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.
Friday, November 30, 2007
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.
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.
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.
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.
Friday, October 26, 2007
New Feeds & Group Creation
It has finally arrived -- the ability to create new groups on BibleShared.com. In truth this ability has been present since day 1, but it had to start with an email to myself. Now this process is partially automated. Instead of sending me an email to create a group, you can create a group by clicking "Create Group" in the "My Group" section of the page. Groups for churches with more than 100 members require a small monthly fee (depending on church size) to create. This is to cover bandwidth and storage costs (it's not a cheap site to keep running!).
On an unrelated note, feeds have been completely overhauled. They now support the category filtering options already present in your feed reader.
Please continue sending in any bugs that need fixing, or feature suggestions, by clicking the "Bug" button while logged in. Thanks!
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.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Power Outage!
The BibleShared.com servers are located in Everett, WA. Unfortunately, Everett, WA is experiencing intense wind storms that have knocked out the power. As such, you will notice that BibleShared.com is currently down.
It should resume normal operation once the storms pass and power is restored. You can monitor the situation here or here.
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.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Cookies
BibleShared.com uses something called a Cookie in order to determine if you are logged in or logged out. A cookie is a very small text file a website can store on your computer to help it function properly. In the case of BibleShared.com, that cookie contains your user name and a piece of data that proves to the site that you have logged in.
I'm sharing this piece of information, because I've had reports of users being unable to log in. They can type their user name, password, and group code, and are redirected to the main page, to be presented with the log-in screen again. The reason for this is the site is unable to create a cookie on their computer to say that they have logged in. To correct this problem you have to allow cookies in your browser's settings. For Internet Explorer 7, this means selecting "Internet Options" from the Tools menu, clicking the "Privacy" tab, and moving the slider down until it indicates that cookies will be accepted.
There's a lot of FUD (Fear, uncertainty, doubt) around the Internet about Cookies, and most of this FUD has little to no basis in reality. Cookies have a legitimate purpose on many, many, many sites. Blocking or disabling cookies can cripple the Internet experience, and will definitely prevent you from being able to access BibleShared.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.
I'm sharing this piece of information, because I've had reports of users being unable to log in. They can type their user name, password, and group code, and are redirected to the main page, to be presented with the log-in screen again. The reason for this is the site is unable to create a cookie on their computer to say that they have logged in. To correct this problem you have to allow cookies in your browser's settings. For Internet Explorer 7, this means selecting "Internet Options" from the Tools menu, clicking the "Privacy" tab, and moving the slider down until it indicates that cookies will be accepted.
There's a lot of FUD (Fear, uncertainty, doubt) around the Internet about Cookies, and most of this FUD has little to no basis in reality. Cookies have a legitimate purpose on many, many, many sites. Blocking or disabling cookies can cripple the Internet experience, and will definitely prevent you from being able to access BibleShared.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.
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