GC Nov 27-28 Downtime

[John]

There was an issue with GC's web server hard drive which caused the dataset to go offline & took down GC with it. Looks like the site was offline Nov 27 & 28, maybe part of Nov 26 as well. Sorry for all that downtime.

I did some testing, ran some backups, running some other scans overnight and a few more things to do tomorrow (other backups, etc).

GC should be back to running normally again.

It's possible we could have additional unexpected downtime if there is a hardware issue that's causing this, though. Will see how things go over the next few days as I further check on things.

[Phrozen Sands]

At first I thought you were changing the interface or putting the site on the new server you mentioned awhile back.

[carnation]

Thank you for dealing with it!

[3DGator]

thank you so much.

[Phrozen Sands]

Big John with the mad computer skillz! Thank you, sir!

[John]

Server hard drive is definitely having an issue. Overnight scan detected & recovered a few minor issues with it. Probably a good idea to replace that drive soon as I can, so I'll be making plans for that. I suppose it's possible that the hard drive issues could cause the site to go offline again, even in a way where it takes much longer to get back online. So if GC unexpectedly goes offline again like the other day, anyone reading this probably has an idea of what's going on. I'll post updates to GC's Twitter/X page if that happens: https://x.com/greekchat

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

Big John with the mad computer skillz! Thank you, sir!

Okay, now I'm convinced that we need better emojis / smileys on GC. Right now I could use the smiling emoji with a cowboy hat and sunglasses. Hmm... maybe these two will work for now:

Originally Posted by Phrozen Sands

At first I thought you were changing the interface or putting the site on the new server you mentioned awhile back.

Actually, GC has been on the new server for a few months now, since the end of July. Not a "new" server as in brand new but just new for GC.

Previously, from 2013 through July 2024, GC was running on a server I built and colocated at a datacenter in Atlanta. Now GC is on a server that I'm renting from a datacenter in Kansas City. The new server is probably 50% faster CPU wise, has 2.5x RAM & much more bandwidth.

The site interface / new forum software is still a work in progress. We will eventually get there, though.

[Cheerio]

We heart your work, John, and appreciate all you do for your audience

[Phrozen Sands]

Originally Posted by John

Server hard drive is definitely having an issue. Overnight scan detected & recovered a few minor issues with it. Probably a good idea to replace that drive soon as I can, so I'll be making plans for that. I suppose it's possible that the hard drive issues could cause the site to go offline again, even in a way where it takes much longer to get back online. So if GC unexpectedly goes offline again like the other day, anyone reading this probably has an idea of what's going on. I'll post updates to GC's Twitter/X page if that happens: https://x.com/greekchat



Okay, now I'm convinced that we need better emojis / smileys on GC. Right now I could use the smiling emoji with a cowboy hat and sunglasses. Hmm... maybe these two will work for now:



Actually, GC has been on the new server for a few months now, since the end of July. Not a "new" server as in brand new but just new for GC.

Previously, from 2013 through July 2024, GC was running on a server I built and colocated at a datacenter in Atlanta. Now GC is on a server that I'm renting from a datacenter in Kansas City. The new server is probably 50% faster CPU wise, has 2.5x RAM & much more bandwidth.

The site interface / new forum software is still a work in progress. We will eventually get there, though.

For real though. That’d be smooth if you made it to where we could post emojis so we could get an idea of what each other looks like IRL Lol.

How long does it take to build a server like that?

[AGDee]

Thanks for the update!

[aephi alum]

Thank you for all your hard work!

You're not using the cloud? Any particular reason? (I'm guessing $$$)