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Site & Board Matters => About This Site => Topic started by: neilcowley on September 14, 2005, 09:47:37 pm

Title: Half alive
Post by: neilcowley on September 14, 2005, 09:47:37 pm
The board is running again but only to test if the member list has been saved.  If you can login and post, please do so on this thread to test things out.  We should be running off of a faster database and more stable system.  So jump on and post away and see if it burns up again

I've been able to rescue the topics from the other two forums, but not the 'about this site'.  So you you'll have to start the discussion about this board again.  Sorry about that.
Title: Half alive
Post by: Paul Sumi on September 14, 2005, 09:54:07 pm
I was able to log in.  6:54PM PDT, Los Angeles.

Paul
Title: Half alive
Post by: neilcowley on September 14, 2005, 09:54:58 pm
well tell your friends, lets start it cooking again
Title: Half alive
Post by: giles on September 14, 2005, 09:59:18 pm
Looks like it's working.
Title: Half alive
Post by: Richowens on September 14, 2005, 10:06:55 pm
Thank you Neil,
I like the new look.
Logged in with no problem 7:05 P.M. PDT
Rich
Title: Half alive
Post by: Mark D Segal on September 14, 2005, 10:14:18 pm
Congratulations Niel. Job well done!
Title: Half alive
Post by: Mark D Segal on September 14, 2005, 10:26:07 pm
Neil, in "Digital Cameras" and "Papers Printers Ink" I notice the topic threads are repeated twice. The others seem to be in order. Also, the posting gap for new topics seems to be from September 11th - I notice a new thread I started several hours before the crash (I belive it was the 12th?) in the Printers section is gone - I'll renew it. It seems perhaps about a day of postings before the crash got lost in the process. Wonderful to have it back again!
Title: Half alive
Post by: macgyver on September 14, 2005, 10:27:46 pm
Umm... I was out of contact since friday the 14th or so.....

what happened?  was it the whole 'hacker' thing that everyone was worried about?

-mac
Title: Half alive
Post by: Peter McLennan on September 14, 2005, 10:36:46 pm
At 7:30 PM PDT, I see this thread and double copies of everything else when I select "new posts".  All topics appear under "Digital backs" section, regardless of content.

Harrowing times, Neil.  We appreciate all you're doing.

 :laugh:
Title: Half alive
Post by: collum on September 14, 2005, 10:58:31 pm
logged in
Title: Half alive
Post by: jule on September 14, 2005, 10:59:41 pm
Neil, I can log in . Thanks for all your time and effort. Seems to be double posts in "Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear" as well.

Thanks again
Julie
Title: Half alive
Post by: Hank on September 15, 2005, 12:11:24 am
Here I be.
Title: Half alive
Post by: Hank on September 15, 2005, 12:17:09 am
The Quick Post option at the bottom of the page seems not to function, so I came here.  If my other post shows up without any indication on my end, you figure it out.
Title: Half alive
Post by: neilcowley on September 15, 2005, 12:32:35 am
Yea guys I'm aware of all the post problems.  I'm not sure but the backup that I created when the forum started having its serious issues didn't finish all the topics in all the forums and while rescuing I may have double imported some of the stuff. So you'll find holes of missing stuff and some double stuff. The forum software was under such stress that it didn't properly run the backup, I feel terrible about the loss, but I may not be able to restore much of those threads.

If everyone is able to login, I'm grateful.  What caused the crash was corruption in the member list.  That and the fact that we were using text files for a database and they were too big for thier own good.  We're now running off a mySQL database and it is quite capable of growing with us  We should have made this transition a year or two ago, and we could have avoided this - but only hindsight is 20/20 right.

I appreciate your patience for the outage and I hope it will remind you what a valuable place this is due to all of your contributions!
Title: Half alive
Post by: neilcowley on September 15, 2005, 12:37:55 am
Yea guys I'm aware of all the post problems.  I'm not sure but the backup that I created when the forum started having its serious issues didn't finish all the topics in all the forums and while rescuing I may have double imported some of the stuff. So you'll find holes of missing stuff and some double stuff. The forum software was under such stress that it didn't properly run the backup, I feel terrible about the loss, but I may not be able to restore much of those threads.

If everyone is able to login, I'm grateful.  What caused the crash was corruption in the member list.  That and the fact that we were using text files for a database and they were too big for thier own good.  We're now running off a mySQL database and it is quite capable of growing with us  We should have made this transition a year or two ago, and we could have avoided this - but only hindsight is 20/20 right.

I appreciate your patience for the outage and I hope it will remind you what a valuable place this is due to all of your contributions!
Title: Half alive
Post by: dmerger on September 15, 2005, 01:24:58 am
Appears okay.
Title: Half alive
Post by: U_Grsl on September 15, 2005, 02:53:39 am
Looks OK for me
UG
Title: Half alive
Post by: 61Dynamic on September 15, 2005, 02:55:35 am
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If everyone is able to login, I'm grateful.  What caused the crash was corruption in the member list.  That and the fact that we were using text files for a database and they were too big for thier own good.  We're now running off a mySQL database and it is quite capable of growing with us  We should have made this transition a year or two ago, and we could have avoided this - but only hindsight is 20/20 right.
Well that answers the issue of sluggish performance in the past.

Well, glad to see things up and running again.
Title: Half alive
Post by: Digi-T on September 15, 2005, 03:05:40 am
Whadya know? It's already faster for me
Title: Half alive
Post by: LeifG on September 15, 2005, 03:44:14 am
Blimey!

The one aspect of this site that struck me most was how incredibly slow it was. It's now hurtling along like greased lightning. Thanks.

Leif
Title: Half alive
Post by: jani on September 15, 2005, 04:20:19 am
Okay, the performance now is far, far better, and the new look makes it clear that something has changed.

My only regret is that it's going to be a bitch of a time finding and catching up on those topics that I was tracking before. ::

Thanks, Neil!
Title: Half alive
Post by: Frere Jacques on September 15, 2005, 04:30:07 am
The site is much faster now.

Congratulations on a successful (if unplanned  upgrade!
Title: Half alive
Post by: james kerr on September 15, 2005, 05:09:45 am
check
JK
Title: Half alive
Post by: Ben Rubinstein on September 15, 2005, 07:23:25 am
Logged in and faster, thanks.
Title: Half alive
Post by: Mike Boden on September 15, 2005, 08:41:44 am
Much faster and better look and feel. And glad to hear you're on a mySQL database. You should be rockin' now!
Title: Half alive
Post by: jsomers on September 15, 2005, 09:17:27 am
Glad it's back
Title: Half alive
Post by: crayiii on September 15, 2005, 10:16:41 am
I like it!
Title: Half alive
Post by: David Mantripp on September 15, 2005, 10:48:27 am
receiving you loud and clear in downtown Zürich :blues:
Title: Half alive
Post by: Lisa Nikodym on September 15, 2005, 11:08:32 am
Here!

Lisa
Title: Half alive
Post by: macgyver on September 15, 2005, 11:16:54 am
No, seriously, anyone want to tell me what happened?
Title: Half alive
Post by: Bill Koenig on September 15, 2005, 11:27:50 am
Count me in. I  would like to know what happened as well??
Thanks for getting things up and running.
Title: Half alive
Post by: jani on September 15, 2005, 11:46:40 am
Another minor problem:

When you subscribe to topics, all posts seem to be sequentially numbered, regardless of which forum or thread they're in.

Example:

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Board URL: http://www.luminous-landscape.com/cgi-bin/...m/ikonboard.cgi (http://www.luminous-landscape.com/cgi-bin/forum/ikonboard.cgi)
Forum:About This Site
Topic: Half alive

The topic is located at: http://www.luminous-landscape.com (http://www.luminous-landscape.com) (...) #entry48735
Title: Half alive
Post by: Jonathan Wienke on September 15, 2005, 12:21:27 pm
Works for me as well.
Title: Half alive
Post by: boku on September 15, 2005, 12:27:55 pm
I'm reading. Seems like a lot is missing.

What happened?
Title: Half alive
Post by: John Camp on September 15, 2005, 12:30:36 pm
Glad you're back. I was having withdrawal symptoms.

JC
Title: Half alive
Post by: 61Dynamic on September 15, 2005, 12:39:49 pm
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I'm reading. Seems like a lot is missing.

What happened?
Corrupt user list. More info on page 2 of this thread.
Title: Half alive
Post by: Paul Sumi on September 15, 2005, 12:41:14 pm
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Yea guys I'm aware of all the post problems.  I'm not sure but the backup that I created when the forum started having its serious issues didn't finish all the topics in all the forums and while rescuing I may have double imported some of the stuff. So you'll find holes of missing stuff and some double stuff. The forum software was under such stress that it didn't properly run the backup, I feel terrible about the loss, but I may not be able to restore much of those threads.

If everyone is able to login, I'm grateful.  What caused the crash was corruption in the member list.  That and the fact that we were using text files for a database and they were too big for thier own good.  We're now running off a mySQL database and it is quite capable of growing with us  We should have made this transition a year or two ago, and we could have avoided this - but only hindsight is 20/20 right.

I appreciate your patience for the outage and I hope it will remind you what a valuable place this is due to all of your contributions!
Here's what happened, per Neil.
Title: Half alive
Post by: kaelaria on September 15, 2005, 01:57:40 pm
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We should have made this transition a year or two ago, and we could have avoided this - but only hindsight is 20/20 right.
Hindsight my patootie!  I told you guys almost a year ago but nooooo - don't listen to me!  lol

At least now the forum should work as intended.
Title: Half alive
Post by: Andres Bonilla on September 15, 2005, 02:07:46 pm
Just testing the post action
Title: Half alive
Post by: Montelle on September 15, 2005, 04:44:30 pm
Good to have the forum back, and let's hope it stays this fast. Thanks for your efforts, Neil.
Title: Half alive
Post by: digitaldog on September 15, 2005, 05:24:17 pm
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Blimey!

The one aspect of this site that struck me most was how incredibly slow it was. It's now hurtling along like greased lightning. Thanks.

Leif
The difference is night and day, wow! Very fast now.
Title: Half alive
Post by: Quentin on September 15, 2005, 06:43:38 pm
I'm alive  :D

Quentin
Title: Half alive
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 15, 2005, 06:49:55 pm
Wow!   :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

This was worse than waiting for the next LLVJ! Thank you Neil!!! Even if it weren't faster, I'd be sooooooo glad to have the forum back.

Eric
Title: Half alive
Post by: Gary_Berg on September 15, 2005, 08:16:13 pm
Works fine here in Ohio...
Title: Half alive
Post by: boku on September 17, 2005, 09:22:44 am
Well it is now 9:20 AM EDT in Ohio and this forum is all but dead on arrival again - refreshes are taking about 2 minutes.

Please don't tell me to clear my browser cache.
Title: Half alive
Post by: Paul Sumi on September 17, 2005, 11:22:45 am
8:21AM PDT in Los Angeles and no problems using Firefox.

Paul
Title: Half alive
Post by: boku on September 17, 2005, 11:28:06 am
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8:21AM PDT in Los Angeles and no problems using Firefox.

Paul
Well - its two hours later and snappy again. Since every other site I hit is always responsive (and has been all morning), it is possible that LLF is still unstable (or undergoing maintenance with techniques that are invasive).
Title: Half alive
Post by: neil on September 19, 2005, 01:42:44 pm
Bob, when its going slow can you PLEASE get a traceroute for me?  I need more information before we decide what to do with the server.
Title: Half alive
Post by: boku on September 19, 2005, 07:22:38 pm
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Bob, when its going slow can you PLEASE get a traceroute for me?  I need more information before we decide what to do with the server.
OK - will do.