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The BIG EEVblog Server Fire
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tautech:

--- Quote from: Whales on April 08, 2021, 04:41:01 am ---
--- Quote from: tautech on April 08, 2021, 04:21:10 am ---Will be interesting to see if they honor their pledge of 1 day free hosting for every 15 minutes down.
96 free days for every 24 hours should give Dave a year or more free server hosting.
 :popcorn:

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I think I recall seeing a 30day cap.

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You're right. I didn't go looking at the T&C's.  ::)
https://webnx.com/sla/
Credit shall not exceed 100% of billing in a thirty day cycle
graybeard:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 08, 2021, 03:41:53 am ---I aslo learned the importance of relying on a single email server. I was surprised at the stuff I couldn't do that relied on my primary email for confirmations etc.

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I have been relying on a single mail server for years.  I have two servers running.  One in a farm, and one on a fixed IP at home.   I should configure the home server as a secondary mail server.
Ed.Kloonk:
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tautech:
For prosperity....including the bad spelling:

As of approimately 2021-04-04 21:13:00 UTC there was a major outage at the datacenter in Odgen Utah where the EEVBlog servers are hosted. This outage was caused by a fire as a result of performing regular load testing of from the usage of the emergency generators as the result of a city power outage.

Unfortuantly due to the nature of the failure it may be some time before the EEVBlog website and forums are restored to normal operation. Thankfully we maintain several off-site backups of the entire EEVBlog infrastructure, as a result there is no need to worry about any loss of data.

At this time we simply have to sit and wait for more information from the datacenter, in the meantime you can follow Dave or HostFission on twitter for updates.

If you cant wait you can keep yourself entertained by watching Dave's videos on Youtube or watch them over on Odysee.

Alternatively you can join us on IRC on #EEVBlog over at irc.austnet.org

Updates:

2021-04-05 08:56:00 UTC - Current updates project that close to 90-95% of all hardware experienced zero damage. Electricians are working now to restore power to the Ogden Utah data center and are estimating power should return at approximately 3:00 pm MDT tomorrow.
2021-04-05 13:18:00 UTC - Power restored to one of the three servers restoring Dave's email along with some of the EEVBlog management infrastructure.
2021-04-06 03:45:43 UTC - Network restored to the management server
2021-04-07 08:25:46 UTC - Informational update above, fire was not caused by genset test but rather genset use during a city wide power outage.
2021-04-07 08:40:00 UTC - GorillaServers have confirmed that our servers "were located in the section with a high probability of water damage. So they will need to be physically inspected before they can be powered on."
2021-04-07 18:21:21 UTC - A contact at GorillaServers has confirmed that it is almost certain that the two webservers will not be restored today in their current state and are looking at the possibility of issuing us a temporary server in the Los Angeles DC in the meantime
2021-04-07 18:45:32 UTC - LA replacement hardware is not up to spec for our needs, GS has added our servers to a "quite extensive" priority list.
2021-04-07 22:33:00 UTC - GorillaServers have moved the EEVBlog servers to the top of the priority list and are working on them now!
james_s:

--- Quote from: EEVblog on April 08, 2021, 03:50:05 am ---For those who weren't following along on Twitter, it was eventually confirmed that 2 of the three EEVblog boxes (the ones that handle the website and forum databases etc) were in the "splash zone".

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I thought datacenters typically used Halon fire suppression systems? The last place I worked that had an onsite datacenter had one, there were warning strobes to indicate the system had discharged and asphyxiation warning signs.
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