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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2004-03-08 01:09 pm
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Well, the server I use for email and webspace has been down since sometime Sunday afternoon. Word has it the MySQL databases are lost, and since I follow the policy of never actually backing up anything, I've got some restoration work ahead of me in the next week or so, it looks like. However I knew that would be the case if I ever lost them, so I'm really not broken up about it, and it'll serve as a convenient excuse to update a bunch of stuff I'd never gottena round to updating.

I'm just into the shakes and hallucinations stage of email withdrawal, though...

(anyone wants to email me in the forseeable future, can do so at sfolse14 at yahoo dot com)
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[identity profile] pickledkiki.livejournal.com 2004-03-08 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
I am having similar withdrawals.
What I'm wondering is, does this mean my webpages are -gone-?
'Cause I just got done creating one and that's the only spot I had it ...

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2004-03-08 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
The message up on the webpages says:

" * As of 10:30am, it is anticipated that the mysql databases have been lost. An attempt will be made to recover to the latest backup, but this is not expected to be usefully successful. This page will be updated when the admin is contactable for DB access requests.
* There will be further downtime around 2:30pm when attempts are made to restore access to old partitions (including the home volume, and password files)."

So I expect regular files are all OK, but the MySQL databases are GONE GONE GONE. So as long as you were doing regular HTML -- unlike me -- you *should* be fine.

I could be wrong, of course. :)

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2004-03-08 12:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Database management system. If you don't know what it is, then you're not using it. :)

I've got info for my personal homepage, for Can't Sleep, and for ConDFW all stored in a MySQL database, so when it gets back up my scripts *should* all be working fine, but there will be no content on those pages...

*le sigh*

[identity profile] emtigereyes.livejournal.com 2004-03-08 01:03 pm (UTC)(link)
All my internet files were .html, save the script.css that does the background stuff, and so far I can't get at it. Can't even log on thru .ftp to grab stuff. Hoping I can get it at sooner or later.

Oh well... if it is indeed lost, I have all the new code for my site saved on my computer. The old versions of my site would be gone though. Grr.

Re: *le sigh*

[identity profile] mothoc.livejournal.com 2004-03-08 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Unless Jeff decided he just really didn't like you, your files will all be there. Including the .css stuff. The only way you'd have lost anything is if you're using a database. even then, only the contents of the database itself would be gone.

In other words, your files are safe.

Re: *le sigh*

[identity profile] emtigereyes.livejournal.com 2004-03-08 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah.

Sorry, in many ways, I am computer illiterate.
Pardon my ignorance.

Re: *le sigh*

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2004-03-09 08:32 am (UTC)(link)
Question is: is the database *structure* there, or do I get to re-create all my tables from scratch? :)

email cure

[identity profile] puppleball.livejournal.com 2004-03-08 11:33 am (UTC)(link)
Irc helps, or you could come over here if you want a destraction.

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[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2004-03-08 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
I may just have to come over... I'll phone you shortly. Arg! My cellphone ios dead and your phone number is on there! Arg! Guess I'll see if I can download a Windows IRC client to get hold of you...

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[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2004-03-08 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Hah, at least plugging it in gave enough juice to unearth your phone number.
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