Thanks for your efforts

GunsnRovers · August 7, 2004, 10:50 AM

Just wanted to thank the TFL crew for getting the tech issue resolved so quickly. Good to be back.

RWK · August 7, 2004, 11:12 AM

Thanks to all who worked throughout your the last week to bring TFL back to life. I missed it and I appreciate efforts.

Fred Hansen · August 7, 2004, 11:40 AM

Thank God you are back!

**Rich Lucibella** · August 7, 2004, 12:05 PM

Thank tyme. We'd almost lost it all.

Since we installed the new server we'd been having problems. The old server didn't have the capacity to do backups. We ordered additional drives for it. That took a while. Discovering that the Co-Lo crew in WA couldn't swap out the drives caused more delays.

The old server was one day away from being shipped to tyme for setup as a backup when the new one went down. The first guru to check it, threw up his hands, saying the drives were unreadable. tyme got hold of it and discovered a miniscule hardware problem. He swapped a card, removed a connetor, changed the op-system, stress tested under load, sprinkled some happy dust on it and shipped back to WA on Thursday.

He's also installed a backup 200GB drive just in case. The old server will now be shipped back to him as redundant backup and I'll be downloading weeklies to my own computer.

Truly sorry for the mess....this is hardly the kind of instability TFL's been known for.
Rich

pax · August 7, 2004, 01:02 PM

Glad you guys got it worked out. I missed TFL while it was down!

Pass my thanks along to tyme, please.

pax

**tyme** · August 7, 2004, 01:09 PM

I'm just glad it's back up. There was much worry that none of the new posts would be recoverable.

Don Gwinn · August 7, 2004, 06:55 PM

I guess this is why we have two forums now. . . redundancy?

Geoff Timm · August 7, 2004, 07:02 PM

Lord Blesseth the pessimists, for they hath made backups.

And all the people who worked to bring the system back to what passes for Normal around these parts.

Hoo-AH! (In the immortal words of R. Lee Ermy.

Geoff Timm
Who extends his sympathy to the sysadmin, for the customers never remember the 2000 up days, only the 1 down.

August 7, 2004, 10:50 AM	#1
GunsnRovers Senior Member Join Date: June 25, 2002 Location: Lost Angeles Posts: 781	Thanks for your efforts Just wanted to thank the TFL crew for getting the tech issue resolved so quickly. Good to be back. __________________ Jeff The reason we're all here is that we're not all there.

August 7, 2004, 11:12 AM	#2
RWK Senior Member Join Date: August 20, 1999 Location: Occupied Virginia Posts: 2,777	Thanks to all who worked throughout your the last week to bring TFL back to life. I missed it and I appreciate efforts. __________________ __________________ Μολών λαβέ!

August 7, 2004, 11:40 AM	#3
Fred Hansen Senior Member Join Date: May 30, 2001 Location: The middle of WWIII Posts: 3,335	Thank God you are back! __________________ "This started out as a documentary on gun violence in America, but the largest mass murder in our history was just committed -- without the use of a single gun! Not a single bullet fired! No bomb was set off, no missile was fired, no weapon (i.e., a device that was solely and specifically manufactured to kill humans) was used. A boxcutter! -- I can't stop thinking about this. A thousand gun control laws would not have prevented this massacre. What am I doing?" Michael Moore

August 7, 2004, 12:05 PM	#4
Rich Lucibella Staff Join Date: October 6, 1998 Location: South Florida Posts: 10,229	Thank tyme. We'd almost lost it all. Since we installed the new server we'd been having problems. The old server didn't have the capacity to do backups. We ordered additional drives for it. That took a while. Discovering that the Co-Lo crew in WA couldn't swap out the drives caused more delays. The old server was one day away from being shipped to tyme for setup as a backup when the new one went down. The first guru to check it, threw up his hands, saying the drives were unreadable. tyme got hold of it and discovered a miniscule hardware problem. He swapped a card, removed a connetor, changed the op-system, stress tested under load, sprinkled some happy dust on it and shipped back to WA on Thursday. He's also installed a backup 200GB drive just in case. The old server will now be shipped back to him as redundant backup and I'll be downloading weeklies to my own computer. Truly sorry for the mess....this is hardly the kind of instability TFL's been known for. Rich __________________ S.W.A.T. Magazine Weapons, Training and Tactics for the Real World Join us at TFL or at AR15.com or on Facebook

August 7, 2004, 01:02 PM	#5
pax Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2000 Location: In a state of flux Posts: 7,520	Glad you guys got it worked out. I missed TFL while it was down! Pass my thanks along to tyme, please. pax __________________ Kathy Jackson My personal website: Cornered Cat

August 7, 2004, 01:09 PM	#6
tyme Staff Join Date: October 13, 2001 Posts: 3,355	I'm just glad it's back up. There was much worry that none of the new posts would be recoverable. __________________ “The egg hatched...” “...the egg hatched... and a hundred baby spiders came out...” (blade runner) “Who are you?” “A friend. I'm here to prevent you from making a mistake.” “You have no idea what I'm doing here, friend.” “In specific terms, no, but I swore an oath to protect the world...” (continuum) “It's a goal you won't understand until later. Your job is to make sure he doesn't achieve the goal.” (bsg)

August 7, 2004, 06:55 PM	#7
Don Gwinn Staff Emeritus Join Date: March 9, 2000 Location: Virden, IL Posts: 5,917	I guess this is why we have two forums now. . . redundancy? __________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don Gwinn: Chicago Gun Rights Examiner

August 7, 2004, 07:02 PM	#8
Geoff Timm Senior Member Join Date: May 18, 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 472	Lord Blesseth the pessimists, for they hath made backups. And all the people who worked to bring the system back to what passes for Normal around these parts. Hoo-AH! (In the immortal words of R. Lee Ermy. Geoff Timm Who extends his sympathy to the sysadmin, for the customers never remember the 2000 up days, only the 1 down.