Icedtea/Classpath Server Downtime

Jim Pick jim at jimpick.com
Sun Aug 10 22:48:01 PDT 2008


Jim Pick wrote:
> Jim Pick wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to take the server down to investigate a possible failed disk in
>> the software RAID.  I am hoping that it's just a Linux or Xen bug.
>> Also, I'd like to upgrade Xen to a more modern version if possible.
>>
>> I'm planning to take the server down in about 3 hours (around 2pm
>> Pacific Time).  Hopefully, it won't take me too long to investigate
>> and/or upgrade it.
>>
>> There is always the possibility that things won't go well with the RAID
>> or the upgrade.  I only have the one server online, so if I encounter
>> any big problems, please be patient as I try to figure out the best way
>> to recover.  Luckily, I do have recent backups.
>>
>> This will affect jimpick.com, kaffe.org, developer.classpath.org,
>> planet.classpath.org, and icedtea.classpath.org.
>>
>> While the server is down, my jimpick.com/kaffe.org email addresses will
>> not be working.  I can still be reached at my backup email address at
>> <jim.pick at gmail.com>.
> 
> The server is back now.  If you see anything strange, send me an email.

I'm finally done, and things should be back online.  Everything has been 
converted to RAID1 - there isn't much disk space left, but at least the 
data should be safe.  Sorry about all the downtime.

Cheers,

  - Jim




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