Recovering from a train wreck

By Michael Fraase

Thursday, 07 August 2008 09:16PM CST

Section: Announcements

Train wreckSeveral days ago the server that runs this website failed catastrophically, taking its backup disk with it. I’ve mostly recovered the database, although the last two months of published entries are gone and some fairly serious problems with the database remain to be resolved.

As a result, I’ve moved the website to a professional hosting service associated with the good folks that make the software on which the site runs. The support from both parties has been incredible, and I fully expect to have the remaining issues resolved soon.

If the issues prove irresolvable, however, a decision will have to be made about continuing the website. Having already been confronted with losing all 16 years of content, I had already resolved to take it down.

So, fair warning. I’m going to give this 30 days (the time window in which I can still cancel my hosting account); if serious problems remain after that, a decision will be made with the very real possibility that the site will be permanently decommissioned. Here’s hoping that doesn’t become necessary.

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Recovering from a train wreck

By Michael Fraase

Thursday, 07 August 2008 09:16PM CST

Section: Announcements

Train wreckSeveral days ago the server that runs this website failed catastrophically, taking its backup disk with it. I’ve mostly recovered the database, although the last two months of published entries are gone and some fairly serious problems with the database remain to be resolved.

As a result, I’ve moved the website to a professional hosting service associated with the good folks that make the software on which the site runs. The support from both parties has been incredible, and I fully expect to have the remaining issues resolved soon.

If the issues prove irresolvable, however, a decision will have to be made about continuing the website. Having already been confronted with losing all 16 years of content, I had already resolved to take it down.

So, fair warning. I’m going to give this 30 days (the time window in which I can still cancel my hosting account); if serious problems remain after that, a decision will be made with the very real possibility that the site will be permanently decommissioned. Here’s hoping that doesn’t become necessary.

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