Hey Addicts,
We apologize for the recent two days of downtime and the slow site. It was unavoidable and we did our best. Let me explain what happened.
The server that GuyanaLive was previously hosted on had a major hiccup. The power supply had a fault and it blew and caused a bit of damage. The drive was not damaged and was placed as a secondary drive in another server and the files and databases were then copied. I’m sorry but we just couldn’t run to Digicom or Starr Computers for a $6,000 (+VAT) power supply and plug it in. Reasons? It would not physically fit and the power supply is for a server not even located in Guyana.
(Yes Digicom and Starr Computers, you’re welcome for the big up.)
Another reason why it took so much time is because the DNS (domain name system) had to propagate. Long story short. GuyanaLive.com was pointing to ‘server a’ and it takes a while for all ISP (internet service providers) to get the updated records to direct users to ‘server b’.
The second server (the one we’re currently hosted on) just isn’t capable of handling the load it previously had and the additional. Therefore the execution times have increased causing a delay of page load and timeouts.
A backup PSU (power supply unit) is scheduled to be delivered to the data center today. It would replace the first and we’ll see if any further damage was done. If so another R900 server would be ordered.
The gallery database has been marked as corrupt but I’ll get over that one like everything else. By the way, we have 4 events to publish. Its all uploaded and waiting on the gallery to be fixed.
We received many calls, emails and IMs concerning the recent downtime. I never had a chance for a full explanation so here it is.
So what do you think? Feel free to reply here shoot us an email at team at guyanalive.com
– Rowen
