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drmike on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

drmike — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:58:30 +0000

misticablog, you must have missed the many posts stating that backups are made of your blog by Matt and staff. :)

This is what's bothering me with a number of these posts. We have people coming in and seeing these posts stating that their "blog is lost" and their "work is lost" and all that. Yes, it is fanning the flames, especially since *NOTHING* has been lost and *BACKUPS* are made. That has been stated many times both here in the forums and elsewhere.

esotericintrovert on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

esotericintrovert — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:52:43 +0000

Checking http:// **BLOG** .wordpress.com/wp_admin now brings up this:

"Hello folks. We’re doing a little unplanned emergency maintainance to some systems that were causing problems over the past few weeks. Your blog will be unavailable for a few more minutes while we get everything situated. Relax and enjoy this Easter Sunday morning, and know that everybunny at WordPress.com is working their butts off to get your blog back online. — Matt and the team"

googlesworld on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

googlesworld — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:51:41 +0000

Here's a message from Matt:

Hello folks. We’re doing a little unplanned emergency maintainance to some systems that were causing problems over the past few weeks. Your blog will be unavailable for a few more minutes while we get everything situated. Relax and enjoy this Easter Sunday morning, and know that everybunny at WordPress.com is working their butts off to get your blog back online. — Matt and the team

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just saw it on my blog and every other wp.com blog ;)

itsmylifedammit on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

itsmylifedammit — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:49:46 +0000

"If we haven´t got a back up of our db, we lost it??"

From drmike:
Folks, as stated before, backups are made of each and every blog. Even the spammers get their blogs backed up. Your blog is not lost. Please kindly remember that. This is the internet. Stuff like this happens all the time. (Between system admins, we call it a backhoe problem. Someone looses their internet connection due to a backhoe taking out a wire by mistake.) As stated, backups are made on a regular basis. Us oldtimes here are pretty much used to stuff like this because it happens on occasion and we have come out of it fine.

esotericintrovert on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

esotericintrovert — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:48:26 +0000

I shan't add a me too line, as its quite obvious that my blog is currently 'lost' just like everyone elses, but I take faith that backups exist. Anyways just to say that now my admin screen has gone, which has been available during the 'glitch'. I'll try and be an optimist and assume that means something is being done, that or the Easter bunny on acid that's eaten the bit of the server(s) containing our blog posts has now started on seconds/desert eating another part of the server.

options on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

options — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:48:11 +0000

kenkccc: "I uploaded an mp3 file last night (New York 16th April, 2006 12:15 a.m.). It's still there"

pictures (and all other post attachments) are should be intact since they're static, stored as a regular files in the website's box filesystem.

and this is a good news: since there's an access to them, it means (at least) there is no major *hardware* fault (harddisk) or filesystem issues.

posts' content, links, categories and other meta-data, in contrary, is contained in the database (which is probably out of sync/corrupt/whatever) and dynamically generated each time one's accesing any blog's page.

so, apparently, there's some price of not having "a rebuilding step in these days".

misticablog on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

misticablog — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:42:04 +0000

Ok, I´ve read again this post, but I repeat my question.
You´ll restore it?
If we haven´t got a back up of our db, we lost it??

atinyblip on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

atinyblip — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:38:20 +0000

If only we could! *laugh*

jpsipila on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

jpsipila — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:33:58 +0000

Hey,

give a break word wordpress... as they said, things like this happens on the internet. WordPress is the best!

let's keep on blogging!

kenkccc on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

kenkccc — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:24:51 +0000

Can someone tell me about how long does it take for things to get back to normal? Days? Weeks? Months?
*The outage is fine with me since this is a free service.

almostablog on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

almostablog — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:24:48 +0000

@wank

If you go all wp.org on us and start shutting everyone down, levels of frustration will increase exponentially and conspiracy theories start to circulate about how the admins don't want this discussed. Trust me.

Classic - "if you go all wp.org on us" !

I agree, plus having the forums available so we can post concerns is really great - no matter the 'me too' count. It adds to the feeling/sense of community. Also goes a long way toward 'keeping the restless natives' at bay. :)

smarts on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

smarts — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:21:07 +0000

mine are missing as well ALL of them will they be back???
i hope so i have some priceless replies!

wrnc on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

wrnc — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:13:51 +0000

"I suspect I'd feel the same if I was paying for the blog space, although I might want to complain a little"

That's a wonderful argument. Would even be funny if it weren't for its tediousness.

Stonehead, your blog might mean nothing but ephemereal stuff to you but for others it might mean more. Some share their work or their passion, have regular visitors, and sometime create bonds via blogging, others might even consider that WordPress.com is (was) a perfect tool for people with no or little expertise and as the FAQ clearly stated that WP would soon offer paid services and add-ons, maybe some thought it was indeed the perfect place for a pet project.

I'm in charge of the blog here but I'm not the only one working on it and for it. And to promote it, we HIRED and PAID a company to get it boosted on bots and search engines and what people notice is the wordpress.com at the end of the URL and that's good for WP if the blog looks good and is available. To display pictures, we've paid for a p-base account. Because we believe WP is a REMARKABLE TOOL when it works, we DONATE and we donate much more than what it would cost if we paid a monthly subscription.

We're not expecting any form of privilege in a community based on volunteer work and OpenSource but frankly the "don't complain it's free" stuff is getting on many people's nerves, not just mine.

Here's a car, son, breaks down often but hey, it's free. Result: after some time, the guy dumps the car and tries another one. How many incidents like this before disappointed people move away from WP ? The efforts and the kindness of (most) people in charge is not at stake, but a free service that doesn't work is hardly a service.

almostablog on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

almostablog — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:12:17 +0000

@atinyblip

Don't mean to cause you any more frustration, drmike, but what exactly caused the server outrage?

Interesting typo? - gave me a good laugh, thanks!

geoffreyzheng on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

geoffreyzheng — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:09:09 +0000

It'd be nice if there's Backup button to download all blogs and pages and drafts, or I'll have to start doing it myself using something like web reaper.

I blog because I have a terrible memory. I'm just writing down my life before I forget it, as if someone cares--sometimes not even myself :)

Keep up the good work guys, and I'm willing paypal some cash to buy your sys admins some beer once this is over...

googlesworld on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

googlesworld — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 18:00:13 +0000

I know you guys got backups and am really glad that you do, but is there a timeframe you folks got in mind for when the network and reverts will be made -- everything running back to normal again?

thanks,
Angelo (googlesworld.wordpress.com)

atinyblip on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

atinyblip — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:58:22 +0000

Don't mean to cause you any more frustration, drmike, but what exactly caused the server outrage?

I'm just curious, and I am sure I am speaking for others as well.

wank on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

wank — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:49:31 +0000

um, drmike, the target audience of wp.com is not entirely dissimilar to that of AOL... Besides, we're all bloggers. Therefore, the need to make entirely pointless and uninformative posts is deep within us.

If you go all wp.org on us and start shutting everyone down, levels of frustration will increase exponentially and conspiracy theories start to circulate about how the admins don't want this discussed. Trust me.

p.s. that is not a threat, btw. I know your intentions are entirely honorable ;)

mietzekatz on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

mietzekatz — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:47:23 +0000

*smile* another blog is gone... for every door that has been closed to us there'S another one which has been opened. We just stare too long at the closed one to see our new opportunities...
I want my blog back though, but I'm sure u guys will make it, will u?:)

stonehead on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

stonehead — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:46:48 +0000

Hey, not fanning the flames - just being philosophical! I just don't worry about these things.

drmike on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

drmike — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:44:47 +0000

Stonehead, not sure why you're "fanning the flames" by stating that your work is lost as they do keep backups. Its been stated many times that they do.

stonehead on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

stonehead — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:43:44 +0000

I've been watching this thread with interest and while I've lost two years "work", I can't say that I'm as bothered as everyone else seems to be.

Blogging is recording ephemera - passing moments and events that quickly fade - so it's rather apt that my blog has itself proved to be ephemeral.

If it comes back, well, great and if it doesn't, well, it will be interesting deciding whether to start with a clean slate or try to reconstruct from intermittent back-ups and memories. Maybe I could ask my regulars to re-write it from their memories?

I suspect I'd feel the same if I was paying for the blog space, although I might want to complain a little. As it is, I'm sure the WordPress team are working their butts off to restore our collective works but as for me, I'm off to feed my pigs and tuck my chickens in for the night...

drmike on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

drmike — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:39:51 +0000

Second Request:

Folks, as stated before, backups are made of each and every blog. Even the spammers get their blogs backed up. Your blog is not lost. Please kindly remember that. This is the internet. Stuff like this happens all the time. (Between system admins, we call it a backhoe problem. Someone looses their internet connection due to a backhoe taking out a wire by mistake.) As stated, backups are made on a regular basis. Us oldtimes here are pretty much used to stuff like this because it happens on occasion and we have come out of it fine.

Now please, a person plea. Stop pretending you're all AOL users and please stop posting "Me too's" all over the place.

And to those who brag about other sites like Blogger being up 100% of the time, all I have to say is "Yeah, right" and go digging for that thread about how many times Blogger has been taking off line due to DoS allacks themselves.

-drmike

drmike on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

drmike — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:39:07 +0000

Anyone want me to start deleteing the posts made by people who are just posting "Me too" and are not reading any of the previous posts?

I'm beginning to get real tempted. :)

bashir on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

bashir — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:35:06 +0000

Geez. My entire blog is gone! Any idea when it'll be restored?

drmike on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

drmike — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:32:29 +0000

misticablog, please read the FAQ at the top of this forum. Backups are already possible. :)

misticablog on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

misticablog — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:31:56 +0000

I hope more info about the error.
This problem will be repeat?
Please, install a back up plugin for this cases, ok?

My blog still waiting for you, please, restore the db asap, thanks.

callan on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

callan — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:29:29 +0000

This morning posted and when I went to view my new post, all the blogdata was gone. Did the post actually post or was it lost in the ether? Who knows

I guess I'll find out if my newest post was lost when the world comes back.

kenkccc on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

kenkccc — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:27:07 +0000

I uploaded an mp3 file last night (New York 16th April, 2006 12:15 a.m.). It's still there. I am not sure about the posts but they seem to be gone forever.

backburner001 on "Have posts been lost in the past minutes?"

backburner001 — Sun, 16 Apr 2006 17:18:38 +0000

I'm having the same issues mentioned above. My blog does not have any of its posts either.