Server down

Fairygdmther · 03-31-2005, 07:16 AM

Any ideas why the server was down for 5 hours this morning?

FGM

***tabacco*** · 03-31-2005, 08:08 AM

Are you sure it wasn't a local routing or DNS issue? I didn't get so much as a single sms message from The Planet's monitoring services.

*Dale Baldwin* · 03-31-2005, 08:38 AM

I know it wasn't working for me either.

remixor · 03-31-2005, 08:56 AM

I can say the same for both me and Jake.

***tabacco*** · 03-31-2005, 09:06 AM

What was the timespan of the outage?

***fov*** · 03-31-2005, 09:07 AM

Based on the gap in posts on this thread, looks like about 2:00 am to 7:00 am (Pacific).

-emily

remixor · 03-31-2005, 09:19 AM

Yeah that seems consistent with me eventually giving up reloading the page.

Oh, Thumbs was down too (which is probably obvious).

***fov*** · 03-31-2005, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by remixor

Yeah that seems consistent with me eventually giving up reloading the page.

Ever heard of this thing called "sleep"?

(I miss college.

)

remixor · 03-31-2005, 09:22 AM

???

***fov*** · 03-31-2005, 09:26 AM

I just thought it was funny you were up between 2:00 and 7:00.

Ignore me. Nyquil has poisoned my soul.

*Jake* · 03-31-2005, 09:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fov

Nyquil has poisoned my soul.

A WITCH!

Fairygdmther · 03-31-2005, 09:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fov

Based on the gap in posts on this thread, looks like about 2:00 am to 7:00 am (Pacific).

-emily

Yup, from a little before 5am Eastern to about 10am. I noticed that Idle Thumbs was down the same hours.

FGM

***tabacco*** · 03-31-2005, 10:17 PM

Weird. Must have been something big. The Planet's monitoring services usually send me a whole flood of SMS messages when there're server issues. Whatever this was, it must have taken their monitoring servers down too. Backbone issue, maybe?

Fairygdmther · 04-01-2005, 02:38 AM

Well, I only brought it up because it seemed like a long time to be down. And everywhere else worked fine except here and thumbs. Shrug...

FGM

***Marek*** · 04-01-2005, 04:11 AM

When I tried accessing AG and Thumb yesterday, MSN and another site were down too. Might have been a coincidence, might have been a backbone thing.

Erwin_Br · 04-01-2005, 04:40 AM

Maybe it's an omen? I hope not.

--Erwin

remixor · 04-01-2005, 04:41 AM

Nah, definitely an omen.

Ninth · 04-01-2005, 04:53 AM

I had a problem too, yesterday. (I guess my yesterday is your morning... which time is it in the US?)

Wormsie · 04-01-2005, 05:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by remixor

Nah, definitely an omen.

No, it's just a butterfly.

***tabacco*** · 04-01-2005, 07:32 AM

My guess would be that it was something that removed our server and the monitoring server from the internet without actually taking either offline.

03-31-2005, 07:16 AM	#1
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03-31-2005, 08:08 AM	#2
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*tabacco* Friendly Server Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 4,087	What was the timespan of the outage? Share Share this post on Twitter

03-31-2005, 09:07 AM	#6
*fov* Rattenmonster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 10,404	Based on the gap in posts on this thread, looks like about 2:00 am to 7:00 am (Pacific). -emily Share Share this post on Twitter

03-31-2005, 09:19 AM	#7
remixor A search for a crazy man! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	Yeah that seems consistent with me eventually giving up reloading the page. Oh, Thumbs was down too (which is probably obvious). Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

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remixor A search for a crazy man! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 3,987	??? Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Chris "News Editor" Remo Some sort of Writer or Editor or Something, Idle Thumbs "Some comparisons are a little less obvious. I always think of Grim Fandango as Casablanca on acid." - Will Wright

03-31-2005, 09:26 AM	#10
*fov* Rattenmonster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: San Francisco Posts: 10,404	I just thought it was funny you were up between 2:00 and 7:00. Ignore me. Nyquil has poisoned my soul. Share Share this post on Twitter

03-31-2005, 10:17 PM	#13
*tabacco* Friendly Server Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 4,087	Weird. Must have been something big. The Planet's monitoring services usually send me a whole flood of SMS messages when there're server issues. Whatever this was, it must have taken their monitoring servers down too. Backbone issue, maybe? Share Share this post on Twitter

04-01-2005, 02:38 AM	#14
Fairygdmther Magic Wand Waver Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Sarasota, Florida Posts: 3,142	Well, I only brought it up because it seemed like a long time to be down. And everywhere else worked fine except here and thumbs. Shrug... FGM Share Share this post on Twitter __________________ Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Ralph Waldo Emerson

04-01-2005, 04:11 AM	#15
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04-01-2005, 07:32 AM	#20
*tabacco* Friendly Server Admin Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 4,087	My guess would be that it was something that removed our server and the monitoring server from the internet without actually taking either offline. Share Share this post on Twitter