Abime.net offline

[RCK]

Originally Posted by BuZz

Is that a S.M.A.R.T monitoring warning from bios ? Might be able to switch it off ?

Already have checked this thuesday, no option available

[RCK]

Originally Posted by jimbob

Would it be out of place for me to suggest something like a kickstarter campaign to build a backup server for EAB or of funding data back up to a different location. I'm sure the powers that be have this stuff under control but it would be terrible if some accident caused the loss of the EAB and associated stuff. Seemingly aminet was nearly lost forever by a hard disc failure once upon a time.

I already perform such backup

[spannernick]

Originally Posted by RCK

Thanks for offer but don't worry, I have plenty of them at work
(I'm using SCSI 3.5" hard drive for Dell server - Disk generation lower than SAS used since PowerEdge 1950 gen.)

I thought it was SCSI when you said error on drive 0....

What do you like rent the space at Netcenter and have to putting your own hardware..??

oh what does Abime stand for..??


Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

Etymology
French abîme. See Abysm
Alternative forms
Abyme
Noun
abime (plural abimes)
(obsolete) An abyss.
French

Noun
abime m (plural abimes)
Alternative form of abîme.
Usage notes
This spelling was a product of the 1990 French spelling reforms.
Anagrams
amibe, iambe, ïambe

[jimbob]

Originally Posted by RCK

I already perform such backup

I expected so, but I also thought all the hardware and hosting can't be free, (or if it is someones generosity might run out), and a kickstarter might be a good way for you to get a hold of all the offers of help.

But maybe it is not appropriate, I know nothing about how this place is run, just happy it exists.

[BuZz]

I am happy to provide a mirror http or ftp of anything that could be useful. Rather than being considered a backup, it is of course useful for high traffic sites to share out load (and reduce the need for download limits) and overall file availability during any downtime. exotica has multiple mirrors for example, and I mirror a bunch of other sites including aminet, and the manual site (just an ftp mirror).

[Paul_s]

Originally Posted by RCK

Thanks for offer but don't worry, I have plenty of them at work
(I'm using SCSI 3.5" hard drive for Dell server - Disk generation lower than SAS used since PowerEdge 1950 gen.)

If I ever win the lottery I'll buy some shares in Google and have them host EAB at multiple server farms around the globe

I'll also rent 10% of the Cray Jaguar for redundancy/processing power when Shoonay 'searches' EAB (all that scientific calculation stuff can do one!)

[RCK]

Originally Posted by RCK

The reason why hard-reboot didn't help us to came back to life was a (stupid) warning about our backup disk: "Drive 2 on adapter 0 is predicting a future failure. Press any key to continue..."
So I guess it's time to find a new hard drive

Abime.net was offline during last 12 hours because the backup hard-drive was faulty again.
I changed it this morning to a brand new one, no more hardware problem scheduled

[Predseda]

I liked the message "main server went crazy and crashed"

[Peter]

Thank you RCK

[ptyerman]

PHEW! I was starting to get the shakes.

[DH]

I wasn't, I knew RCK would bring EAB back to life

Once again, thanks RCK

[Jawd]

I was nervous also, would hate to see it leave us...