The Great Server Crash of 2008
Earlier today, several TallyCast users sent mail asking where we went. It turns out that our hosting provider had a backplane problem with the network server that controls our server. The problem is fixed and it appears that the TallyCast is cooking once again. Thank you, to the tech support heros who brought our site back with minimum downtime. We’re sorry for the downtime.
Remember that there are two kinds of computer users in this world; those who have lost data in a crash and those who will. Hard drives, pen drives and even CD’s and DVD’s can and do fail. If you have photos, musics or documents on your computer that you don’t want to lose, be sure you have a current backup of your data.
The image with this article is of a typical co-location server rack. It comes from Wikimedia Commons, an excellent source for images. You can find the original image at http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Rack001.jpg.
Who do you use for hosting, and do you recommend them? I have a friend with a small business looking for reliable, affordable local hosting.
Thanks!
Bri
I use Dreamhost, http://www.dreamhost.com. They have been good to me, have highly rated customer support, lots of good one-click installs and are consistently listed as one of the best places to work in the US.
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For a long time, I used local hosting providers and while I appreciate the importance of buying local, I found that by going to a bigger hosting provider, I was able to get much better service, and a lot less downtime.
Earlier this week, I downloaded and installed the latest system software update to my Nokia N810 Internet Pad. I have to admit that one of the attractions of the n810 is that it’s a linux device and that I have total access to all it’s software guts.
The upgrade didn’t go well; modifications that I made earlier conflicted with the new system update and I ended up having to wipe and reinstall the software. I was pretty sure that I had a current backup on the MMC card, but (as a certain governor might say) “darn it all”, I didn’t.
Lucky for me, all my important stuff is safely on servers (I’m all about bulimic computing) but I still lost all my customization. I’m looking at the event (if I can get religious for a second) as a blessing. I’ve been given the opportunity to rebuild an environment that I increasingly depend on, to be more stable and effective.
Like Meher Baba (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meher_Baba) once said, “Take it as a blessing or take it as a test. Whatever happens, happens for the best.”