More downtime....

Will

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21 Jun 2006 - 1:11 PM

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We got hit by lightning...really!

From our datacenter:


Quote: At approximately 6:30am EST Liquid Web's datacenter appears to have been hit by lightning.

We have reset all electrical equipment and service has been restored.

Your patience and understanding while we continue to work on this issue is greatly and sincerely appreciated.

Normal service is now resumed and things should finally be stable from now on. I really shouldn't say that though....

hobbs

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21 Jun 2006 - 1:14 PM

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Mental note to make sure I use a different webserver company than EPZ. :o))

Will

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21 Jun 2006 - 1:16 PM

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The equipment was protected in a way, no servers got fried which could have been a possible nightmare scenario. AFAIK, the lightning caused a power failure so some servers were turned off. Backup generators kicked in, but servers needed restarting. We're running on 'gas' at the moment apparently.

Will

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21 Jun 2006 - 1:19 PM

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Well having generators and lots of fuel to run them is a good start...

Will

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21 Jun 2006 - 1:23 PM

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Dual Opteron and nix actually.

csurry

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21 Jun 2006 - 1:28 PM

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Maybe lightning proof, but are they Westers-proof?

Jay44

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21 Jun 2006 - 1:29 PM

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That was the longest 10 minutes I've ever known!

Nice to see you back, was beginning to have withdrawal symptoms!

Will

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21 Jun 2006 - 1:35 PM

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They're in the states. OK their recovery plan may not have been perfect, but we're back now and no permanent damage was done, so for that I am happy. We'd have been back a lot sooner but there was yet another issue which we didn't realise the solution to straight away.