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Aywas is back!
So, here's the adventure.
At 12:30 AM we requested a new hard drive - as we were told that Aywas would speed up if we put our MYSQL database on a solid state secondary drive. The drive was installed by 1:00 AM, all looked good, until I turned the site back on and logged in.
Our data had been rolled back to October 2010. O__o
So, yeah, suffice to say that was unacceptable. Around 1:30 AM I requested that our hourly backups be extracted and the most recent database before the downtime be used. From 1:30 AM until now, 9:00 AM... the backups kept failing. And failing. :|
Only about ten minutes ago did a backup FINALLY WORK! And now we have Aywas back, just as it was when we left it - and hopefully faster!
Please tell me if you see a speed increase. That was the point of all this work!
As you so kindly waited along with me in our eight hours of downtime, feel free to request a free common species custom here by submitting a custom image.
It's great to be back!
Posted by Jack
(#1) on Fri Mar 18, 2011 8:51am
- Blooming Wonder
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Posted on: Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:58pm
It's super fast now. I think that was a good move Slash
- sluggu
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Posted on: Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:03pm
Yep faster even with over 400 people online^^ (I was alwas kicked out when there were more than 300 online before...) :P
But did anyone answer the question for how long the free custom thread will be open???
Thank you soooo much slash, btw :D
- ☆ shadow98fl ☆
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Posted on: Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:07pm
Sorry to have to report this, but at least for me, on Firefox 3.6.15, it is as slow, or even slower than it was. Cleared cache, cookies, site preferences, no change.
Right now with 425 online, explore is impossible.
- Shaze
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Posted on: Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:13pm
Thank you so much for the free custom Slash!
Unfortunately the site is still very slow and laggy for me. :(
- * Sono *
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Posted on: Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:41pm
Site seems fine to me. And thanks a bunch for the free custom opportunity. <3
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Posted on: Fri Mar 18, 2011 5:54pm
The site works pretty well so far from what I've seen using Chrome.
... Also, I wish I could take advantage of that free custom! ;o;
- Squirrel
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Posted on: Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:30pm
Faster~ Also I'm gonna post this here since that other one gets crowded - I'm willing to make customs for free for people that can't or don't have time to. :P
- birdyj
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Posted on: Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:34pm
It seems to go faster in spurts, then a slow bit, then back again. Not sure if it's my location or what. ^^; Thanks for doing the custom thing! It was a really nice surprise to come back to. :D
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Posted on: Fri Mar 18, 2011 6:35pm
^Nicely placed advertising ;D I might take you up on that maybe~
Posted on: Fri Mar 18, 2011 4:55pm
We're at almost 500 people right now, and it feels the same as it did before the update when there was only 300 people.