What a F***ing day.

[Jim]

- Wake up @ 9:30 this morning to find a text message from my hombre PV saying that OC3D is down.

- Ping server, no response. Ping IDNet server - working fine (so unlikely its a network issue.

- Contact IDNet to see if they can get on to it via networked KVM. No Joy. Next step, get server rebooted.

- 11:30 server gets restarted. Still not wback up and running.

- 12ish, begin 90minute train journey to visit server. Take with me two bags of spare parts (more than enough to build a brand new server).

- Get to server just after 1:30 only to find that it is up and running fine! However, network status in control panel reads: "Limited or no connectivity"

- Plug server into another switch, BAM everything works again. Breathe a sigh of relief and go home.

- Get home to find that when the server was restarted earlier in the day it corrupted a whole load of databases. Fix databases and bring website back up.

- Reaslise that last nights backup didnt complete (as server crashed about midnight when they start). So started it manually.

- Website performance goes to sh*t. Strange as CPU is only 5% utilised and network is less than 10% utilised....hmm

- Spend next 2hrs reading up on network performance issues, test a load of command line stuff...no joy.

- Finally check event logs and find that network card isn't auto-detecting network speed and instead has chosen to run at slowest possible setting.

- Down several glasses of JD before finally bucking up the courage to manually change the network speed setting to full duplex at the risk of having to take another trip back up to the server again if it goes T1ts up.

I had a great Saturday...how about you guys?

[nepas]

bad day for you,but your efforts are very appreicated

[FarFarAway]

got up @ 6am, working on work software upgrade @ work from 8 till about 4.30. Train then walked home in the freezing cold. Cleaned up flat for fear of being whinged at by missus then made dinner.

Now relaxing

Work again tomorrow...which is nice

Still, cr@ppy day matey

[Youngie1337]

Thank you Jim, I appreciate your actions and what you do!

That applies to you also Kempez , and how in the world did you get over 19,000 posts?.

[zak4994]

Originally Posted by name='Youngie1337'

and how in the world did you get over 19,000 posts?.

By welcoming every new member. xD

And the maintenance check is very much appreciated Jim.

I wonder how ****ed off other people were when it wasn't working?

[°TheMadDutchDude°]

Wow what a day. Your efforts are very much appreciated Jim. Thank you.

I woke up at around 12 this afternoon to find the server was down, what a pitty. Glad all is well though. Keep it up

Hope you have a nice relaxing day tomorrow!

[lasher]

wake up at half nine!!!

wanaa babysit my young un for a few weeks? i'd love a lie in :P

[monkey7]

Originally Posted by name='Youngie1337'

That applies to you also Kempez , and how in the world did you get over 19,000 posts?.

One at a time. And as said, by welcoming every new member ^^. Oh and the new posts button is your friend.

Thanks very much for your efforts Jim OC3D's a very good forum and we appreciate your efforts to keep the uptime as good as possible

[mVp24]

Slept at 3AM

Wokeup at 8AM

Doctors

Get home at 11:57

Practice 12

Rush to practice

Miss date with the girl

Get shunned

Eat only a cliff bar till dinner time

Leave headlights on X_X

Struggle with new contacts

Do a bunch of homework

But you had it pretty bad too. Thanks Jim <3

[TonyG]

Yesterday and today have been ****ing bad ,my mum passed away yesterday morning.