N@Z 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2007 Is it just me or is the server down? I have not been able to access it since the last few days. Incidentally, saw Head-fi listed in Wikipedia. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dridiot 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2007 It seems that the sever is down. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
milkpowder 0 Report post Posted November 13, 2007 Jude: 2007-11-13 0857 EST This is obviously our worst outage in the history of Head-Fi.org. What happened was that we had Head-Fi.org's files and backups moved to a multi-terabyte network attached storage (NAS) unit while we continued to work on the proper implementation of a true clustering configuration for Head-Fi.org. From what we can tell, this particular NAS unit--with a reputation for being ultra-reliable--had one of its 12-channel RAID controllers malfunction. This particular NAS unit is a 24-drive unit, made up of two 12-drive arrays, each array with two parity drives (RAID 6). Maybe we put too much faith in it, but we thought were safe housing everything on it for the time being. From what we're being told, when the controller card malfunctioned, it messed up the NAS unit's logical volume, which is where we're at now. We are working closely with the vendor and the technical support team in Europe to restore the logical volume and get the NAS back up again. We feel confident we will be able to restore Head-Fi to its state just before its outage, but won't know for sure if we'll have to fall back to a back-up, of which there are many on the NAS. Unfortunately, the only off-NAS backups we have of Head-Fi.org's databases are quite old, meaning we'd potentially lose thousands of posts, so I will not put Head-Fi.org back up until we know for sure the status of the logical volume restoration. The repair was well under way yesterday when the repair process ran out of RAM. (The NAS has four gigabytes of RAM.) Since, for a number of reasons, the repair process was being run almost entirely from RAM, the four gigs was apparently not enough. I have ordered 16 gigabytes of RAM, which will arrive this morning, immediately after which I will head to the datacenter to install it; then the team in Europe can commence with the remotely administered repair process(es). The repair has gone slower than we anticipated, and running out of RAM yesterday was an unfortunate setback. But, once again, 16 gigabytes of RAM (versus the four gigabytes in there now) should be arriving this morning. whereupon we will immediately call our friends in Europe so they can continue with the repair work. We already know some data was lost, but hope and pray that what we do retrieve will be enough to let us get the site back up this evening. We know we should have been more diligent about keeping more backups off the NAS, but running two 12-drive arrays, each array in RAID 6 (two parity drives, for a total of four)--and the fact that our previous, self-built NAS units ran without problems for over seven years--we felt we were safe in keeping them there until we were finally through with the proper clustering we've intended for months. All I can do at this point (other than what we're doing above) is to apologize to you all for the outage. Though Head-Fi isn't what I do for a living, it is very important to me as a gathering place for friends, and I know it is for many of you, too. Once again, I'm sorry about this extended outage, and will continue to work on it until we're back up (hopefully tonight). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Singapura 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2007 Aha, I was already wondering what went wrong. Head-fi is still the largest forum I'm posting to. Good luck and get well soon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gene83 0 Report post Posted November 14, 2007 Wow. Totally what I do for a living. That is some serious servers out there. I wonder if they use SUN servers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HKS 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2007 hi guys. Is Head-fi still down? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gene83 0 Report post Posted November 15, 2007 yes they are unfortunately. the problem they are facing is pretty huge. give them some time yeah? im experiencing withdrawal too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
imp0ssibled 0 Report post Posted November 16, 2007 yeah surprising its been down for days, think its almost been a week long? hope it'll be back to normal soon, really got lots of very good info there! its almost like a library of info on music and sound information Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
swmaxxx 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2007 yes they are unfortunately. the problem they are facing is pretty huge. give them some time yeah? im experiencing withdrawal too. Haha! Yea I know exactly what you are talking about. I'm having major withdrawals. The whole reason I found this forum was because of the head-fi down time. I wonder how many headphone forums/sites are experiencing a spike in visits. Head-fi is what got me interested in headphones and i miss the site so much!! I hope they get back online tomorrow. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Musicwhore 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2007 Another one here because Head-Fi is down. Hard to break a habit like that. But it does force us to find other forums such as this. aka-Happy Camper Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
milkpowder 0 Report post Posted November 19, 2007 There are quite a few headphone forums though. Head-Case.org tends to be where a lot of senior/experienced Head-Fi (or ex-Head-Fi) members congregate. The language is much more brutal (as you will see for yourself) but the discussions are usually very high end. There aren't many noobies around at all. Having joined Head-Case.org for a few days, I've gathered that they really don't like Ray Samuels and many members have issues with the way Head-Fi is run/moderated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cankin 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2007 There are quite a few headphone forums though. Head-Case.org tends to be where a lot of senior/experienced Head-Fi (or ex-Head-Fi) members congregate. The language is much more brutal (as you will see for yourself) but the discussions are usually very high end. There aren't many noobies around at all. Having joined Head-Case.org for a few days, I've gathered that they really don't like Ray Samuels and many members have issues with the way Head-Fi is run/moderated. I agree 1000% Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
N@Z 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2007 They love thread crapping in the FS forum too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slwiser 0 Report post Posted November 20, 2007 I agree 1000% Absolutely agree with that assessment...but I may have been having to much fun them though... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
