Friday, November 30, 2007

In-person is best

Well, I finally arrived on-site with the BibleShared.com database server. Upon investigation I found that it was reporting that ALL DRIVES had failed -- which is ridiculous for a 3% fail rate.

Long story short, none of them had actually failed, it was just an easily resolved configuration hiccup. Oh well, I have a new drive coming in the mail for when it really is needed.

About the Author: Nick is the creator of BibleShared.com -- a web application that allows you to read the Bible, write notes in the margin, share these notes with others, and track your Bible reading progress.

The Fix...

It will take anywhere from a few days to a week in order to get BibleShared.com back on-line and fully-functional.

I did not have any spare replacement drives, so I had to order one. Once that arrives I can replace the bad disk, and run a rebuild. Once that is complete, BibleShared.com will return.

Keep watching this blog for status updates. If you need an online bible in the meantime, I would recommend BibleGateway.com.

About the Author: Nick is the creator of BibleShared.com -- a web application that allows you to read the Bible, write notes in the margin, share these notes with others, and track your Bible reading progress.

Outage Cause

Well, I've figured out the cause of the outage. BibleShared.com's database server uses 3 hard disk drives to store the site and data. 1 of these drives went bad and caused the system to come crashing to a halt.

I'm not on-site until later tonight, so I won't be able to do anything about it until then, but it could be a few days to get a replacement drive and get everything back and operational.

This is actually the third hard disk failure I've personally experienced in the last 2 weeks. All of them happening on Dell-built computers. It's really becoming frustrating.

About the Author: Nick is the creator of BibleShared.com -- a web application that allows you to read the Bible, write notes in the margin, share these notes with others, and track your Bible reading progress.

Random Downtime

Hello,

I hate to report it, but it is so: BibleShared.com is currently down, and I have no clue as to why. Well, okay, I have some clues as to why. There's really two main servers that make BibleShared.com happen. One of them (the database server) is not responding remotely (from anywhere in the world), or locally (from it's best friend server). In the past outages have generally been due to extended power outages and the like, but this one is a little bit different.

I live about 30 miles from the server in question, but I'm headed up there tonight to see what I can do. If it's a fairly straight-forward issue (read: does not require the purchase of new hardware), I should have it fixed and working tonight.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

About the Author: Nick is the creator of BibleShared.com -- a web application that allows you to read the Bible, write notes in the margin, share these notes with others, and track your Bible reading progress.