Announcement CCF Is BACK - Sorry sorry sorry

CCF IS Back

Hi CCF users! Firstly I wish to personally apologise for the longest outage ever. Our primary data center had what can best be described as a cataclysmic and mildly comical series of events involving a power surge, a power outage, a backup generator catching fire and fire suppressant dowsing hundreds of servers (including some of ours). Our original servers are still drying and in pieces.

We are now operating from a different data center on different hardware from a backup that we thankfully did on Apr 3 (Sat night). We will not be able to recover your posts from Sunday.

Things are NOT 100% yet but at least I can finally get a little bit of sleep tonight knowing the site is somewhat operational. If you see any weirdness don't hesitate to report here.

More updates later....

SORRY!!!

 

[Nik]

Thanks chaps for the kind words. I will take extra measures to prep us for the next disaster so you don't start lingering around Ford dealerships and the like in absence of a CCF.

The unfortunate part was that we were in the midst of a hardware transition for added resiliency when this happened hence why we couldn't switch over to a copy of the forums in a timely manner. This is far from the first time hardware has failed on us, we are usually up and running with little time left for a scratch and a coffee (target is under 5 mins to failover). Sod's law.

Enjoy folks, do some needless posts to make up for the 60 lost hours.... We may even turn a blind as we're out of practice.

 

[DavidWG]

CCF IS Back

Hi CCF users! Firstly I wish to personally apologise for the longest outage ever. Our primary data center had what can best be described as a cataclysmic and mildly comical series of events involving a power surge, a power outage, a backup generator catching fire and fire suppressant dowsing hundreds of servers (including some of ours). Our original servers are still drying and in pieces.

We are now operating from a different data center on different hardware from a backup that we thankfully did on Apr 3 (Sat night). We will not be able to recover your posts from Sunday.

Things are NOT 100% yet but at least I can finally get a little bit of sleep tonight knowing the site is somewhat operational. If you see any weirdness don't hesitate to report here.

More updates later....

SORRY!!!

Ya hardly missed a beat. Thanks a bunch for all you do for us!!!!!

 

[Gummiente]

I used to run a couple motorcycle forums, I can empathise with your challenges and all the work done to keep things moving. Random outages are not fun. Kudos to you and thanks for getting our home back!

 

[Lawrence]

Thanks so much for everything you all do to keep this site up and running, I appreciate it.

 

[RJH-C7]

Many thanks to Nik and the team for bringing CCF back on line!

 

[OL Yeller]

I was having withdrawls for a couple of days but they are subsiding now that CCF is back online....Thanks, all is good in the universe once again.

 

[Jeffer2013]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm Ford dealerships, the smell of a new mustang droppings, mmmmmm

 

[Dave91TM]

Thanks Nik, there is no blame to assign, S@#t happens. The shutdown made me realize how much I use this site as a source of information and entertainment. Your hard work and efforts are appreciated.

 

[Vette1993]

This is what happens when you plug your server into the same outlet being used for the toaster and microwave! Good work Nik & Company!!

 

[New C5er]

Thank you Nick for what you do every day and what you did to get this needed forum back up and running. Don't realize what we have until it was gone. Thank you and THANKS again Nick........

 

[Rruuff Day]

No one realizes the sacrifices Nik makes for us. He currently has the entire forum running off his cell phone.