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As you may have noticed the site was down today. Our server lost all it's data thanks to a tech problem. We are restoring the data at this time, but it looks like the gallery was NOT backed up as it should've been (you can thank our hosting company for that, as well as today's server problem!).

I really doubt we can restore all those images because although they exist on the server we lost the file names & directory structure, so it's really screwed.

I apologize to all of you, and we'll see what can be done to get as many images back as possible.

Hang in there folks, these things do happen (more than once to me it seems... :( )

BTW if you can't upload images, PM me with the error message & I'll fix it for you!

Shit man I was counting on this server to be backed up......I never save pics on my personal computer.

Damn

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I find it amazing that so many so-called ISP's have no backup policy, no restore policy, no hot-failover servers, nothing. It's like they're all run by kids with a server CD and absolutely no actual data center or business experience.

On the other hand, I guess that's what the industry deserves for pushing tech wages lower than that of a freakin' plumber.

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Actually we ARE supposed to be backed up! In fact when I was in their office signing the contract for this server 2 months ago I specifically asked them to do the backup right then! We PAID for the backup, but they apparently never did it.

We do have the images files from up to March 2, when we switched servers, but it might mean we lose all since...

At least we didn't lose the database!

Nobody here is happy about this, I assure you!

Why wouldn't you keep a copy of your images? How else you gonna post them on OG?

Those damn tech guys. It's always something except their fault.

Great to have it back up and running but that's a real bummer about the galleries. Oh well.

Texas Kid

[HOT CARGO]

O My GOD!!!!!

even the PMs are lost. i got confirmation on them but my inbox is empty

this down time make me go nuts hahaha
hopefully will get the problem fix.

peace

HC

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yet another reason to run your own servers (properly).

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PMs should be fine. Mine are. Only images since march are the problem... They are working on recovering what they can, but I don't hold much hope.

This whole problem (which affected many other websites as well) was caused by one wrong keystroke on the unix command line...

I would go and murder the dude who did this right now, if he wasn't busy fixing the sites...

At least this site is up! Most of the others are still down and one may never come back... :(

Damn, Oh well, I guess it just be's that way sometime...
Glad we are back up and running...
Good thing My pics are backed up elsewhere, whew!

Originally posted by Sharp_Pain
Shit man I was counting on this server to be backed up......I never save pics on my personal computer.

same here... oh well nothing too great of mine was lost... I'm off to my digicam. time to start stocking my gallery again

and my PM's from yesterday were gone earlier... but other ones are still there... whatever