PF HD repair Thur 3/25 at 11PM CDT

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Seems the PF database HD is failing. It is scheduled to be replaced on Thursday at 11PM CDT.

There will be a bit of downtime. Sorry for the inconvenience.
 
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Just switch to a SCSI drive.
 
what said:
Just switch to a SCSI drive.

I'll have to check with Greg on that. Not sure how often he's checking in right now.
 
Oh boy. Maintenance being done while Greg is away. Do we still have the alternate PF Yahoo site to gather with our support groups if we have to go through withdrawal if the whole site goes down until he returns? :bugeye:
 
Moonbear said:
Oh boy. Maintenance being done while Greg is away. Do we still have the alternate PF Yahoo site to gather with our support groups if we have to go through withdrawal if the whole site goes down until he returns? :bugeye:
Astronuc and chroot have the ability to work directly with the data center anytime Greg travels, so any down time should be minimal.

Moonbear the alt PF support site is a secret, used only for urgent communications like "ugh, what happened, I can't get in", "I know I can't get in either", "can anyone get in?", "not that I know of". :biggrin:
 
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Borek said:
We can always gather in a bad place where nobody knows who is who.
That was my thought also.

Evo said:
...the alt PF support site is a secret, used only for urgent communications like "ugh, what happened...
Welcome home Evo.
 
Borek said:
We can always gather in a bad place where nobody knows who is who.
OK, I'll be stinky elf.
 
dlgoff said:
Thanks dl!Welcome home Evo.

turbo-1 said:
OK, I'll be stinky elf.
I never got a cool name.
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
aaaaaand we're back and on the new HD. now I'm going to go get drunk and then sleep for 12 hours.
MIH I'm going to need a massage too :D

...gasp...!

Wow, soooo glad you fixed it, Greg. Thanks! Nighty-night, sweet dreams o:)!
 
It would appear that we lost quite a bit of posts :cry: :cry:.

At least it's all fixed now. Thanks Greg :smile:

++What you drinking huh?
 
zomgwtf said:
It would appear that we lost quite a bit of posts :cry: :cry:.

At least it's all fixed now. Thanks Greg :smile:

yeah we lost all the posts from late morning, I don't think it was up more than a couple hours
 
Ah this is so not cool. I was updating the page all day and its down! Finally its up. Hey how much space do you guys use? We should pitch in and get SSD, I am sure the forum is under 250 gigs?
 
cronxeh said:
Ah this is so not cool. I was updating the page all day and its down! Finally its up. Hey how much space do you guys use? We should pitch in and get SSD, I am sure the forum is under 250 gigs?

It was a combination of problems, not just the hard drive, I won't go into detail. Data centers are very slow in adopting SSD. Once they are reliable and readily available we'll definitely hop on that train.
 
Wow, Greg, you can't even go on vacation without PF going kerblooey! Sorry your vacation was disrupted with having to fix hard drive problems. Go enjoy that drink and sleep well!
 
Moonbear said:
Wow, Greg, you can't even go on vacation without PF going kerblooey! Sorry your vacation was disrupted with having to fix hard drive problems. Go enjoy that drink and sleep well!

I got back last night thankfully!
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
I got back last night thankfully!

Then, welcome back! When the whole site went down for so long, I was worried that Astronuc was on his own to fix the problems (I haven't seen Chroot around in a while) and couldn't reach you on vacation. For some reason, I thought you weren't back home until this weekend (and was starting to get nervous that PF might be down that long). :rolleyes:
 
Welcome back Greg! Did you get that weird sensation in the pit of your stomach too when you noticed that PF wasn't working?
 
"I felt a great disturbance in the Force... as if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced."
 
Greg Bernhardt said:
aaaaaand we're back and on the new HD. now I'm going to go get drunk and then sleep for 12 hours.
MIH I'm going to need a massage too :D

I tried, baby, but you were out like a light. BTW, your kung pao chicken is in the fridge - maybe you can have it for breakfast.
 
Math Is Hard said:
I tried, baby, but you were out like a light. BTW, your kung pao chicken is in the fridge - maybe you can have it for breakfast.


:eek:
 
A couple of us worked out the meaning of life in the philosophy forum the other day, but now I can't find it anymore! :cry:

edit: the mathematical equation for nirvana is gone too! nooooooo!
 
Hurkyl said:
A couple of us worked out the meaning of life in the philosophy forum the other day, but now I can't find it anymore! :cry:

edit: the mathematical equation for nirvana is gone too! nooooooo!
Such is life.