FTE had a complete failure of its primary database server this morning around 11:30 am. The RAID controller failed in such a way that the entire database partition was corrupted beyond repair. The database has been restored to another server but all posts from about 4 am to 11:30 am are lost.

With one major system down the site will be very slow at times. Forums search has been temporarily turned off in an attempt to maximize server response time. I hope to have the primary database server up and running again sometime Sunday afternoon.

Please, no complaints about server speed.... I'm the one who has to give up my weekend for this!

 

I knew somethin was up. No worries Ken, you always work hard for us.

Hope everything goes ok.

 

Thanks for the info Ken!!!
I did wonder why there weren't too many new posts when I jumped on this morning (your afternoon).

 

Thanks for taking care of this for the users.. We all appricate your hard work

 

Heck Ken, I figured that you were just messin with us when I couldn't get to the site. Thank you for taking the time to fix this now. I know that everyone appreciate this, even if they don't mention it.

Tony

 

Thanks for the update. Appreciate your sacrifice.

 

no complaints, just a thank you for your hard work and dedication to keep this one of the best sites on the net.

 

Glad I found this, I have been scratching my head this morning, with replies missing and read posts not marked as read, I was looking for a bigger coffee cup.

John

 

thank you for all of the hard work ken.

 

Oh, server problems. That explains it. We all just thought you were mad at us .

Well, Ken, at least you know not to touch that little red button again .

Thank you for your efforts. We all appreciate it.

-1bigsteve (o:

 

Ken Thank you for you time on this. I wondered what happened yesterday, and stumbled on this post.
I personally appreciate it when you tell us what has happened rather than like some places that treat people like mushrooms.
Just thought I would let you know my appreciation for your time.
Rob

 

hang in there man...!

 

cool, thanks!

 

I think we should all chip in and buy Ken one of the "EASY" buttons, like in the Staples TV ads. Server goes down, Ken pushes the button from his favorite easy-chair at home...

 

Thanks for the heads up Ken. Did everything go ok over the weekend? I know how that can be - its what I do for a living also - but I get paid for it. Keep up the good work & thanks for all the fish.
david