editor Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Let me start by apologizing to everyone out there for the HAIF downtime. It's sad when tens of thousands of people are turned away from a web site by an error message. It's worse when I can't even replace that error message with something more meaningful. Thanks to everyone who e-mailed, Tweeted, and Facebooked their concerns. Here's what happened:We upgraded the server that runs HAIF. It also runs my other 15 web sites, most of which are very low-stress compared with this forum. During the upgrade process, all of the databases lost their passwords. I had to go in and reset each of them to what they should be. As I did each one, the web sites that depend on those databases came back online. Except HAIF.For some reason, the database that runs HAIF wouldn't accept the new password. Or at least that's what it looked like. In reality, what was happening is that the database was pointing to an entirely different server. The server where we used to be back when we last upgraded in 2006. So when the 2011 version of the HAIF software tried to wake up, and saw a tremendously outdated database from 2006, it fudged its Huggies, leaving all of you with the error message we saw earlier today.It took a while to track it all down, and eventually the solution was to just drop in the backup of the database I made last night. So, HAIF as you see it today has about a 16-hour memory gap. But I guess that's better than starting over with the messages from September 13, 2006.As a point of interest, the new server is about 8x more powerful than the old one. Same memory as before (the entirety of HAIF still fits in 500 megs of RAM), but we're now running it on a processor from 2010, instead of one from 2002, and on a modern motherboard with all of the cache and bus goodness that that entails. Oh, and we're now RAID 1, in addition to my nightly backups. For those of you who are Unix/Linux fans, our load used to be around 1.75-2.10 on an average afternoon. Right now it's running from .02-.15. Hopefully everyone notices and enjoys the speeds. Right now, HAIF pages are rendering in the server in a little under a tenth of a second each. It's getting them out the door that's the bottleneck now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Sounds like you had a fun day !!I have to say I did miss reading the forum today, but I knew it was in good hands.....thanks for all your work you do behind the scenes to make this a great community !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montrose1100 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 I was scared for a second. It felt like that guy in Spaceballs (also in Aliens), and the face hugger attacked him "not againnnnn"!!!Glad everything is ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 I almost committed suicide after not having HAIF for almost a a whole day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchtastic Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Thanks much for such a thorough explanation. You get the the PR Gold Star today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Yaah...it's back. and with 8x more speed, like the sound of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted September 8, 2011 Author Share Posted September 8, 2011 Does anyone else notice if HAIF is speedier? I feel like it is, but for me it could be a combination of wishful thinking and the power of suggestion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fringe Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Does anyone else notice if HAIF is speedier? It's noticeably faster. Thanks for the upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marmer Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 I missed HAIF for the day, but it's worth it for the faster speed and especially for the expression "fudged its Huggies." I expect to have plenty of uses for that little gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTAWACS Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 For those of you who are Unix/Linux fans, our load used to be around 1.75-2.10 on an average afternoon. Right now it's running from .02-.15. Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Hopefully everyone notices and enjoys the speeds. I think for someone to not notice the speed difference they'd have to be on a 300 baud dial up connection.it's like the site is on crack now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricco67 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 I think for someone to not notice the speed difference they'd have to be on a 300 baud dial up connection.it's like the site is on crack now!The speed is hard to miss, it definitely has a bit of a zing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 TOO FAST TOO FAST... It's all jumpy warp speed; think it's gonna give me a seizure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trae Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 Love the speed of this thing. I was worried it was going to be 2004 all over again after the message. Glad it wasn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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