As some of you may be aware, we had a server problem, actually a big one
For the nerds...
Our main server hard drive decided to die on us along with our DNS server. Under normal circumstances this would not be a problem as we could have just swapped out drives for the 2nd drive that we backup to every 24hrs. If only life was that easy! The 2nd drive that we keep in another data center for safety reasons, decided it wasn't happy mounting and gave us hell for a a few hours.
After the longest period of downtime since 1996 and sleep deprivation...
I'm glad to say, we now have a new main drive that is mirrored to a second drive, plus a new remote back up server. Or in NASA terms, a shared Dell remote back up server with dual Fiber HBAs that connect to an EMC CX700 Clariion SAN with 70TB of raw storage
We still have some areas that are being restored, but all should be 100% within 24hrs.
Thanks for you patience and hopefully we will not have to experience this pain ever again. To all you DR1 junkies that emailed, telephoned and IM'd us, thanks, we really appreciate the support.
For the nerds...
Our main server hard drive decided to die on us along with our DNS server. Under normal circumstances this would not be a problem as we could have just swapped out drives for the 2nd drive that we backup to every 24hrs. If only life was that easy! The 2nd drive that we keep in another data center for safety reasons, decided it wasn't happy mounting and gave us hell for a a few hours.
After the longest period of downtime since 1996 and sleep deprivation...
I'm glad to say, we now have a new main drive that is mirrored to a second drive, plus a new remote back up server. Or in NASA terms, a shared Dell remote back up server with dual Fiber HBAs that connect to an EMC CX700 Clariion SAN with 70TB of raw storage
We still have some areas that are being restored, but all should be 100% within 24hrs.
Thanks for you patience and hopefully we will not have to experience this pain ever again. To all you DR1 junkies that emailed, telephoned and IM'd us, thanks, we really appreciate the support.