While 'moi' were NAUGHT the slightest bit 'greedy', then I'll take you UP on this generous proffer of YOURS, with give 'moi' $2 for a "GG"!
On Mar 30, 8:27 pm, Mohrlock <[email protected]> wrote: > If you donate to MY Paypal then I give a much better return of $s to GGs :P > > On Saturday, 31 March 2012 11:23:26 UTC+8, GROGnads wrote: > > > You could have put their Pay-Pal LINK within here for them others and > > maybe offer these TWICE the "GG"s on their RETURN once BGG were such & > > up & running some more? GIVE them an incentive at that at least! > > > On Mar 30, 8:02 pm, chaddyboy_2000 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There's a concerted fund drive every December... pretty tough to miss > > > as there's a thermometer-style donation bar across the top of the > > > screen during the drive! > > > > On Mar 30, 9:19 pm, Mohrlock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Wow! That's a big work load! Ever thought to run a fund-drive to help > > get > > > > to the levels of lower maintenance/no maintenance time on your > > servers? > > > > > We all try to donate when we can afford to but I'm sure if you ran a > > > > concerted fund raiser it would do very well! Even with no gain to your > > > > forum users aside from a smoother-running site - though everyone likes > > a > > > > Microbadge for their efforts *wink wink* > > > > > Just a thought, I'm sure it's crossed your minds previously anyways. > > > > > On Saturday, 31 March 2012 08:25:43 UTC+8, dakarp wrote: > > > > > > BGG runs on a shoestring budget, and can't afford the sort of > > hardware > > > > > that would allow for continuous service during maintenance. > > > > > > Today there are several things going on. First, one of our MongoDB > > > > > (database) servers, sackson, is being replaced with a new system. > > The > > > > > goal was to transfer the database to the new server AND pull the old > > > > > system from the rack on the same trip. (BGG has only one rack of > > > > > servers, and it is full--any time we install a new server, we have > > to > > > > > remove an old one.) In order to do so, we needed to make a full > > backup > > > > > of the database while the site is down--if it were up, we would be > > > > > constantly writing to the database. That full backup alone takes a > > > > > long time--a couple of hours, I believe. So we shut down the system > > > > > and started the backup before Aldie headed to the server room. > > > > > > Another reason for the trip was that one of the hard drives had > > failed > > > > > on our main file server. In order to replace that, we again made a > > > > > full backup before shutting it down. That backup took longer than > > > > > expected. > > > > > > An additional purpose of the trip was to increase the hard drive > > > > > capacity in three of our systems. This meant swapping out about 20 > > > > > hard drives, and this also apparently did not go as smoothly as we > > > > > would like. > > > > > > Finally, two additional servers were installed. > > > > > > As you can see, there was a lot going on in this maintenance trip. > > If > > > > > we could afford to pay someone to be in charge of our hardware, and > > if > > > > > we could afford more redundancy in our servers, we could certainly > > do > > > > > our maintenance with less downtime. Considering our resources, > > > > > though, I think we do OK. > > > > > > -Daniel > > > > > > On Mar 30, 6:45 pm, Tiago R² <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Same question here. It's been down for almost 5 hours now. > > > > > > Any explanation for the downtime? I work with webdevelopment, and > > > > > > regular maintenance rarely takes more than an hour, in my > > experience. > > > > > > > On 30 mar, 18:38, crsluggo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Does anyone have a time frame for when BGG will be up again? > On Saturday, 31 March 2012 11:23:26 UTC+8, GROGnads wrote: > > > You could have put their Pay-Pal LINK within here for them others and > > maybe offer these TWICE the "GG"s on their RETURN once BGG were such & > > up & running some more? GIVE them an incentive at that at least! > > > On Mar 30, 8:02 pm, chaddyboy_2000 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There's a concerted fund drive every December... pretty tough to miss > > > as there's a thermometer-style donation bar across the top of the > > > screen during the drive! > > > > On Mar 30, 9:19 pm, Mohrlock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Wow! That's a big work load! Ever thought to run a fund-drive to help > > get > > > > to the levels of lower maintenance/no maintenance time on your > > servers? > > > > > We all try to donate when we can afford to but I'm sure if you ran a > > > > concerted fund raiser it would do very well! Even with no gain to your > > > > forum users aside from a smoother-running site - though everyone likes > > a > > > > Microbadge for their efforts *wink wink* > > > > > Just a thought, I'm sure it's crossed your minds previously anyways. > > > > > On Saturday, 31 March 2012 08:25:43 UTC+8, dakarp wrote: > > > > > > BGG runs on a shoestring budget, and can't afford the sort of > > hardware > > > > > that would allow for continuous service during maintenance. > > > > > > Today there are several things going on. First, one of our MongoDB > > > > > (database) servers, sackson, is being replaced with a new system. > > The > > > > > goal was to transfer the database to the new server AND pull the old > > > > > system from the rack on the same trip. (BGG has only one rack of > > > > > servers, and it is full--any time we install a new server, we have > > to > > > > > remove an old one.) In order to do so, we needed to make a full > > backup > > > > > of the database while the site is down--if it were up, we would be > > > > > constantly writing to the database. That full backup alone takes a > > > > > long time--a couple of hours, I believe. So we shut down the system > > > > > and started the backup before Aldie headed to the server room. > > > > > > Another reason for the trip was that one of the hard drives had > > failed > > > > > on our main file server. In order to replace that, we again made a > > > > > full backup before shutting it down. That backup took longer than > > > > > expected. > > > > > > An additional purpose of the trip was to increase the hard drive > > > > > capacity in three of our systems. This meant swapping out about 20 > > > > > hard drives, and this also apparently did not go as smoothly as we > > > > > would like. > > > > > > Finally, two additional servers were installed. > > > > > > As you can see, there was a lot going on in this maintenance trip. > > If > > > > > we could afford to pay someone to be in charge of our hardware, and > > if > > > > > we could afford more redundancy in our servers, we could certainly > > do > > > > > our maintenance with less downtime. Considering our resources, > > > > > though, I think we do OK. > > > > > > -Daniel > > > > > > On Mar 30, 6:45 pm, Tiago R² <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Same question here. It's been down for almost 5 hours now. > > > > > > Any explanation for the downtime? I work with webdevelopment, and > > > > > > regular maintenance rarely takes more than an hour, in my > > experience. > > > > > > > On 30 mar, 18:38, crsluggo <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Does anyone have a time frame for when BGG will be up again? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.
