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Server Downtime - November 17th, 2010 - Power Failure

PostPosted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 7:25 pm
by EagleRock
Hi everyone!

Unfortunately, we experienced some downtime again due to me working on my basement. Preparing for some track lighting and rewiring the doorbell, I had to cut power to the line that my server is on (again). I cut it around 3:20PM (EST), and the UPS initiated shutdown of the server around 3:35PM. I restored power around 3:50PM, and the server automatically started. However, due to filesystem checks (forced after every 30 days or so), it wasn't until around 4:15 that the server was actually back online.

So, long story short, we had about an hour of downtime thanks to my basement again. I thought I would've finished before the power cut off, but again I was wrong :-/

Sorry, guys (and gals)!

Re: Server Downtime - November 17th, 2010 - Power Failure

PostPosted: Wed Nov 17, 2010 11:46 pm
by ByteSlinger
And we all thought it was because you couldn't pay your electric bill after spending your paycheck on a case of aged scotch.... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Server Downtime - November 17th, 2010 - Power Failure

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 1:50 pm
by SlntCobra1
What she said. lmao :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Server Downtime - November 17th, 2010 - Power Failure

PostPosted: Thu Nov 18, 2010 10:25 pm
by EagleRock
ByteSlinger wrote:And we all thought it was because you couldn't pay your electric bill after spending your paycheck on a case of aged scotch.... :lol: :lol: :lol:


Har, har. Actually, there was a very brief outage today too that lasted only about 2-3 seconds when I was testing all of the circuits. I doubt anyone noticed, as the server and my router were unaffected, and only the ONT (optical network terminal) from my ISP was tripped for a few seconds. Since the ONT doesn't serve out the Internet when it's on backup battery, the connection kicked off very briefly.

At least you can be consoled that I'm installing an extremely nice track-lighting system downstairs for all this trouble. :-)

Re: Server Downtime - November 17th, 2010 - Power Failure

PostPosted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 3:30 pm
by ByteSlinger
So you can see the server in the dark when you lose power? hmmmmmm.....