Data loss & We are back!

[vinboy]

Data loss. They can only to recover the database up to Mar 30 2008.

This is ridiculous.
That was the worst web host I've ever come across.

New users have to re-register and all post after Mar 30 2008 have to be re-posted.

[openmedia]

Bugger. So who were you using?

[vinboy]

Bugger. So who were you using?

I was using 3ix.org
They seemed to be pretty fast.

This is currently hosted at hostdepartment.com
But I get Unable to connect error sometimes. Maybe I should switch back.

[vinboy]

It's unbelievable that these people didn't have daily backup.
It's one of those standard features for web hosting.

[vinboy]

Not only did we lose the users and posts, all the Linkback will point to invalid link too.

[paulw]

Thanx for your efforts. I was getting withdrawl sympoms..

[Apsattv]

Let sue the bastard man i'm angry. WE had reached 220 members, now we are back to 150.

And some very good threads have gone down the tubes.

Including NZ news items

Vin have you checked wayback machine and google caches?

[vinboy]

Let sue the bastard man i'm angry

Yes i am pissed :mad:

[Geekster]

Ass! Ass ass ass! I'm going to miss ol' Zinwell 620-HD. I still have the two log files in my machine if anyone wants copies of them.

[vinboy]

This site is currently hosted at reliablesite.com
It should be quite reliable, as the name implies.

Report to me if you find any technical issue. I'll send you a beer :D

[Injuised]

Good work guys,,
Shame about all those posts going missing

[Injuised]

especially the Zinwell thread , there were some valuable posts in that thread

[vinboy]

We are waiting for the domain's DNS to propagate.
At the mean time, use http://dtvforum-co-nz.web2.reliabledomainspace.com/forum/ to access the forum.

[vinboy]

ok I've done some traceroute and it looks like the DNS is propagating smoothly. Now we need to wait for the NZ ISPs to update.

[BigAl]

have you tryed dreamhost.com

http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting.html

i use them for a number of tgp sites

500gb storge and 5TB bandwidth

and email php msql etc and alot more

good price too

us $5.95 a month

[maccrazy]

Sorry to hear about your troubles guys - I hope the new host is more reliable. However, I'd suggest running your own database backups regardless of whether the host offers a backup service or not as there are some horrendous web hosts out there.

You might be interested in this thread: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=444197

[vinboy]

have you tryed dreamhost.com

http://www.dreamhost.com/hosting.html

i use them for a number of tgp sites

500gb storge and 5TB bandwidth

and email php msql etc and alot more

good price too

us $5.95 a month

We are currently using realiablesite.com
Seems to be reliable and fast response from the support staff.

Hope they do daily backup :p

[vinboy]

Sorry to hear about your troubles guys - I hope the new host is more reliable. However, I'd suggest running your own database backups regardless of whether the host offers a backup service or not as there are some horrendous web hosts out there.

You might be interested in this thread: http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=444197

Yup. Just found out after it happened :(

[vinboy]

This conversation was held after the server crashed. I tried to get the tech support to retrieve the backup copy of the database by asking how often they do their backups.



Chat InformationPlease wait for an operator to respond.

Chat InformationYou are now connected.

Help24x7: Welcome to 3iX live chat, my name is Annabel, please hold for a moment, I am reviewing your question.

Help24x7: How may I help you today?

jo: hi

jo: may I know how often you do backup?

Help24x7: we have daily backup system

jo: how about the mysql database?

Help24x7: its included in daily backup

jo: ok

jo: can you please check my account

jo: dtvforum

jo: i was told that the latest backup was March 30, 2008

Help24x7: provide full domain name

jo: dtvforum.co.nz

Help24x7: Please hold for a moment

Help24x7: we have backup available of Mar30th

jo: that is more than 1 month old :(

jo: are you able to recover something later?

Help24x7: no

Help24x7: latest backup is for 30th Mar

jo: well ok then

jo: but you just said you do daily backup :)

Help24x7: the backup drive got corrupted thats why we have latest backup is fro 30th Mar

Help24x7: Is there anything else I can help you with?

jo: no

jo: thats all for now

jo: thanks

[Injuised]

That is shocking service,

not as bad as SKY though, at least you can get through

I hope you didnt pay them,

[Apsattv]

I have reposted quite a few news items into the NZ news section for historic purposes.

Most of the NZ item's since the March 30th backup date, althought I don't think there is a way (Vin???) to reinsert them into the thread in sequential order as originally posted.

if anyone has an archive of NZ news items that are missing pls fwd and I will try and add them.

[vinboy]

email notification is alive! well, it should :rolleyes:
report to me if you still find problem with the email system.