RiotACT server outage - Sunday evening

Nice job K man 🙂

I am certain that the resellers amongst us are already formulating their plans for DR and will come forward soon…

or not.

me, I am on 2nd last day of Fin year, so better get back to it….

DR !?! Please Caf! I do too much DR as part of my day job to worry about it with Riot!

Seriously though, we do run backups of the site (which were the main reason for crashes on the old server), but we’re still a little way off having a redundant hot site (although my house isn’t too far off – I just need a much faster internet link & a UPS).

I’m sure some of you could manage it in all your spare time.

*chuckle*

Forward planning is so important, after all ….

RiotSAT-1

So, what’s next on the techy side of the Riot? A disaster recovery site, so that the next time Canberra is laid waste by natural disaster, we can still dial in from the refugee camp and complain about the coffee?

Performance of RA seems to be a millions times better. Sweet!

And we have lift-off ….

Way to go, Kramer!

Kramer said :

Even if you have an uber fast ADSL 2+ connection and live next door to the exchange, you’re still driving on the GDE of network performance compared to the four lane freeway of a real data centre network.

LOL good one !!

Vic,
If you can read RA for free, perhaps you should balance it by getting a Premium subscription? :p I sure JohnBoy would be pleased 🙂

Kramer said :

… the GDE of network performance …

Love it … *chuckle*

I’m with Velocity. Does this mean that reading RiotAct is free? (ie from Vel to me is usually free!)

Even if you have an uber fast ADSL 2+ connection and live next door to the exchange, you’re still driving on the GDE of network performance compared to the four lane freeway of a real data centre network.

Towie,
RA have a collocated server at the TransACT data centre. They’re not in the same class as normal users, and to have a similar level of service, your monthly subscriptions would go up by an order of magnitude. Of course, if you wanted to pay that much, I am sure your ISP would be interested to chat.

johnboy said :

Are you situated in the data centre?

No should i be ?? would i get faster internet if i were ?

I use Velocity and its fast and reliable. Transact let the team down occasionally with an outage.

Good luck with the cutover tonight. Leave Murphy at the door when you enter the building.

Are you situated in the data centre?

Thanks to Velocity Internet who continue to provide our server hosting on their mega fast internet connection.

You guys must get looked after !! I also use velocity and there is nothing mega fast with my connection !!!

Yes, very exciting!! Hope all goes well tonight, Kramer, and thank you so much for all your hard work.

: )

Enjoy that six-pack!

Huzzah!!!