[Box-Admins] Re: Community server non-responsive again

Marcus Denker denker at iam.unibe.ch
Thu Sep 18 06:48:37 UTC 2008


Hi,

I had to issue a reset request both yesterday and tommorrow... (it's  
up again).
Not good...

I now have a monitoring set up sp that I get a mail if it can't be  
pinged

	Marcus

On 12.09.2008, at 23:31, Marcus Denker wrote:

>
> On 12.09.2008, at 23:15, Ken Causey wrote:
>
>> Thanks Marcus,
>>
>> I'm not too happy with the reboot delay, but I guess you get what you
>> pay for.  I've also been thinking about a new server but was hoping  
>> to
>> put it off for a few months, maybe even until the SFLC situation is
>> sorted out.  That may not be possible.  We started with Hetzner  
>> because
>> of the relatively low cost and because we had some familiarity with  
>> the
>> service.  Maybe we should consider a more expensive service though  
>> with
>> better customer service.  I don't have any clue what we can or cannot
>> afford, something I would REALLY like to change.  Also there have  
>> been
>> some instances where access to the server has been slow recently, not
>> obviously due to activity on the server itself.
>>
>
>
> Who actually pays for the server right now? Is this Squeak Germany  
> even now?
> Does anyone know when they will run out of cash?
>
> 	Marcus
>
>> Ken
>>
>> On Fri, 2008-09-12 at 23:02 +0200, Marcus Denker wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Very bad.
>>>
>>> I have asked for a manual reset, this will happen after 10am  
>>> tommorow
>>> (in 11hours).
>>>
>>> I will enquire at hetzner what the problem can be. One thing we  
>>> could
>>> think about
>>> is upgrading the server to new hardware... the current system that  
>>> you
>>> get for
>>> new contracts of 49EUR/Month is:
>>>
>>> 	AMD Athlon 64 X2 5600+ Dual Core, 2 GB DDR2, 2 x 400 GB SATA II
>>>
>>> I am sure we could switch to that with just paying once 99EUR... the
>>> only
>>> problem is logistics: installing the new machine, moving services  
>>> over
>>> and so on.
>>>
>>> 	Marcus
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12.09.2008, at 20:38, Ken Causey wrote:
>>>
>>>> We need your assistance again.
>>>>
>>>> ~$ ping 85.10.195.197
>>>> PING 85.10.195.197 (85.10.195.197) 56(84) bytes of data.
>>>> From 213.239.252.13 icmp_seq=1 Destination Host Unreachable
>>>> From 213.239.252.13 icmp_seq=2 Destination Host Unreachable
>>>> From 213.239.252.13 icmp_seq=3 Destination Host Unreachable
>>>>
>>>> Was there any explanation the last time?  Are we continuing to have
>>>> overheating problems perhaps?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>>
>>>> Ken
>>>
>>> --
>>> Marcus Denker  --  denker at iam.unibe.ch
>>> http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~denker
>>>
>>>
>
> --
> Marcus Denker  --  denker at iam.unibe.ch
> http://www.iam.unibe.ch/~denker
>

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