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PF Down For A Long Time - What Happened?

  1. Feb 27, 2016 #1

    lisab

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    Title says it all.

    Is everything OK now?
     
    lisab, Feb 27, 2016
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  3. Feb 27, 2016 #2

    Mark44

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    This site was apparently down all day. I was able to get back in just a few minutes ago. From the errors I saw (500 Internal server error and one other), my guess is there was a problem with the server.
     
    Mark44, Feb 27, 2016
  4. Feb 27, 2016 #3

    Greg Bernhardt

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    I want to apologize for the extreme downtime. We may still face a few hiccups because we have a less than ideal fix in place. Several essential web server packages got messed up. In the end two expert software support teams got involved and are still working. I'll update with any relevant updates here. Thanks again for your patience!
     
    Greg Bernhardt, Feb 27, 2016
  5. Feb 27, 2016 #4

    Evo

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    Hooray for Greg! He's been working non-stop all day.
     
    Evo, Feb 27, 2016
  6. Feb 27, 2016 #5

    StevieTNZ

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    Thank you Greg!
     
    StevieTNZ, Feb 27, 2016
  7. Feb 27, 2016 #6

    jtbell

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    When I kept getting those "500 server error" messages, I figured Greg was running 500 laps as penance and that's why it was taking so long. :-p
     
    jtbell, Feb 27, 2016
  8. Feb 27, 2016 #7

    Psinter

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    I knew something went terribly wrong as soon as I saw it and prayed that the site could recover. Those 500 code errors are hard as hell to debug. Like Evo says: Hooray for Greg and the experts behind it! :biggrin:
     
    Psinter, Feb 27, 2016
  9. Feb 28, 2016 #8

    Greg Bernhardt

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    We need to reboot the server in about an hour. After that we should be in the clear!
     
    Greg Bernhardt, Feb 28, 2016
  10. Feb 28, 2016 #9

    Evo

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    :nb)
     
    Evo, Feb 28, 2016
  11. Feb 28, 2016 #10

    Kilo Vectors

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    my entire life came to a standstill :cry::headbang::eynman:
     
    Kilo Vectors, Feb 28, 2016
  12. Feb 28, 2016 #11

    CrazyNinja

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    My entire online life came to a standstill. I was struck to playing boring CS. :headbang::olduhh:
     
    CrazyNinja, Feb 28, 2016
  13. Feb 28, 2016 #12

    StevieTNZ

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    All is good now, after the server reboot?
     
    StevieTNZ, Feb 28, 2016
  14. Feb 29, 2016 #13

    dlgoff

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    Good thing I wasn't around to log into PF on Saturday. Past PF down times have lead me to panic.

    I even call Evo once out of panic.
     
    dlgoff, Feb 29, 2016
  15. Mar 1, 2016 #14

    Psinter

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    :DD That must have been epic.

    "Evo!!!! What happened with the forum?!!!!!!" :biggrin:
     
    Psinter, Mar 1, 2016
  16. Mar 1, 2016 #15

    DrDu

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    I still can't use the android app. It says "loading" and then suddenly says process has been finished.
     
    DrDu, Mar 1, 2016
  17. Mar 1, 2016 #16

    PeroK

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    Perhaps a case of:

    Reflect, repent and reboot - order shall return!
     
    PeroK, Mar 1, 2016
  18. Mar 1, 2016 #17

    DrDu

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    Now it works again!
     
    DrDu, Mar 1, 2016
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