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   This morning at 2:15 AM EDT I closed Pet Talk to backup our 1.4 million posts. I also restarted for the first time in over 100 days. To my horror the server did not restart after a few minutes. It took almost an hour before it came back online. Right now I am not sure why it took so long. I am very grateful we are back online.
      Paul
OH gosh I nearly fainted when I read this.....Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul
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But thanks to Paul's good care, PT is all healthy again
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sorry Paul, I just couldn't resist :D ;)
That's a lot of posts to back up. I was asleep when you did it, so I didn't notice.
The server had quite a lot to chew on, so I'm not surprized it took more than two minutes - but an hour!! :eek: So glad we're back online! :D
I didn't notice whether you did a "spring cleaning" again - I'm referring to cero posters.
Search doesn't work as well as in the "old days", does anyone else have problems with this?
WAH!!! Thank goodness I was fast asleep. Thanks, Paul!
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Originally Posted by Paul
YOU and an awful lot of US are Grateful - VERY Grateful!! http://petoftheday.com/i/our_smilies/wink.gif
Thanks, God!!
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   Backing up the 1.4 million messages only takes fifteen to twenty minutes. During this time Pet Talk is closed. Technically the server (PetoftheDay.com, etc.) is online the whole time, however, it's slow.
   Early this morning the entire server was offline for an hour. I now know this is because one of the fans in the server has failed preventing the server from rebooting normally. The company which hosts our server is going to replace the fan. I have asked them to schedule this for 11:00 PM EDT. I will make an announcement when I know more.
      Paul
Paul, do you ever sleep??? ;)
Seriously, a big thank you for all you and Karen do for us in keeping this site going. :)
This means I'll actually go to bed at a reasonable time!! :D
thanks Karen and Paul for all you do! :D
Will we need another PT withdrawl room on ICQ? ;D
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Originally Posted by flamepony12
Hopefully it will be a short enough time so that no withdrawal syptoms need be felt.
Can we still make a room somewhere? Because I'm usually still up at 10:45 :o browsing PT :p.
I was wondering the same thing.... :eek: Does this mean you're no on pain-killers anymore? ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by slick
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Originally Posted by cyber-sibes
1. Paul was never on painkillers.
2. Paul does sleep sometimes. Like Miss Hoppy, he knows the value of a well-timed nap.
3. Paul could not sleep if the server was down and there was something, anything - he could do about it.
Thank you guys SO much for keeping this wonderful site up! Yay, this'll make me study for my finals ;)