Server Uptime

[Madmanmcp]

Did anyone else just experience the Forums here going down? I was sitting here reading and clicked on a post to read and got a page not found, I tried several others and got the same results. When I tried to go to the Forum home page it also was not found. The TCH Home was working as was some of my sites. I then checked Server Status and saw two red lights on SSL Server for Server 1 and Server 28.

 

This only lasted for about 10 minutes and it started about 11:59AM EST.

 

I then checked the server status reports and nothing is listed and they still show 100% uptime.

 

Any comments?

[Head Guru]

Well since the server was never down the uptime reports will not reflect any downtime

 

We were making some changes to the servers apache configuration, the home page never went down, it was simply replaced with a generic page as we worked on the upgrade.

 

[Madmanmcp]

But the forums here were down

[Head Guru]

As I already explained the server wasn't down.

 

The home page was being served, e-mail was up, apache was up, pop3 was up and so on.

 

The forums were down because we were upgrading some back-end software as I explained.

[TCH-Thomas]

Yep, i noticed too. But hey, its working now. :-)

 

-Thomas

[Madmanmcp]

There was a smiley face at the end of my last note Bill...relax. You gave me the explanation and I appreciate it. I work in a NOC and I am monitoring servers as we speak and know that servers can be UP but services are down.

[Head Guru]

What NOC? and technically it was a sticking your tounge out smile. Naughty

[Madmanmcp]

Digex

[Head Guru]

The MCI Digex?

[Madmanmcp]

Yes, MCI just picked up all the outstanding shares of Digex.

[Head Guru]

Very cool.

 

Ive read really good things about Digex

[Madmanmcp]

Thanks, just hoping we stay alive now with MCI in charge.

[Head Guru]

If not drop me your resume.. We are always looking for top notch remote technicians.

[Madmanmcp]

Thanks again and I'll keep you in mind. I Never say no to a possible job source...especially the way the IT market has been of late. Too many of us on the streets looking for a paycheck .

[TCH-Rob]

Tell me about it Madman, I know that feeling. Last time I put out my resume I was competing with about 3000 other people for the same position. This time I think there are more. I am contemplating a mall job while I finish my next degree. The tech sector in AZ is disillusioning. It is tough when you are competing with a guy that has a masters and you are both going for a job that requires an AAS at best.

[Madmanmcp]

I'm on the other side of the spectrum Rob. I started in this business back in the 70's working mainframes for Control Data Corporation fresh out of High School. In the 90's I switched to the PC side and was laid off after 29 years when my Y2K project completed. All I had was OJT and I was up against young kids with degrees and all sorts of paper certs. They were willing to work for half my pay and I had a wife and two teenagers to feed.

 

But I still love the business and I'll tough it out a couple more years hopefully

[stevevan]

Sounds all too familiar. After 20 years of military service working in electronics (15 of those spent with PC's, networks, running my own LAN, and working at a local ISP), there was nothing available locally. So now I'm working with FAA electronics. However, if the situation was right, I'd jump back into the computer field in a heartbeat!

[Head Guru]

Its no different in any line of work.

 

In my last field of employment, before moving into the IT world I saw the same thing.

 

I would see coworker's work less hours, spend less time in training, less time on the street, less response calls and much less attitude get the promotion I was trying to get. Why? Paper on the wall!

 

Bill