C-Brat Site Back Online - Some Data Loss

[Da Nag]

Thanks to an incredibly incompetent hosting provider, the site was down for the last 36 hours.

The relatively short version - there was a hardware failure, and they were ill-equipped to handle the server rebuild and/or data restore.

The rebuild/restore process took them close to 24 hours - unexcusable. A server build should take 30 minutes, and data restores should be complete within a few hours.

Add to that, once they did complete the restore, it was a nasty mish-mash of data. Some data didn't get restored at all, and the database was restored from a different backup date than the underlying files, resulting in a massive mess for your's truly.

Since the hosting provider screwed the pooch on their restore, I had to take matters into my own hands and restore from my local backups. I run backups nightly, but the latest good copy I had was from 2/15 at midnight - the C-Brat server has been dead every night since then during the scheduled backup process.

So the short version - everything is gone that was added to the site after 2/14. Pictures, posts, etc. I've also not spent much time double-checking everything, so please followup here if you notice something that is no longer working.

[digger]

Although I don't post or comment alot, I really missed the site. I do pervue what's going on at least daily, and was at quite a loss to not see my favorite site. Thank you much again, Bill. I'm sure there were a lot of us that missed the goings on. Ron

[DaveS]

This was one of the worst weeks I've had in some time! Honey Dog died, our computer at home died, then the C-Brat site died!.....They say things happen in "3's".....so hopefully that is the end of a stressful period of time!

(The computer diagnosis.....in layman's terms.....the hard drive blew up.... per the computer guy in town, he said that it sounded like a "Mariachi Band". So now we have a new and improved computer.)

[Pat Anderson]

You mean you bought a Mac?

[JamesTXSD]

Aw man, I missed you guys!

[Jon - CLou]

Bill, thanks for " Nerding Up" when we need you the most. I almost feel bad catching fish in Pee Wee while your slaving over the computer, almost.

Jon

[Levity]

Bill,
Thanks for all you do to keep our site operating. C-Brats is a valuable tool and a special entertainment.
Mike 'Levity'

[Dora~Jean]

Thanks for your hard work and diligence. And for the explanation on what happened, I was going into withdrawals also, had to go out and work on my boat more to try and blank it from my mind... I know I've been diliquent on backups for a long time, you get complacent when things are working so well, then it happens, wishing and hoping you could simply set the clock back.

[redman]

Bill, Thanks for all the time and effort you've put into this website... While the site was down, I got my C Dory fix by using Google Images and day dreaming looking at the pics. Man, I need to get out on the water! Weather is still fresh here in the DC area.

Mike on C-Tour

[colobear]

This outage showed me how much I depend on my daily "fix" of C-Brats . Getting it back reminds me to thank, deeply, Bill and Mike for all they do to keep this site up .

Theres gotta be some way we can say thank you to you guys.

Any suggestions Brats? How can we show them how much we appreciate what they do for us??

[Da Nag]

[B~C]

[mikeporterinmd]

Reminds me to not trust my ISP...

Thanks for all the work. When I saw SQL errors one night, I suspected
this wasn't going to be a problem easily solved by the ISP.

Thanks,

Mike

[Rock-C]

Bill
I was about to cancel my membership and ask for a refund of the dues I've paid.
The truth be known, I've been working so many hours, I didn't even notice.
Thanks to you & Mike for keeping every running.

[Papillon]

Until your better paid all we can do is:

Just Be Nice