Temporary downtime, we're back

[Costello]

Hi everyone,
We have been down for the past 24 hours due to a hardware default on our server. This is caused by a known kernel issue that crashes the server and its remote control hardware (making it impossible to reboot without a physical intervention). The issue occurs when our uptime is too long... oh, the irony! Hey server, you might want to reboot every now and then...
I will remove this message from the homepage in the next couple of hours.
Sorry about the inconvenience caused! It's good to be back!
Costello

 

[Count Duckula]

Glad you're back. I know a bit about servers and it sounds like you need some better remote control hardware. You can get kit that allows you to remotely control and view the screen of a server, even when it's switched off, and see all the BIOS screens etc. Such hardware should be completely immune from any software problems.

DRAC for Dell and iLO for HP are the 2 I use at work. I hate it when I come across servers without it set up.

 

[caribou007]

... and its remote control hardware (making it impossible to reboot without a physical intervention).

Ah, the joys of being a sysadmin.. Yeah, I think this is what I'll be taking in college.

Welcome back GBAtemp!

 

[Foxi4]

Inconvenience? Quite the opposite, the Temp finally works on Opera Mini - no more silly and slow proxies for me, woo-hoo!

 

[EyeZ]

Glad to see the temp back up!
Didn't realize my addiction to it until it was down

Yeah my thoughts exactly, like everything in life, you take it for granted until it's no longer there.

 

[Toa_235]

welcome the fuck back, you got my ass worried and quite lonely too

 

[Bladexdsl]

good I've been bored shitless for nearly 2 days

 

[The Real Jdbye]

I didn't even realize it was down.
Isn't this something your server host should fix? Edit: Or a kernel update?
Or are you using colocation?

 

[LockeCole_101629]

I keep clicking this url site on my bookmark every time I load my browser since yesterday...

 

[KingBlank]

I keep clicking this url site on my bookmark every time I load my browser since yesterday...

Same here ><

Thought it was hacked too, I'm so pessimistic sometimes

 

[darksweet]

welcome back guys I'm so happy!!!.... wait it's just the same I'm sad again

 

[pyromaniac123]

Hi everyone,
We have been down for the past 24 hours due to a hardware default on our server. This is caused by a known kernel issue that crashes the server and its remote control hardware (making it impossible to reboot without a physical intervention). The issue occurs when our uptime is too long... oh, the irony! Hey server, you might want to reboot every now and then...
I will remove this message from the homepage in the next couple of hours.
Sorry about the inconvenience caused! It's good to be back!
Costello

you posted in the wrong forum
and I'm sorry to tell you that I think the problem is on your end, no issues here whatsoever

I'm sorry, what were you lying?

 

[PolloDiablo]

hi temp, what's up?

 

[Arras]

I'm sorry, what were you lying?

Lag issues/slow connection != server crashes. Entirely different problem...

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Thank god, you guys have no idea how many times I fapped out of boredom when the Temp was down.

 

[The Catboy]

Yay! I was so bored I actually finished all my offline stuff that I have been avoiding for months!

 

[KingVamp]

If you want to know what happened to the temp when it is down, the easiest way is usually to join IRC, but you need to either have an external client or use this url: http://client01.chat.mibbit.com/?server=irc.gbatemp.net:4500&channel=#gbatemp.net
Of course it could be hard to find that link when the Temp is down, but still.

I actually went there and saw no one. :/

 

[nryn99]

Didn't really notice it was down. I thought it was on my end so I just went on with my current hobbies.

But I'm glad it's back up though.

 

[Engert]

Is your server located at Godaddy or somewhere else?

 

[Rydian]

Inconvenience? Quite the opposite, the Temp finally works on Opera Mini - no more silly and slow proxies for me, woo-hoo!

Ironically, Opera Mini is a proxy, it gets the web pages from Opera's servers (which fetch them for you and then compress them). If you're looking for an actual Opera-engine-based browser, you want Opera Mobile, not Mini.

 

[Foxi4]

Ironically, Opera Mini is a proxy, it gets the web pages from Opera's servers (which fetch them for you and then compress them). If you're looking for an actual Opera-engine-based browser, you want Opera Mobile, not Mini.

I realize that, however the proxy Opera Mini uses was blocked before (for whatever reason) so it wasn't usable - I had to use a proxy on a proxy (proxeption) which was not pleasant. I did try Mobile, however my ancient handset had too little internal memory to pull it off properly.