Reason for Downtime/Datacenter Outage

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Reason for Downtime/Datacenter Outage
Topic Started: Jun 2 2008, 09:30 PM (170 Views)
Miss Peg	Jun 2 2008, 09:30 PM Post #1
Administrator Posts: 650 Group: Admins Member #1 Joined: May 6, 2008 Gender Fi-male Name/Nickname Fi or Fiona	Hello all, I apologise for the down time we have had this week, I am glad to say we are back in action! It was unfortunately 'one of those things', thankfully there was no data loss as it was simply an electrical issue. The official statement from Zetaboard... Quote: We're still working to restore normal service to all InvisionFree and ZetaBoards communities. Many users will have no issue accessing their boards as of this time, however were aware that that isn't the case for everyone. Just to provide a bit more information on what's occurring. The datacenters where the InvisionFree servers are located at had an issue that knocked out electricity to an entire building of servers. While InvisionFree and ZetaBoards had no servers in that particular building, the DNS servers that service them were located there. DNS servers are computers that route internet traffic. They're what allows you to type in and url like http://invisionfree.com and end up at our site. Without them you would need to remember long IP addresses to visit websites. This means if those servers aren't operational, then it can become an issue to try to reach a site by typing in its URL. In some cases the Internet Service Provider (ISP) that you use will cache, or store information that will still allow you to reach a site even if the DNS servers aren't operational. Currently the datacenter is trying to restore normal operation to all of its DNS servers, however it hasn't completely reached that point yet. We're working on our end to do what we can to restore normal access for everyone as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience during this time. As they said, thanks for your patience! And I will be home and more active on Friday!



SeeYouAreTeee	Jun 3 2008, 10:05 PM Post #2
Active Member Posts: 101 Group: Members Member #2 Joined: May 10, 2008 Gender A bit of both, maybe. I'm not sure. :P Name/Nickname Mhmm.. Mop, or something. IDK, tbh. xD	I see. ;D



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