Lol, nah, Khajiit just really wants a double edged blade!

Haven is still down.

Sere and I have already started talking about getting a more stable environment. Free hosting is just too unreliable.

Seems like whatever happened was pretty major, looking at that support link.

Hardware failure followed by possible data loss as they rebuild the database. This one is not happy about it. Especially if we lose content. There was a lot of stories on there, and I hope folks backed them up.

I was thinking more of the fact that it had taken out multiple servers. Would love to know what happened, just for the sake of curiosity.

Seems like they should look at moving to a cloud or web based server.

Have they had other problems since you started Haven?

Occasion down time, but usually no more than an hour or so.

Sounds like they weren't doing too badly then.

Looking at the support site, it seems they had a different hardware issue on Sep. 27th. I remember that one. About 2 hours of outage.

Well, they've definitely lowered the bar with this problem, whatever it was that happened.

I hope we don't lose too much from over there.

My thoughts as well. I have a feeling most folks back up their stories, which would be the biggest loss.

This post has been edited by Cain: Nov 22 2016, 03:52 PM

Absolutely.

That said, I do find the thought that it might have affected the DiD competition amusing. Just because it would mean being resurrected

Ugh. That would suck.

You able to chat to the others as well? I'm guessing they're equally pissed at this.

Sere and I have been chatting since yesterday. I PM'ed all the regulars through Bethsoft, but that's the best I can do.

We're seriously looking at a new host. Sere has a spare domain she can set up with a phpBB skin if we got that route.

This post has been edited by Cain: Nov 22 2016, 04:11 PM

I'd have thought you'd wait to see how much was actually lost before considering a new host.

The potential of the loss is what has us worried. If it happened once, it will happen again, and it's quite possible that they lost a good bit, based on how long it's taking them to restore.

I can't help thinking you're overreacting just a little bit here. I mean; "If it happened once, it will happen again"? You don't have anywhere near enough information to justify that statement.

Oh, they've posted a new update in the support thread, by the way.

I can't stress the loss of data enough, Thorny. The entire reason Haven was created was so that our story writers could flex their creative freedom without the restrictions of Bethsoft. If everyone's stories are dumped due to a host hiccup, that's a major deal.

Plus, if we could easily move to a more stable domain/forum, then why not? It will be put before the community before it happens, but it never hurts to plan ahead.

Based on that latest update from Zb, the prognosis looks good on the data.

This post has been edited by Cain: Nov 22 2016, 04:49 PM