nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

I know many of the NTHW clan also visit Cable Forum.

The nthwgaming.co.uk clan website is currently down. I am advised by our webhosting service, KillerCreation that the webserver hard disk failed late last night. At present there isn't an expected restoration time. They are working first to see what data can be recovered and transferred to replacement kit. This will also test out whether or not I have good backups :eek: :disturbd: It is however a "free" add on to the nthw gaming server rental package, and as such restoration of the website will take second fiddle to any demands KillerCreation have for their core business of gaming servers.

The NTHW Gaming servers should be unaffected as they run on a separate dedicated server unit hosted by KillerCreation.co.uk.

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

and here was me thinking about what you have broken MGP ;)

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

<----- Killer of servers :D

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

One hard drive failed they are trying to recover data? wheres the back up? whats with the lack of any mirror or raid set up? even with it being free how many sites are going to be down? hard drives are cheap its gonna cost them more in man hours than it would to just swap the disk and set up a new mirror

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

Even cheaper when you don't have to buy a spare... Most cheap/free site space is done on a basis of no backup/raid system.

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

don't you think thats nuts? wholesale TB hdd is gonna cost what 50 quid. How much is it gonna cost to have a tech on it for a few hours to set it all back up again

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

I can only advise what I have been told which is a one sentence statement. HDD failure could easily mean a RAID array card failure or whatever, and if your RAID card fails then the redundancy goes to pot.

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

Yep, it is nuts (especially as they're buying in bulk direct from the manufacturer) and a TB will cost about half of that but every penny counts..

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

I was only commenting on the situation not on what you posted as the site means nothing to me anyway

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

and himself and whirly flying things :D

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

But i am glad he posted it as it does mean something to me :) :p:

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

It would mean something to me if someone didnt try to run it like this place ;)

anyway as I said I only commented on the situation and how much easier it would be if there were back ups which is correct ;)

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

I'm advised that the site is back up and running on a new IP. Just got to wait for the DNS to propogate .....

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

Already working here (VM dns)

Re: nthwgaming.co.uk website 29 July 2010
 

Working here too, not that i've ever visited before now.