maineflyer 0 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Are we finally back up and running again? Can't be arsed posting if it's going to keep disappearing after a few hours. Hasn't this all been worthwhile!:disgusted: 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig 5,195 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 Xmas must be just around the corner.... the annual "gersnet is down" syndrome is back I am sure Barry is working feverishly to make sure we are back online ASAP, although this was a server migration issue so not sure how much he can control it. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmck 117 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 (edited) I sincerely hope so! Apologies for all the hassle. We've had to do a number of independent upgrades recently. The first, Vbulletin, was necessary because of the security issues. As with Microsoft and everyone else who makes money from licensing software, you only get updates for things like security if you also get the new versions of the software - compatibility for previous versions is rarely a concern, and is often actively made antagonistic to ensure everyone gets the latest release. The teething problems associated with the new software are really just capitalism's fault I done the forum from 4am to 8am to try and make sure it had the least effect and everything since then has been Frankie trying to customise it to everyone's taste. A fairly good service The second, which has been the cause of the last few day's woes, was a migration to an upgraded server on a faster line in an altogether happier more plentiful server farm. It seemed, at 3:30pm yesterday that this had been the first such migration ever to go broadly smoothly and all was well. It quickly appeared that this wasn't the case and I've been trying to get it sorted since. My lease of the server is a hangover from my old web development business, and so any technical issues that arise within its day to day running I can sort out - but in cases of migration between servers and things of that sort, I have to just ask as firmly as possible that the people who own the servers and do maintenance work sort it out. In fairness to them, they've been working on it all day - but, then, that's what I pay them for. If I had more control over it I'd hoped to have got it all organised more quickly (or, better yet, ensured it was all tested and worked first time!) but I couldn't do that in this situation. I just had to rely on them getting it done. They assure me that everything's now sorted and that the migration teething is over and done with. Apologies for the hassle but I honestly had no way of getting it all sorted more quickly. While we count on you being arsed posting, it has been worthwhile because I've witnessed first hand in the past week how much more f*cked you'd be with a hacked website, and the upgrade of the server is for everyone's benefit. This is just one site I host amidst paying clients and it would be foolish to pass up an upgrade on the basis that something may go wrong, and in any case it wasn't an option as the old server was running into hardware problems that would have resulted in even more problems. Nonetheless, I realise it's a pain in the ass. So sorry about that. If you all want to chip in I can run my own server farm and have it be my job to do the technical stuff for Gersnet, I'm more than willing Edited November 22, 2010 by bmck 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maineflyer 0 Posted November 22, 2010 Author Share Posted November 22, 2010 I'm criticising no one. Nor pretending it's easy or not being attended to. I just didn't see any point continuing to post if the thread was going to end up in the bin. Congrats to all if the war has now been won. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmck 117 Posted November 22, 2010 Share Posted November 22, 2010 I do realise, just thought everyone deserved an explanation of what's been going on in the background. It's been severely, severely annoying. I'm hoping, too, it's all resolved now. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maineflyer 0 Posted November 23, 2010 Author Share Posted November 23, 2010 I do realise, just thought everyone deserved an explanation of what's been going on in the background. It's been severely, severely annoying. I'm hoping, too, it's all resolved now. Craig just pm'd to say you should be fukking sacked if it's not.:grin: Edit - what is it with him? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewarty 1,876 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Good work Barry. Been mooching around a couple of other fora in the last few days during the down time but glad to be back! 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmck 117 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Craig just pm'd to say you should be fukking sacked if it's not.:grin: If I spend any more time working on this while I ought to be really working I'll be getting fukking sacked anyway I think :D 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmck 117 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Good work Barry. Been mooching around a couple of other fora in the last few days during the down time but glad to be back! TRAITOR! I mean, err, thanks 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,499 Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Good work Barry. Been mooching around a couple of other fora in the last few days during the down time but glad to be back! You mean Porno sites and your money has now gone.(wink smilie) Frankie, can we get some smilies for a quoted answer or am I overlooking them. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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