What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

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What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Mithrandir » Sun Aug 31, 2014 5:35 pm

Hey everyone,

As most of you have probably already figured out, the server CAA has been running on for several years has not be working very well lately. I have spent the last few years trying to get things working well, but in the end our ISP did not give me the tools I need to make things work. As a result, I have moved the server to a new hosting provider half-way across the country - to one that gives us much better support and should make things quite a bit more zippy.

An unfortunate side-effect of this move is that most users will have experienced some downtime from about Saturday afternoon until around Sunday, Monday or possibly even a little later.

Sorry about this, but I hope everyone has noticed a pick-up in speed since the move.

See you around!

- Mith
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby ClaecElric4God » Mon Sep 01, 2014 5:59 pm

Yes, some of us were wondering about that. Thanks for clearing it up. Thanks, Mith. We really appreciate what you do for the site, especially with how busy you are. Keep being awesome!
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Mithrandir » Tue Sep 02, 2014 8:26 am

Aw. Thanks! Things should be totally sorted out now, so if you know of anyone who's still having trouble connecting or whatever, please let me know, OK?
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Sheenar » Tue Sep 02, 2014 4:23 pm

Thank you, Mith!! Everything looks great! :D
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Ante Bellum » Tue Sep 02, 2014 9:13 pm

Can I make a chewed cables joke? Do people still make chewed cables jokes?
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby FourFourSeven » Wed Sep 03, 2014 6:10 am

You scared me for a bit there, Mithandir. For a while, I thought my own server was screwing up.
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Mithrandir » Wed Sep 03, 2014 12:20 pm

Ante Bellum wrote:Can I make a chewed cables joke? Do people still make chewed cables jokes?


*shakes magic 8 ball*

Apparently "it's doubtful."
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby ClaecElric4God » Thu Sep 04, 2014 5:55 am

Wait, why did you turn chatty into a magic 8 ball? That's not a very nice thing for a daddy to do to his daughter.
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Wolfsong » Thu Sep 04, 2014 6:08 am

ClaecElric4God wrote:Wait, why did you turn chatty into a magic 8 ball? That's not a very nice thing for a daddy to do to his daughter.

*breaks down laughing hysterically* admittedly, chatty did come to mind when he said that.
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Oddood198 » Thu Sep 04, 2014 9:01 am

Well, strangely enough, it seems I can connect just fine on my phone when I'm running off cell service, but when I try it on wi-fi neither my phone or computer can connect to CAA. Help, anyone?

P.S. When I can connect, it's definitely running faster. Good work, Mith!
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Mithrandir » Fri Sep 05, 2014 11:58 am

It's possible one of the routers between your phone and the network has a DNS entry that isn't updating yet (or has something cached, etc). Give it a few more days and it should clear up.
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Mithrandir » Sat Sep 06, 2014 3:10 pm

Update: Just FYI, there was a bit of up and down today while I finalized some settings on the machine. Sorry if you were having intermittent trouble!
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Oddood198 » Sat Sep 06, 2014 4:37 pm

Well, I'm now back to seeing CAA in all it's glory on my computer. Don't know what did it in the end, but it looks like troubles on my end are over. And now that I'm back in full, I can tell the site is running amazingly better. Great job, Mith. *Gives cookie*
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby K. Ayato » Sat Sep 06, 2014 8:31 pm

Is there a reason the site loads up on Firefox but fails to do so on Google Chrome?
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Xeno » Sat Sep 06, 2014 9:55 pm

Chrome is a bad browser. Working as intended.
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Mithrandir » Sun Sep 07, 2014 7:27 am

K. Ayato wrote:Is there a reason the site loads up on Firefox but fails to do so on Google Chrome?


It's working for me on Chrome. You might have something cached on your end or something. Can you try clearing your cache/history stuff and trying again. It's possible a reboot might be needed, too.
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Sheenar » Wed Sep 10, 2014 12:39 pm

I'm using Chrome and the site is working normally.
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby K. Ayato » Wed Sep 10, 2014 10:39 pm

If I put christiananime.net/index, it works just fine. If I don't add "index" at the end, it doesn't load.
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby Mithrandir » Fri Sep 12, 2014 6:11 pm

Make sure you're using the www (e.g., www.christiananime.net) - without that it may have issues. I can't think of any other reason why one would work and not the other. To be clear, clearing the cache and rebooting didn't solve that issue?
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Re: What was that down time on Saturday/Sunday? Upgraded server?!?

Postby K. Ayato » Sat Sep 13, 2014 8:20 pm

That was probably the issue. Not inserting "www".
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