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FerrariChat.com was down from 2:35 to 3:35pm CST...

Discussion in 'Ferrari Discussion (not model specific)' started by rob lay, Mar 19, 2004.

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  1. rob lay

    rob lay Administrator
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    Don't know the root cause yet, but I will find out. We haven't had an outage like this that lasted more than 10 minutes in over a year. Even simple server reboots have only been needed once every 30-60 days.

    Sorry for the inconvenience,
    FerrariChat.com
     
  2. BWS550

    BWS550 Wants to be a mod

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    CRAP ROB...AND I HAD TO WORK FOR THAT HOUR.......SHAME ON YOU BROTHER!!!

    BRUCE
     
  3. WJHMH

    WJHMH Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Des broke the internet.
     
  4. 134282

    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ
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    You bastard...!
     
  5. Chiaro_Slag

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    I have been on suicide watch.....
     
  6. rob lay

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    Here was the root cause, simple hardware failure...

    It required the manual removal of ARP entries after a bad NIC card was removed from the machine.

    Cool thing is their monitoring set off an alarm and they were looking at the box before I even called and I called only 5 minutes after it went down. Bad thing is they got the server up at 3:10pm CST, but didn't check to make sure the domains were resolving, so it was down an extra 20 minutes.
     
  7. BWS550

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    DONT WANT TO HEAR GARBLY GOOK, COULD GIVE A RATSASS ABOUT YOUR PROBLEM!! I HAD TO WORK FOR A STRAIGHT HOUR, YOU BASTARD!! :):)
     
  8. Chiaro_Slag

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    Glad to hear we have a better team than NASA working on getting us our much needed Ferrari info. :)
     
  9. 134282

    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ
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    Very poor work, Jerry... i didn't get a call from you... :D
     
  10. Chiaro_Slag

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    No kidding, we got to stick together in these times of tradgedy.
     
  11. AJS328

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    I feel your pain Bruce. That hour of "work" was brutal!
     
  12. 96impalaSS

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    Worried I was.
     
  13. 134282

    134282 Four Time F1 World Champ
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    i'm just glad i wasn't DUPED into paying a hundred and seventy five BIG ONES just to be without access for an hour...! Rossa Subscriber... Yeah, more like Rossa sit and wait for **** to get back to normal...!

    :D
     
  14. Enzo

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    Rob,

    Do you get credit when the site goes down for that extra 20 mins?
     
  15. rob lay

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    If I pushed it I could. I pick my battles though and in 2+ years I've had virtually zero server problems.

    I save my give me discussions for when they try to stick me with 4 digit bandwidth charges. :)
     
  16. Enzo

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    Good plan! Pick your fights
     
  17. tifosi

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    your plan to start charging and the site goes in the crapper :)
     
  18. BigTex

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    I left and went to the store for printer cartridges. Post MORE pics.
     
  19. Horsefly

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    My workday runs from 2:30PM to 10:30PM. I expect to have three things ready for me when I get to work WITHOUT FAIL!
    1. Newspaper classified ad section ready for browsing.
    2. Plenty of ice in the company ice machine for my Dr. Pepper
    3. FERRARICHAT UP AND RUNNING WITH NO PROBLEMS!!!
    How can I get any work done without my priorities being operational?
     
  20. Jimmy540i

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    tell me about it
     
  21. rob lay

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    LOL, that entire time it was down I was wondering how much crap I was going to get. Luckily it was mild. I think everyone understands you can't expect a site to be up 100%. We have a good record so far at 99.9+% availability. If there are problems, you always look at the root cause and eliminate the problem or at least mitigate the risk.

    Later this year we're going to a super server and I'll research fail over type stuff, but I don't think the cost is worth it for just getting that 0.1% back.
     
  22. MikeZ_NJ

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    Hahahaha... you think YOU get crap... you should see the crap the monitoring guys get when the fire starts!!! I used to be one of those guys. :)
     
  23. ghost

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    Rob,

    Out of curiosity, what benefits will this provide? Additional speed? More storage? Other benefits?
     

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