smugmug emergency maintenance - 11pm PST Feb 2

onethumbonethumb Administrators Posts: 1,269 Major grins
edited February 4, 2005 in SmugMug Support
One of our RAID controllers has wedged, so I'm going to monkey with it late tonight/early tomorrow morning.

It still functions, and we're able to read/write data to the RAID arrays associated with it, so I don't think we'll run into any catastrophes, but you never know. Keep your fingers crossed. :)

I should note that all data on smugmug is stored in more than one location, so even if we did have a catastrophe, there shouldn't be any permanent data loss for anyone. We've tested this out a few times, and it works in practice, not just in theory.

Hopefully it won't take too long, so I can minimize downtime.

Thanks,

Don


UPDATE: I just had to put my cat, Cara, to sleep suddenly (she was diagnosed with a pretty bad form of cancer), so I'm not going tonight. Tomorrow night (the 2nd) is the new plan.

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  • John MuellerJohn Mueller Registered Users Posts: 2,555 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    If this would of been an actual emergency,you would of been notified to move to PBase:D :D:D
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  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    MHJS wrote:
    If this would of been an actual emergency,you would of been notified to move to PBase:D :D:D
    rolleyes1.gif(i really want to rename this smilie ": gubbs"...but I can't. So I guess I need to go find an equally sarcastic one for him.)
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited February 1, 2005
    Thanks for the info!
    Good luck!thumb.gif
    "May the f/stop be with you!"
  • onethumbonethumb Administrators Posts: 1,269 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
    onethumb wrote:
    UPDATE: I just had to put my cat, Cara, to sleep suddenly (she was diagnosed with a pretty bad form of cancer), so I'm not going tonight. Tomorrow night (the 2nd) is the new plan.

    Bump for the above change in date.

    Don
  • SeamusSeamus Registered Users Posts: 1,573 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
    onethumb wrote:
    Don


    UPDATE: I just had to put my cat, Cara, to sleep suddenly (she was diagnosed with a pretty bad form of cancer), so I'm not going tonight. Tomorrow night (the 2nd) is the new plan.
    I'm sorry to hear about your cat. Losing a family pet is never easy.

    Shay.
  • fishfish Registered Users Posts: 2,950 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
    onethumb wrote:
    UPDATE: I just had to put my cat, Cara, to sleep suddenly (she was diagnosed with a pretty bad form of cancer), so I'm not going tonight. Tomorrow night (the 2nd) is the new plan.

    I'm sorry to hear that, ot. :cry

    How old was she?


    Magic and Baghira send their condolences.

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    "Consulting the rules of composition before taking a photograph, is like consulting the laws of gravity before going for a walk." - Edward Weston
    "The Edge... there is no honest way to explain it because the only people who really know where it is are the ones who have gone over."-Hunter S.Thompson
  • DJ-S1DJ-S1 Registered Users Posts: 2,303 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
    Don, I lost Maddie in 2004 after 13 years, it is a very hard thing. Her brother Sammie is rubbing up against me right now... So sorry to hear about your loss... keep your chin up.


    Dave
  • wxwaxwxwax Registered Users Posts: 15,471 Major grins
    edited February 2, 2005
    Sorry about your cat. That's not fun, for you or for her.
    Sid.
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  • onethumbonethumb Administrators Posts: 1,269 Major grins
    edited February 4, 2005
    Thanks for all the kind words, everyone. We miss her a lot. She was more than half-dead 4 years ago when we rescued her and two of her babies, and we fell completely in love with her as we nursed her back to health. Greatest cat ever (I feel a littly guilty saying that, since I have two others still whom I love, but she was).

    Photos of Cara

    Being the owner of smugmug has its perks, so I also just acquired SweetCara.smugmug.com for her as a memorial. :) Most of those photos, and more, will move over there soon.

    On a positive note, maintenance went fine and we didn't have any data loss. :) Turned out to be a battery backup module the failed, and we have spares on hand, so it was no biggie.

    Take care, and thanks again.

    Don
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