Forum Maintenance

Post by **BurnIt!** » Thu, 6. Sep 12, 02:45

Update:

The defective component has been exchanged and the original server is back up and running, however it may take up to 72 hours until everything is once again running through that server.

If all goes well the switch back to the original server will happen seamlessly.
(and if my tweaks were successful it'll even be faster than it was before)

Original message:

Due to a hardware failure in the primary forum server we have re-routed forum traffic to an alternate server to maintain accessibility, however you may experience intermittent outages, error messages or reduced speed while we're working to fix the problem.

We have updated the DNS records so forum.egosoft.com points to the alternate server, however it may take up to 72 hours until these updates have propagated through the net.
If you have trouble accessing the forum, please try http://www.egosoft.com/forum/index.php instead of the regular address for now.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

imperium3 · Post by **imperium3** » Thu, 6. Sep 12, 11:11

Thanks for letting us know, BurnIt! Though mysteriously, the forums seem to be running faster than usual for me.

Coreblimey · Post by **Coreblimey** » Thu, 6. Sep 12, 11:58

I second imperium3. When I was on the forum earlier this morning, it did seem everything was working quicker.
A couple more faults and it will be blindiingly fast.

Free Trade Inn · Post by **Free Trade Inn** » Thu, 6. Sep 12, 16:40

I dearly hope that this is a ruse and they are about to make a major Rebirth announcement on the forum.

FTI

Sinxar · Post by **Sinxar** » Thu, 6. Sep 12, 16:44

+1 on the faster for me statements. It has been acting weird for me for quite some time. In some cases it takes over 10 mins to load a thread. I wonder if it was bugging out a long time ago and just now totally failed.

Post by **Ketraar** » Thu, 6. Sep 12, 17:32

Free Trade Inn wrote:I dearly hope that this is a ruse and they are about to make a major Rebirth announcement on the forum.

Even Freud said: "Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar"

MFG

Ketraar

Psychoclops · Post by **Psychoclops** » Thu, 6. Sep 12, 21:12

Old server hamsters died, some Egosoft minion was sent down to the local pet store to buy new ones, pet store was all out so they are using gerbils temporarily until the new batch of hamsters arrive

Post by **BurnIt!** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 00:23

Update:

The defective component has been exchanged and the original server is back up and running, however it may take up to 72 hours until everything is once again running through that server.

If all goes well the switch back to the original server will happen seamlessly.
(and if my tweaks were successful it'll even be faster than it was before)

bluenog143 · Post by **bluenog143** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 01:05

The forum speeds, they are so fast!

TTD · Post by **TTD** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 09:39

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Sam L.R. Griffiths · Post by **Sam L.R. Griffiths** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 09:58

TTD wrote:http://i947.photobucket.com/albums/ad31 ... 0234_n.jpg

brucewarren · Post by **brucewarren** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 10:01

Is that cat for hire? I can't reach one of the wires on the PCB ...

StarSword · Post by **StarSword** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 17:29

Um, the "Go to newest post" button isn't working for me.

Post by **CBJ** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 17:53

For me neither. I'll get on the batphone.

Post by **Alan Phipps** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 17:56

There seems still to be a menu glitch that may yet take a while to clear as BurnIt! said. At the moment if you use back/forward buttons with menu pages you sometimes get a different in age version (older or younger) from the last time you were there. Sometimes refreshing a menu page takes you to an even older version.

I think that is a sign of the links swapping between different servers that are not yet fully in synchronisation. Once full sych is achieved all should be good.

Post by **BurnIt!** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 18:46

Nanananananananananananananana ... fixed it!

I hope...

StarSword · Post by **StarSword** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 18:48

Working so far. We'll see if it sticks.

Post by **Alan Phipps** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 19:07

Unfortunately on occasions the refreshed Forum Index page is still lagging well behind the forums themselves (which themselves when refreshed sometimes lag behind actual latest posts) as though there are still server version differences - but I expect it will all catch up eventually.

EDIT 1: Actually if anything it is getting worse - I now consider the forum menu and refresh system to be rather broken. Almost every time you refresh a menu page now you get a randomly ordered recent but probably outdated display version. Check the times of the last posts in the forums as you repeatedly refresh the Forum Index.

EDIT 2: OK, it seems better now.

Post by **BurnIt!** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 20:45

I actually know what's causing this and I'm working on ways to get it fixed.
It's more apparent the more active the forums are.

There should no more back and forth be going on between the servers - if you see that "random ordering" issue then you're completely on the repaired (original) server.

Post by **BurnIt!** » Fri, 7. Sep 12, 21:47

Ok I *think* I've got that under control now - please report if you continue to see the described behaviour.