XDA Maintenance and Forums Restored from Backups

[svetius]

As many of you may have heard, we underwent routine maintenance on our Database Server last night (9/25). Upon rebooting the Database Server, it refused to boot and all indications are that the RAID 10 (what is RAID? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID) array failed.

We have restored the Forums from a 24 hour old backup. We know this is not ideal, but at this point, the chances of recovering the failed array are slim.

We sincerely apologize for this.

Technical Info:
This maintenance was intended to boost the redundancy of our database setup and "lightening struck".
The maintenance was to update the OS and make a configuration change to allow us to introduce a slave DB server which would replicate all data on the primary DB server. We are currently running off this intended "slave server" as a master.

 

[Captainkrtek]

ouch how does Raid 10 fail!? hope all is well!

 

[philicibine]

At least your back!

Hoorah for back ups!

Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

 

[thomasskull666]

hurray for raid!!!

 

[orb3000]

Now up but strange...

 

[snq-]

We have restored the Forums from a 24 hour old backup.

is there any chance to restore newer entries too?

 

[Captainkrtek]

is there any chance to restore newer entries too?

Most likely not, except for Google's cache that stores some of the sites stuff

 

[steviewevie]

Could I please request that this information is posted across all the forums ? It certainly confused me as to where my recent posts etc had gone.

 

[xlr8me]

God damn!!!
I had some brilliant posts about statistics on overclocking HD2 and now those posts all gone

 

[pulser_g2]

Thanks svetius, I was about to post an annoucement on hero and desire, but you beat me...

Sorry to hear about this. Time to action the RPs again, cap'ntrek

 

[patensas]

Now this isn't the greatest way to start a day

I did notice the downtime messages, which you guys kept refreshing with status updates, and noticed the forums return. It's a shame you guys had to use a 24 hrs old backup but hey things are up and running again.

I wouldn't know what to do without my favourite forum.

Besides the set back on posts i want to say GREAT JOB guys for getting things up again, and a very big THANK YOU for keeping us posted during the process.

 

[Captainkrtek]

Thanks svetius, I was about to post an annoucement on hero and desire, but you beat me...

Sorry to hear about this. Time to action the RPs again, cap'ntrek

Yes boss

 

[pulser_g2]

Yes boss

Hehe. To the mod-mobile This means bans and warnings will need issued again...

 

[Captainkrtek]

Hehe. To the mod-mobile This means bans and warnings will need issued again...

Oh great haha its 2 am where iam

 

[MacaronyMax]

So things I posted yesterday day are gone

 

[wacky.banana]

I now understand what's going on. Thought I had lost my mind for a minute.

Not sure how we raise awareness of this issue across the site as there are a lot of confused people out there. I am beginning to get pms on it.

WB

 

[pulser_g2]

I now understand what's going on. Thought I had lost my mind for a minute.

Not sure how we raise awareness of this issue across the site as there are a lot of confused people out there. I am beginning to get pms on it.

WB

Hi mate, there's a global announcement above every forum, but perhaps mike or svetius could add a new notice in place of the announcement, as it might be easier to see (since there are no notices in normal circumstances)

 

[kurt-willems]

I now understand what's going on. Thought I had lost my mind for a minute.

Not sure how we raise awareness of this issue across the site as there are a lot of confused people out there. I am beginning to get pms on it.

WB

Sorry My friend fore the PM I send you!? But I was lost.
I thought that fore some reason 25/September/2010 was band? It was like a dream to see lot of thing we thought to have solved/see/replay/posted and now there isn't anymore!?

But NP we will have patience/understanding fore this issue.

 

[GMK83]

For the size XDA is its pretty sad that you're not replicating your DB.

 

[venkig]

Glad the forum is back.