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skeeter
Klingon Honor Guard
Joined: 22 Apr 2005, 01:00 Posts: 1527 Location: UK
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Has the new server been found and used allready is that why the whole of afc was down yesterday because it was all being transfered to a new server?
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08 Apr 2007, 11:07 |
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zach21uk
Cadet
Joined: 06 May 2005, 01:00 Posts: 67
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AFC was down cos the hosting company (managed.com) has gone bust, Last i heard they are still looking for a new host, but money is a problem.
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08 Apr 2007, 11:12 |
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jigalypuff
Jig of the Puff
Joined: 10 Sep 2004, 01:00 Posts: 1305 Location: I wish i knew
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i have sent afc a message via icq and am waiting on his response. once i know were we stand with a server i`ll inform everyone, zack as i said in the pm it`ll be up to mike if he wants to migrate to a new site but if server trouble continues then i suppose it`d be the sensible thing to do. personally i`d like to keep everything here.
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08 Apr 2007, 12:07 |
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zach21uk
Cadet
Joined: 06 May 2005, 01:00 Posts: 67
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The offer is there if you need it.
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08 Apr 2007, 12:26 |
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Matress_of_evil
Evil Romulan Overlord of Evil - Now 100% Faster!
Joined: 02 Dec 2004, 01:00 Posts: 7392 Location: Returned to the previous place.
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I'd prefer to keep everything here wherever possible, but if we have to move then so be it. As long as we can transfer at least 99.99999999999999999% of the forums (The remaining 0.0000000000000001% of lost stuff can be everyone else's posts ) then we should be fine.
Starting from scratch would be a real bugger, and I doubt many people will like to reregister with a new domain.
...Then again, it would also help to clear out all of the dead user accounts, as i'm sure there are plenty of. Let's face it, we don't have 2363 posters on the forums, do we?
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09 Apr 2007, 18:41 |
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zach21uk
Cadet
Joined: 06 May 2005, 01:00 Posts: 67
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There would be no need to lose anything in a transfer.
All forum posts and users are stored in the SQL Database, which can easily be backed up and transfered.
The only thing that needs to change is the domain.
As for pruning out old, unused accounts, that can be done with a simple database query.
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09 Apr 2007, 20:59 |
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Azhdeen
Lieutenant
Joined: 31 May 2006, 01:00 Posts: 451
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delete from tblForumPosts
where user = 'Matress_of_evil'
(5439841897532145890 row(s) affected)
Oh, you said inactive users? Whoops.
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10 Apr 2007, 14:28 |
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Malvoisin
Fleet Admiral
Joined: 13 Nov 2006, 01:00 Posts: 2111 Location: Germany
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I believe that affected row number is still a bit stingy ..
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10 Apr 2007, 14:31 |
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mstrobel
Chief Software Engineer
Joined: 11 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 2688
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lawl @ azhdeen
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10 Apr 2007, 16:23 |
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Kenneth_of_Borg
Ship Engineer
Joined: 10 Jul 2006, 01:00 Posts: 5130 Location: Space is disease and danger, wrapped in darkness and silence!
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lol, I think they were talking about inactive users - not silly users.
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10 Apr 2007, 19:23 |
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Nemitor_Atimen
Captain
Joined: 24 Sep 2005, 01:00 Posts: 1387
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I think that pruning inactive users would be very bad.
We would go to 2368 to under 100 in a matter of seconds.
Big numbers = good.
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10 Apr 2007, 21:05 |
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Zeleni
Aesthetics Surgeon
Joined: 24 Oct 2006, 01:00 Posts: 1350 Location: Croatia
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under 30 I think is more correct...
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11 Apr 2007, 01:58 |
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Matress_of_evil
Evil Romulan Overlord of Evil - Now 100% Faster!
Joined: 02 Dec 2004, 01:00 Posts: 7392 Location: Returned to the previous place.
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This site now needs a few new emoticons - I demand emoticative revenge against Azhdeen!
And if you check, my post count is only 3435...3436...*ahem*
If the site is going to keep dying like this, we really are going to have to consider new servers. I doubt the lurkers would be very happy with a dead or dying site - and neither do we.
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12 Apr 2007, 17:44 |
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jigalypuff
Jig of the Puff
Joined: 10 Sep 2004, 01:00 Posts: 1305 Location: I wish i knew
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things were being moved around moe, everything should be on track now.
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12 Apr 2007, 20:43 |
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Kenneth_of_Borg
Ship Engineer
Joined: 10 Jul 2006, 01:00 Posts: 5130 Location: Space is disease and danger, wrapped in darkness and silence!
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Thanks to you Admiral - We all depend on you.
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12 Apr 2007, 21:48 |
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Winterhawk
Commander
Joined: 30 May 2005, 01:00 Posts: 1137 Location: Northglenn, Colorado - U.S.
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15 Apr 2007, 21:50 |
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CaptRingold
Lieutenant
Joined: 26 Oct 2005, 01:00 Posts: 302
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Down time makes me sad.
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29 Apr 2007, 06:58 |
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Matress_of_evil
Evil Romulan Overlord of Evil - Now 100% Faster!
Joined: 02 Dec 2004, 01:00 Posts: 7392 Location: Returned to the previous place.
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Suicidal tendencies falling... *ahh...*
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29 Apr 2007, 10:48 |
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cdrwolfe
Combat Engineer
Joined: 18 Jul 2005, 01:00 Posts: 1001
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So any news on the server, and whether downtime will be a regular thing?
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29 Apr 2007, 13:18 |
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mstrobel
Chief Software Engineer
Joined: 11 Aug 2005, 01:00 Posts: 2688
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I don't think the "bandwidth exceeded" issue has anything to do with moving servers. We're probably just generating too much traffic.
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29 Apr 2007, 13:39 |
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Malvoisin
Fleet Admiral
Joined: 13 Nov 2006, 01:00 Posts: 2111 Location: Germany
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well if it was 1st of may already I'd agree but why would the site be open again before the month is over unless someone paid some extra money?
just a quick question that came to my mind, why different servers for regular botf and armada afc and botf2 (downloads of bote already run over the botf1 afc site!)? Last time only the botf2 site was down and looking at site stats, I don't think we generate that much traffic just by the 3000 page visits a day..
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29 Apr 2007, 14:38 |
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jigalypuff
Jig of the Puff
Joined: 10 Sep 2004, 01:00 Posts: 1305 Location: I wish i knew
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were useing the botf site for downloads due to a scripting error in this site which causes dl`s from here to fail, dunno why this is.
bandwidth exceded was from the move, afc set it wrong for this site.
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29 Apr 2007, 16:10 |
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CaptRingold
Lieutenant
Joined: 26 Oct 2005, 01:00 Posts: 302
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It sure slowed the pace of conversation down around here, being down for those few days (it was finals week for me, so maybe it was longer, it's all a big time warp to me). I guess it might take a week or so for everybody to realize it's up again.
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