully, the consultant that helped me out this time documented the procedure to fix the problem!
Now, my big task is to figure out WHAT is causing the problem. Lucky me. Our reliance on CGI is all but gone, with the exception of our ad rotation script. I'll be doing some investigating over the next few days, so if you see some intermittent downtime or slowness, that is likely the cause.
Sorry for the downtime. (5pm ET to 1am ET) But at least we're still tracking in the 99.97% uptime for the year.
Ok, here's what happened...again.
Apparently, some script that we use is mistakenly overwriting /dev/null, which is actually a Linux file system character file, into a regular file. So, when it comes time for a reboot, the server hangs and is unable to mount the drives. This is the fourth or fifth time this has happened in the past year and a half, and now the second time the problem has been diagnosed correctly. Thankfully, the consultant that helped me out this time documented the procedure to fix the problem!
Now, my big task is to figure out WHAT is causing the problem. Lucky me. Our reliance on CGI is all but gone, with the exception of our ad rotation script. I'll be doing some investigating over the next few days, so if you see some intermittent downtime or slowness, that is likely the cause.
Sorry for the downtime. (5pm ET to 1am ET) But at least we're still tracking in the 99.97% uptime for the year.
One HELLUVA site! Thanks webmaster (and all members).
