downtime

[mark]

Sorry for the downtime. One of our machines (our master database) locked up. We failed over to the secondary and we're back up and running now.

It took a little while because I was on the road and had to find a safe place to park, and I decided to use the opportunity to do a system update on the secondary database before it became the master. (Finding time to do system updates on databases is hard.)

Thanks for your patience, and I'm sorry for the downtime.

Comments

[jadelennox]

Mark, you're awesome. You fixed that from the road? ♥

[sara]

This is also the part of the story that amuses me. Living in the future: it is kind of neat, in some ways.

[mark]

Yeah sitting in a parking lot right now. That's why Dreamwidth pays for me to have a cellular internet card, so I can fix things wherever I'm at. (I usually have the laptop for these reasons.)

[devilc]

That's why Dreamwidth pays for me to have a cellular internet card, so I can fix things wherever I'm at.

The spice must flow.

[linaelyn]

Okay, this made me laugh.

[boundbooks]

That quote is perfect! XD

[atreides_lion]

+dies laughing+

[msilverstar]

That definitely rocks!

[frith]

I'm also boggled by the 'fixed from the road' aspect. Not just fixed, updated on the fly from a car on the side of the road!

[bewize]

You guys had it fixed very quickly! Thank you so much. *glomps DW*

[jalendavi_lady]

And here I thought you were totally awesome because the Twitter notification had been up for 15 minutes before I noticed the 404.

(Please say you didn't update Twitter until you were safely pulled over.)

[mark]

Oh yeah, I was safe before I got to Twitter. However I did call Janine and ask her to go on IRC and let people know I was going to be around ASAP. That part I did while driving -- but I have headphones!

[j00j]

Thanks for the update and the speedy fix. Safe travels!

[longmagpieroads]

I'm impressed. Fixing it from the road?

Wow. It really is the future, isn't it?


Can we have flying cars next?

[senmut]

Seconded

[sid]

You rock. :-)

[rumors]

thanks a lot! ♥

[alexseanchai]

Oh is that what happened. Thanks for fixing it!

[justhuman]

You had it fixed before I was done putting up a post at another site asking, Where's DW?

And you did it from the road - could you psychically fix my dryer?

I love it when a plan comes together!

[devilc]

I'd like to thank the DW servers for timing their meltdown and update almost to the minute of the duration of my nice hot bath.

Best. Downtime. Ever.


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And thank you, Mark for strapping on cape and tights in that parking lot for us.

[enotsola]

Unacceptable. I think next time, you need to have your brain wired directly into the servers so you can fix them at the speed of thought.

[sollers]

Thank you - and this is a general thing about DW - for keeping us so well informed.

As for fixing it from the roadside... I LOOOVE living in the future! In my past, the first computer I encountered, I walked around inside, and to make anything but a local telephone call we had to ring the operator and book it.

[arethinn]

There was downtime?

[geminianeyes]

Exactly my thought. These people are awesome! :D

[godplaysdice]

I was really impressed with not only the communication, but how short the downtime was. Thank you for being so great and fixing it from a parking lot!

[love_archived]

Awesome communications. I love how you guys run the place. As soon as you guys get that syndicated friends list up I'll be getting a paid account to check things out. I am actually holding off a move to my own server and Wordpress simply because I want to know how you guys work out!