GC Problems? - Page 2

#16 02-23-2005, 11:52 PM

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Originally posted by IowaStatePhiPsi
perhaps GC, like chapterhouses, needs renovation work... phpBB upgrade!!!

Would that have to cost anything?

AGDee · #17 02-24-2005, 01:03 AM

I've kind of made it into a game. Can you find a thread with new replies without being able to see that in the thread list? You can find a round about way to get to some of the threads that you can't get to directly.

I'm a computer geek, aren't I?

Dee

RUgreek · #18 02-24-2005, 02:19 AM

Told ya so, should of upgraded before it broke...

John's next vBulletin upgrade?

RUgreek

Senusret I · #19 02-24-2005, 10:14 AM

I can't handle this!!!!

Senusret I · #20 02-24-2005, 10:15 AM

I can't handle this!!!!

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bcdphie · #21 02-24-2005, 02:26 PM

I thought it was just my browser. I happy I am not the only one who is having problems with GC. It sucks though, as I always look forward to reading new threads and posts.

Rudey · #22 02-24-2005, 05:46 PM

Why don't you guys just give John a call?

-Rudey

Tom Earp · #23 02-24-2005, 07:40 PM

What can each say?

This Sucks!

Okay, I said it, this Sucks!

Well, maybe Hal "John" who might know Me as a different name! just said F it!?

We all post to the damage control lead. Alas, ignor seems to be the theme of the day!

Well, it is a little harder to finger out what the Heck is going on! So just pick your nose and bear with it!

Now I got to fight with more people and not know how many Posts they Have!

mmcat · #24 02-24-2005, 08:07 PM

i guess -- let it be a challenge -- is appropriate.

AGDee · #25 02-25-2005, 01:10 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by RUgreek
Told ya so, should of upgraded before it broke...

John's next vBulletin upgrade?

RUgreek

From the nature of the error messages, I'm betting on a problem with the back end, not the front end.

RUgreek · #26 02-25-2005, 11:55 AM

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Originally posted by AGDee
From the nature of the error messages, I'm betting on a problem with the back end, not the front end.

I don't disagree with that. I would find it very hard to believe that the current software just decided to go haywire. It's most likely that the SQL database overloaded or ran out of space possibly. However, upgrading might have prevented this problem from ocurring. Plus it's faster and uses less resources and bandwith.

John · #27 02-26-2005, 09:42 PM

Database corruption was the cause of the problems over the past few days. Fixed that last night.

The cause of the database corruption appears to have been due to technicians at the server datacenter. From what I can tell, during a scheduled network upgrade which required taking many servers offline for only a few minutes while adding upgraded network hardware, the techs seem to have not shut the server down properly. They probably removed the power cord to the server before it had completed the shutdown process. This is very bad for a database server (or even any server) and is very likely the cause for the database corruption.

The forum software had nothing to do with the problems. GC is currently running the most recent version of vB2 which was released in mid January. Moving up to vB3 is like going from Windows XP to Windows 2003 (or their next operating system). GC's version of vB is like having Windows XP with all the Windows Updates downloaded & installed. Anyhow, not really trying to debate vB2 vs vB3... vB3 is a very nice upgrade with new and improved features. I've been planning on upgrading to vB3 during the spring of this year - so probably within the next 2 months or so. I'll post more about that in John's next vBulletin upgrade? in a few minutes.