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10-03-14, 18:58
Brammers

THN Online - UPDATED 11/03/2014

Right as some of you have gathered via Facebook and Twitter, the THN is offline due to a hardware failure.

This is due to a disk in the RAID1 mirror failing this morning. The server will not be brought back online until the disk is replaced. At this time I don't have an ETA for when the disk will be replaced, since a new disk needs to be purchased and installed.

The one bit of good news I can offer, is the data on the THN is all backed up, so nothing (In theory) should be lost, and I have since taken another backup this afternoon to be safe.
10-03-14, 19:32
Nanook

Thanks for the heads up. However, I'm wondering why one disk failing in a RAID1 mirror causes trouble for the server? Normally a RAID1 array has one good copy of the data even if one disk fails completely. Is it because you want to be on the safe side and replace the disk before the other one has chance to fail and force a restore from the backup?
10-03-14, 19:47
Brammers

You are correct, the server should be able to carry on with a disk missing from the. Although the server did lock up at one point.

Although the 2nd disk in the mirror is fine *touchwood* I don't want to put too much strain on the server until it is replaced, so the disk intensive stuff like the web server and DB server are stopped. Plan is to get the disk in, let the mirror re-sync, check things over and bring the server when it's ready.
10-03-14, 21:44
Divide

Sorry about the hard luck, Brammers! Your array probably shut itself down to protect against total failure. Many highpoint controllers do that by default. We need to get you mirrored/proxied like tpb... NC needs th.org like a crackhead needs $20 to get his fix.
10-03-14, 21:46
nEo-1664

Quote:

Originally Posted by Divide

Sorry about the hard luck, Brammers! Your array probably shut itself down to protect against total failure. Many highpoint controllers do that by default. We need to get you mirrored/proxied like tpb... NC needs th.org like a crackhead needs $20 to get his fix.

We're working on it ;)
11-03-14, 01:23
aKe`cj

Something is wrong.
Where are the people asking for free candy or Double-XP ?
11-03-14, 02:45
hudsonbeck

Not sure if it would help due to not knowing what hardware you're running or your location(ship time)but I thought I would offer... I have six new in sealed boxes 300 GB axiom 2.5 inch sas drives.(https://m.cdw.com/shop/products/HP-D...-SAS-2/1723330)
I have no use for them and they just sit on my shelves, you're more than welcome to any or all if they would help you. I'm sure you've already placed an order for a replacement but I just thought I would throw that out there since you guys do so much for the community it's the least I could do.
11-03-14, 05:41
Doc Holliday

Quote:

Originally Posted by aKe`cj

Something is wrong.
Where are the people asking for free candy or Double-XP ?

<3 best post ever.
11-03-14, 14:07
Alduin

Quote:

Originally Posted by aKe`cj

Something is wrong.
Where are the people asking for free candy or Double-XP ?

G1v3 m3 d0ubl3 XP!

Back to topic: sad to hear this! Hope you are back to normal soon! Whish you all the best!
11-03-14, 15:11
Powerpunsh

Oh noes, im so glad ive finished the crahn epic 1 day before. Would haven driven me insane i believe.

Hope to see THN on again asap. gogo Brammers. :)
11-03-14, 15:55
Brammers

Quote:

Originally Posted by aKe`cj

Something is wrong.
Where are the people asking for free candy or Double-XP ?

You are right, something is wrong. People are wanting the wrong thing. Screw free candy, forget double XP, I demand BEER! :D ;)

First all thanks to @hudsonbeck for the offer of the HD's, a replacement HD has been sourced I may still take your offer up though. For everyone's information, the server is a R200 Dell commission in 2010 IIRC. It's a shared server between myself and 10 other users from my Uni days. Out of the users on the server, I think I would consider myself one of the heavy users of the system with the THN. As for the location, it's in the UK at Maidenhead.

As I said a new HD has been sourced, but it's going to take a while to get to the UK, which is something, I'm not happy about. However I did order a new VPS as a temporary solution for hosting one of my other sites yesterday which is now running. It should have enough power to host the THN if a little slower.

At this time, a copy of the THN is transferring to the temporary server, and I need to setup the DB's and update the DNS. So I'm hoping to bring back parts of the site tonight.

Now to help me to bring things back online quicker, I would like you guys to tell me which 2 things are the most essential parts of the THN which you would like back first. I want to see 10 responses to this thread, otherwise I'll assume the THN isn't important and head down the pub instead for the evening. ;)

Your choices are

1. Forums
2. Stats DB
3. Items DB
4. Wiki
5. THN news
6. Rares DB
7. Bram's dogtag (For options not listed here)
8. nEo-1664's dogtag (For other options not listed here)
11-03-14, 16:02
Xeno LARD

Items DB, Wiki and epic guides (which I think are in the wiki? Can't remember :p)
11-03-14, 17:29
Nanook

Items DB, Rares DB for me.
11-03-14, 17:48
hudsonbeck

Items db
Wiki
11-03-14, 18:07
Powerpunsh

item db wiki :)
11-03-14, 18:15
Dropout

Rares DB(!!!)
Wiki

<3
11-03-14, 19:17
William Antrim

Item db and guides
11-03-14, 19:56
Rob01m

Items DB
Wiki
11-03-14, 20:00
Divide

rares db
wiki
11-03-14, 20:17
nikkon

items and rares
11-03-14, 20:47
Mr Kot

4. Wiki
6. Rares DB

if there were a 9. Dogtags of a GM of choice, I'd choose that! More chance of a gold WoC PA falling out of my arse, though :p

Bram, please post an email address for Paypal donations to the THN ~~hamster~~ HD fund. I think I speak for most of the community when I say that the service THN provides to us loyal NC veterans justifies a small donation from those who use it :)
11-03-14, 20:55
ArthurDent2k

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Kot

...
Bram, please post an email address for Paypal donations to the THN ~~hamster~~ HD fund. I think I speak for most of the community when I say that the service THN provides to us loyal NC veterans justifies a small donation from those who use it :)

Full Ack
11-03-14, 20:57
ArthurDent2k

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Kot

...
Bram, please post an email address for Paypal donations to the THN ~~hamster~~ HD fund. I think I speak for most of the community when I say that the service THN provides to us loyal NC veterans justifies a small donation from those who use it :)

Full Ack

Ahh and Item DB, Rares DB :)
11-03-14, 21:47
Brammers

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Kot

Bram, please post an email address for Paypal donations to the THN ~~hamster~~ HD fund. I think I speak for most of the community when I say that the service THN provides to us loyal NC veterans justifies a small donation from those who use it :)

I'll find a way to make that happen. Funds to help run the THN server are welcome. I'm a little reluctant to put up my paypal email, as it's one of my personal email addresses as well.

In the mean time, keep an eye on https://twitter.com/TechHaven for updates. First on the list looks like the item DB. This could get interesting, since this server is running a slightly newer distro...
11-03-14, 22:25
Torg

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brammers

I'm a little reluctant to put up my paypal email, as it's one of my personal email addresses as well.

flattr. you may want to put up any webpage (wordpress, tumblr), make an account and put that flattr button on it.
ebay. or put up an auction for an ingame item. computer junk from the crashed THN cityterm. whatever. good luck.
11-03-14, 22:55
Brammers

Wiki and Items DB Back online http://www.techhaven.org/ and http://wiki.techhaven.org

Please report any totally blank pages with the URL. Had to do some code updates to make the ancient Item DB code work with PHP 5.4
11-03-14, 22:57
Kronos

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr Kot

if there were a 9. Dogtags of a GM of choice, I'd choose that! More chance of a gold WoC PA falling out of my arse, though :p

No chance of that tag being mine...........
11-03-14, 23:01
Dropout

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kronos

No chance of that tag being mine...........

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight :p
11-03-14, 23:02
Divide

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kronos

No chance of that tag being mine...........

The last GM I remember killing was Lupus. That was a looooooooooooooooooooooong time ago.
11-03-14, 23:17
Nanook

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brammers

Wiki and Items DB Back online http://www.techhaven.org/ and http://wiki.techhaven.org

Please report any totally blank pages with the URL. Had to do some code updates to make the ancient Item DB code work with PHP 5.4

Not yet visible here. You have an insanely long TTL for the DNS records (43000 seconds) of *.techhaven.org. You could use something like 7200 seconds (2 hours) easily and not have any problems with the DNS server getting overloaded with requests. Makes this type of relocations much more painless and quicker.

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