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KM

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Site Downtime
« on: June 25, 2007, 09:26:53 am »
You may (or may not?) have noticed the site was offline all of yesterday + this morning

This downtime was caused by a tiny mistake whilst doing some server updates, a small mistake meant the server needed someone to type in a single 1 line command during the boot process to make the server boot - and due to there being no access to the console for customers this had to be done by someone at the datacenter.

Thankfuly keyweb have great technical support and it only took them a mere 11 hours to tell me that they don't give a damn and the server being offline was "no emergency" (in response to my asking them why the hell it was taking them so long to type 1 command) - of course i don't consider paying the next bill they send to be very important either

25 hours 45 minutes after i first submitted the support request the third technician to come on duty finally got around to doing it, although by that time I was in bed having given up waiting for them to get off of their arses so it took a little longer before the site was shifted back to the server from the maintenance page I had put up in the meantime

We will be switching providers as a result of this bullshit they claim to call support, however for now the site is back up and running anyway - simply telling them where to stick their 25 hour response times and getting another server from elsewhere would have meant at least several days of downtime (perhaps a week or more) waiting for a new provider to get a server online - I very nearly did that, however at the last second before clicking send I deleted my message figuring they might just get it back online before christmas if I resisted the urge to tell them what I think of them

Needless to say I won't be recommending them to anyone who considers a server being offline to be important - if it took them nearly 26 hours to type 1 damn command then i'd hate to think how long it would take them to fix a real problem (i doubt they even could, considering my initial support ticket told them the problem and how to fix it, and the first response i got was "the filesystem has crashed and needs a reinstall"...)

Offline Mick832

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Re: Site Downtime
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2007, 11:05:46 am »
I did notice.   Thank you for your support.   Seems much better than  keywebs.

Offline Bearded Blunder

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Re: Site Downtime
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2007, 11:33:08 am »
Good luck with whoever the new host turns out to be
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Offline SamSeeSam

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Re: Site Downtime
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2007, 02:40:02 pm »
I noticed yesterday and saw this only in the evening. I must commend thier efficiency lol

Cheers :P
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Offline Bearded Blunder

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Re: Site Downtime
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2007, 04:29:01 pm »
25 minutes would have been more acceptable for them to deal with such a support ticket...
given the actual remedy takes about 25 seconds...
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Offline GhostShip

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Re: Site Downtime
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2007, 04:51:13 pm »
As usual well done KM in keeping thing together and the site rolling for us all  8)

Whilst its good to know you knew the problem and the solution its a fact of life we have to rely on outside forces to some extent and dowwntime is something I,m sure we suffer from less than most due you your dilligence.

Keep up the good work  :D

Offline sheri43

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Re: Site Downtime
« Reply #6 on: July 01, 2007, 01:03:31 am »
Does this mean ( for us who cannot connect) that the site will be back up running soon>\???????

Offline ñòóKýçrÕôK

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Re: Site Downtime
« Reply #7 on: July 01, 2007, 06:28:59 am »
What that means is you can go to C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc folder on your computer and rename hosts file there to hosts.bak in case you need it later then go to https://www.winmxworld.com/files/host_file.zip online here and extract the contents of that file to C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc. If you have WinMX running when you do shut it down and restart it. If not just start WinMX and all should be fine. After which if you have any more problems come to the  WinMXWorld.com Help_E3D7EFD5BABE  on WinMX and post any problems you have there and someone will be more than greatful to give you a hand. Have a goodun :)
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Offline Bearded Blunder

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Re: Site Downtime
« Reply #8 on: July 01, 2007, 11:36:06 am »
thanks for adding the clarification nooky
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Offline Happy Dude

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Re: Site Downtime
« Reply #9 on: July 01, 2007, 09:05:29 pm »
I only came back here yesterday after a while. was www.winmxworld.com down? As if you go to winmxworld.com, NOT www.winmxworld.com, it takes you to an Apache for Fedora Core page

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