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[Be Real]

It says site not found maybe it is just me. I have current deals going and was wondering if anyone else can get it?

Thank all.

[cockerpunk]

works for me

[Be Real]

ok thanks CP.

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Well crap I can get to the mainsite but not the message boards

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Got it it was anupdate I did. my bad

[chrislognshot]

well this went down other day

The Planet ( Dedicated Servers & Web Hosting | Managed Web Hosting Services | The Planet ) had an explosion in their power distribution room that shut down 9,000 servers. Those 9,000 servers suppported some of the largest websites on the Internet. In fact about 40 or so of the proboards servers were in that group. Proboards99 was not amoung those taken down. However, it did affect Statcounter which does the statistics for Reportercaps message board. We lost a few stats but no biggie.

I can't imagine the stress of getting a page telling you that you had 9,000 servers down. Heck, having one server down is stressful enough.

Anyway, here's a letter from the CEO to their customers.

A message from our CEO ...

Dear Customer,

Late last night, I told you we hoped to have power to the 6,000 servers in Phase 2 of our H1 data center by midnight, with all servers up by early morning. I am glad to say we came close, just a few hours after sunrise. At this time, 100% of our servers in Phase 2 have power, and our technicians are working with customers on any remaining server issues. We are confident all remaining issues will be resolved shortly.

I also explained the significant challenge we faced in the other phase where the actual explosion occurred. Our team came up with a creative way to restore power quicker than the 4-5 day outage. We decided not to wait for equipment for the electrical room completely, opting instead for a temporary solution to get power to the 3,000 servers. That solution involves using generator power for the next 10 -12 days until all the new equipment arrives to rebuild the electrical room for Phase 1. I explained that we expected to have a temporary solution in place by midnight tonight, with servers powered up tomorrow. The good news is that as you read this letter, the power is restored, and the temporary solution is in effect. Within the next two hours, the remaining 3,000 servers have power. We have overstaffed our data centers again to help during this initial power up.

This now leaves us facing step two of this process, which requires getting all of the equipment delivered and then rebuilding the electrical room to its original standard. To make the cutover to the rebuilt electrical room, the operations group believed it would take a maintenance outage of 24-48 hours. I have good news on that front. It's not perfect, but at present we now believe the maintenance window will be just 4-6 hours. That's still too long, and we will continue this week to find ways to reduce the time. Given that there will be some outage for the cutover, we will execute this step at midnight on a Saturday, either June 7 or June 14. We want to pick the most appropriate time to minimize impact to you.

I must admit that I am amazed. We are almost 18 hours ahead of schedule with this phase, thanks to our great suppliers and of course the great folks working here at The Planet. This could never have happened without the help of both, and I want to thank all of them.

There is still more work to do, but the progress is terrific. We will continue to work any and all customer issues, and we face the challenge of putting the permanent power fix in place for Phase 1. Nonetheless, there is still good news based on what I told you last night.

As each hour passes, we learn more and more. Please give us the time to continue our planning. We will provide you with information as we have it.

Until tonight's update….

Douglas J. Erwin

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer



http://www.computerworld.com/action/...&intsrc=kc_top

[Be Real]

Thanks chris I love the knowledge of things lol. I appreciate it.