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gtfotis · July 13, 2014, 04:53:49 AM

Get on my lonely 5 in the morning level of checking to see if iMTG is up...

😭

Spencer Addington · July 13, 2014, 05:28:43 AM

It's 2:28 in the a.m. for me.

PapaBudz · July 13, 2014, 05:35:46 AM

Yep, this isn't check before bed. Currently 5:35. I'm so glad iMtG is back up!

Stromack · July 13, 2014, 06:12:49 AM

I missed you guys

TreeSmoker · July 13, 2014, 08:30:11 AM

Oh muh geowdddd
I miss everybody!!!!!
n.n

The1337Magician · July 13, 2014, 10:17:14 AM

So... What happened? I was going through withdrawals :-)

Stromack · July 13, 2014, 10:22:32 AM

Quote from: The1337Magician on July 13, 2014, 10:17:14 AM
So... What happened? I was going through withdrawals :-)

Piotr forgot to pay the electric bill

5/9 Turtle · July 13, 2014, 10:23:55 AM

Quote from: Stromack on July 13, 2014, 10:22:32 AM
Quote from: The1337Magician on July 13, 2014, 10:17:14 AM
So... What happened? I was going through withdrawals :-)

Piotr forgot to pay the electric bill

Seems legit

Cloud1664 · July 13, 2014, 11:43:29 AM

Yes! Aaaaaaand we're back!

Ptsgpbk · July 13, 2014, 01:06:19 PM

I have been crying in a corner for the past few days

Skyshadow731 · July 13, 2014, 01:09:17 PM

Iys been painful, but facebook helped so much

MtgCollector1337 · July 13, 2014, 01:37:06 PM

Quote from: Skyshadow731 on July 13, 2014, 01:09:17 PM
Iys been painful, but facebook helped so much

I hardly use facebook.
Buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut add me
Http://www.facebook.com/jacob.shotwell.7

Piotr · July 14, 2014, 05:32:54 AM

Quote from: Stromack on July 13, 2014, 10:22:32 AM
Quote from: The1337Magician on July 13, 2014, 10:17:14 AM
So... What happened? I was going through withdrawals :-)

Piotr forgot to pay the electric bill

I think the server run out of I/O quota imposed by our hosting company http://linode.com with whom we 'currently have' $25 monthly plan (I changed to hourly billing recently and I'm not sure how this one will work out).
This caused SQL server started getting drive access errors and crashed. (The only possible outcome of I/O quota in relation to SQL server.)
If this theory is true, rebooting the server would fix the problem, which it did

To reduce the probability of this issue the hosting server needs upgrade in software or hardware, or both.
To ensure quicker recovery in the future, we can purchase this:
Linode Managed
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Linode Managed includes 24/7 monitoring and incident responses, backups and Longview Pro. +$100/mo per Linode.
At the moment we have 5 Patrons each chipping in $1 a month. Patronage via PayPal should work on iOS devices, they fixed it some time ago. Thank you

Falcon182 · July 14, 2014, 01:30:24 PM

That explanation is much too complicated. Just say you forgot to pay the electric bill. ;-)

Piotr · July 15, 2014, 06:32:04 AM

Quote from: Falcon182 on July 14, 2014, 01:30:24 PM
That explanation is much too complicated. Just say you forgot to pay the electric bill. ;-)

That would be incorrect. I simply have other priorities than supporting this forum for free, and spending quality weekend time with my friends and family in real life takes priority over spending time fixing technical issues with this forum. This is obviously a problem for some of you, so I present an idea of a solution