It seems whopper is getting dos’d (possibly ddos’d). It is currently doing about 120k packets per second and totally saturating the uplink on the switch. I am working on isolating the source so I can drop it at our router and upstream if needed. More on this as it develops. These servers are affected: grizabella [...]
We need to move a file server from one rack to another. The total downtime should be less than 10 minutes, sorry about the short notice! – The move is complete. Any interupted services should resume shortly!
After inspecting the machine for a while after having to restart it I noticed that it was rather low on memory – Patrick being the fine specimen of a human being that he is has run down to upgrade that for us right now. It should be back up within 10 minutes and healthier than [...]
The ganymede web server is being moved to faster and newer hardware. Services are already starting to come back up, I’ll post an update when finished. Update: Move complete and service restored.
We just experienced a power sag in our primary datacenter. The affects of this are being investigated at this time. (It happened
A backup battery just went in our file servers. I will be bringing it down shortly to swap it out. No data will be lost and expected downtime is 5 minutes. All done! Thu Nov 9 11:12:15 GMT [rc:notice]: The system was down for 174 seconds
Squirt was down this morning at 2am for about 15-20 minutes. NFS was wreaking havoc, and the server was power cycled and has regained normalcy. I’m sorry for the inconvenience to the users on squirt.
One of our file servers was rebooted to clear an error with its floppy drive, of all things, and is not properly coming back online. We are working on identifying the problem and resolving. No ETA currently. – The file server is now booted up. I swapped out the bum floppy drive and it booted [...]
I’ve updated the the One-Click Installs for MediaWiki, Gallery, and Zencart, after repeated threats from Josh that he would bludgeon me with a Guitar Hero controller unless I did so. Here’s the changelogs: MediaWiki 1.8.2 Gallery 2.1.2 Zencart 1.3.6 If you installed any of these applications using our One-Click Installer, you can upgrade it by [...]
In our continuing effort to expand safely, we need to bring a new circuit online. There’s a possibility of network interuption for a small part of our network, but we will have our Cisco consultant on hand just in case. Only a small portion of our network may possibly be affected for a short period [...]
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