Re: [MiNT] sparemint and atariforge

[Paul Wratt <paul.wratt@gmail.com>]

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Rob Mahlert <rmahlert@charter.net> wrote:
> Bad day for my host..  if you had issues accessing AtariForge or the
> SpareMiNT servers.
> Rob
>
>
> This morning one of our data centers, experienced major multiple critical
> power systems failures as follows:
>
> * At approximately 0500 Eastern Time, we experienced a total loss of utility
> power, our backup generators and UPS systems functioned as designed, and
> this data center was functioning as it should.
> * At approximately 0700 Eastern Time, the local utility restored power and
> our building was automatically switched back to utility power.
> * At approximately 0710 Eastern Time, the local utility power dropped yet
> again, at this juncture one of our backup generators experienced a failure
> in both of its two starter motors. Our UPS systems functioned as designed,
> but exhausted their battery capacity, dropping power to most of the systems
> in this data center.
> * At approximately 0730 Eastern Time, the local utility restored power
> again.
> * At approximately 0845 Eastern Time, the local utility power dropped yet
> again, we were in the process of changing the starters on the generator, and
> at 0930, we were able to re-start our emergency generator.
> * Although our local utility claims to have corrected their power issues
> which precipitated this issue, we are still running on generator power until
> we can perform a coordinated and monitored cut-over back to utility power.
> This is scheduled to happen at 1430 Eastern Time, as we want to ensure the
> technicians from the utility are on-site for this event, and will remain
> on-site to monitor this situation moving forwards.
> * All UPS Systems are back online, and our emergency generator is
> functioning as it should be.
>
> We apologize profusely for this issue, and can assure you we wish it did not
> happen. We have been working on an increased staffing level since this
> incident occurred to ensure we are doing everything possible to address any
> outstanding issues.
>

whats the feeling about off-site mirrors/backups for certain parts of
the servers (sparemint is already mirrored, just need an alternate
frontend site that is not on either server), even if there is an
offsite url that allows direct access to anything mirrored (for cases
like above)

I would like to see the cvs available, even if its readonly (but there
are systems for syncing)

Cheers

Paul