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[May 16, 2008, 7:48 PM] calma Downtime

calma (www43) encountered an error and was reset. Downtime was less than 5 minutes.

[May 16, 2008, 11:05 AM] ninin Downtime and RAM Upgrade

ninin (www322) ran out of swap space and was rebooted. While the server was down, 1GB of RAM was added to it for a total of 2GB. Total downtime was 15 minutes.

[May 16, 2008, 8:57 AM] aerre Downtime

aerre (www185) became unresponsive while in service and was rebooted. Total downtime was under 15 minutes.

[May 15, 2008, 8:55 AM] paell Downtime

paell (www153) became unresponsive under high load and was rebooted. Total downtime was about 10 minutes.

[May 15, 2008, 5:38 AM] oshima Downtime

oshima (www416) encountered an error and was reset. Downtime was about 10 minutes.

[May 15, 2008, 5:13 AM] eeoth Downtime

eeoth (www85) became unresponsive while in service and had to be rebooted. Downtime was about 10 minutes.

[May 14, 2008, 3:43 PM] nuumen Downtime

nuumen (www55) experienced high disk activity and became unresponsive and was reset. Downtime was under 10 minutes.

[May 13, 2008, 6:02 PM] aveu Downtime

aveu (www192) encountered an error and was reset. Downtime was under five minutes.

[May 13, 2008, 3:48 AM] nyartu Maintenance Completed

The drive swap on nyartu (www254) has been completed. It now has a 160GB primary drive. Downtime was about 5 minutes.

[May 13, 2008, 3:03 AM] nyartu Emergency Maintenance

nyartu (www254) will be taken down shortly to swap out a failing drive. Downtime should be less than 5 minutes. An additional notice will be posted when this has been completed.

[May 12, 2008, 6:00 AM] mhoh Downtime

mhoh (www191) encountered an error and was reset. Downtime was about 10 minutes.

[May 10, 2008, 11:55 PM] oshima Downtime

oshima (www416) crashed and was rebooted. Downtime was under 5 minutes.

[May 10, 2008, 3:14 PM] beeoro Downtime

beeoro (www69) became unresponsive under high load was rebooted. A manual filesystem check was required in order to bring the server back online. Total downtime was approximately 25 minutes.

[May 10, 2008, 3:53 AM] paell Downtime

paell (www153) encountered an error and was reset. Downtime was about 10 minutes.

[May 9, 2008, 5:13 PM] alayta Downtime

alayta (www380) became unresponsive under high load and was reset. Downtime was 25 minutes.

[May 9, 2008, 11:49 AM] ocha Downtime

ocha (www355) became unresponsive while in service and required a reboot. Downtime was 15 minutes.

[May 9, 2008, 5:50 AM] wanote, zais Maintenance Completed

Tonight's maintenance has been completed. zais (www89) is now an Intel Core 2 6400 with 2GB of RAM, and wanote (www284) now has a 160GB primary drive. Downtime for each server was under 10 minutes.

[May 9, 2008, 3:44 AM] wanote, zais Planned Maintenance

wanote (www284) will be taken down shortly for a drive upgrade. zais (www89) will be taken down for a chassis upgrade. Downtime should be less than 10 minutes per server. An additional notice will be posted when the upgrades are complete.

[May 9, 2008, 12:19 AM] paell Downtime

paell (www153) encountered an error and was reset. Downtime was about 10 minutes.

[May 8, 2008, 11:20 PM] ulwar Downtime

ulwar (www82) was reset to clear an error condition. Downtime was about 1 minute.

[May 8, 2008, 8:26 PM] hyaku Downtime

hyaku (www345) was reset to clear an error condition. Downtime was about 1 minute.

[May 8, 2008, 7:17 PM] zais Downtime

zais (www89) encountered an error and was reset. Downtime was about 5 minutes.

[May 8, 2008, 12:15 PM] savo Downtime

savo (www436) became unresponsive under high load and was rebooted. Total downtime was 5 minutes.

[May 8, 2008, 6:40 AM] paell Downtime

paell (www153) encountered an error and reset. Downtime was less than 5 minutes.

[May 8, 2008, 5:35 AM] siyazi, kuwae, misilay, yiwen Maintenance Completed

Tonight's upgrades have been completed. kuwae, misilay, and yiwen now have 160G primary drives, and siyazi now has a 120G primary drive. Downtime for each server was under 5 minutes. The upgrade on wanote has been postponed until a later date.

[May 8, 2008, 2:11 AM] siyazi, wanote, kuwae, misilay, yiwen Planned Maintenance

siyazi (www251), wanote (www284), kuwae (www446), misilay (www282), and yiwen (www246) will be taken down shortly for drive upgrades. Downtime for each server should be less than 5 minutes. An additional notice will be posted when the upgrades have been completed.

[May 8, 2008, 12:01 AM] gwind Emergency Maintenance

gwind (www74) crashed while in service and was given a chassis swap. It is now an Intel Core2 6400 with 2GB of RAM. Downtime was less than 10 minutes.

[May 7, 2008, 3:47 PM] straif Downtime

straif (www26) experienced high load and was reset. Downtime was under 15 minutes.

[May 7, 2008, 2:09 PM] duwo Downtime

duwo (www219) became unresponsive while in service and required a reboot. Downtime was 10 minutes.

[May 7, 2008, 11:44 AM] straif Downtime

straif (www26) became unresponsive and was reset. Downtime was about 10 minutes.

[May 6, 2008, 11:50 PM] oynos, kirlian Downtime

oynos (www218) and kirlian (www110) both came under high load and needed to be rebooted. Downtime for each was less than 10 minutes.

[May 6, 2008, 11:29 PM] seyyav Downtime

seyyav (www238) became unresponsive and was rebooted. Downtime was 5 minutes.

[May 6, 2008, 5:52 PM] fiann Downtime

fiann (www188) was taken down again to make a configuration change to the ShadowDrive. The server also required a manual file check. Total downtime was 10 minutes.

[May 6, 2008, 4:48 PM] fiann Maintenance Completed

The chassis swap in fiann (www188) has been completed. It is now a Core2 E4500 with 1GB of RAM. Total downtime was 15 minutes.

[May 6, 2008, 4:12 PM] fiann Emergency Maintenance

fiann (www188) will be taken down shortly to perform a chassis swap. An additional notice will be posted when this is complete.

[May 6, 2008, 2:19 PM] fiann Downtime

fiann (www188) became unresponsive while in service and required a manual file-system check before being brought back online. Downtime was 15 minutes.

[May 6, 2008, 1:46 PM] straif Downtime

straif (www26) became unresponsive while in service and required a manual file-system check before being brought back online. Downtime was 20 minutes.

[May 6, 2008, 8:40 AM] fiann Downtime

fiann (www188) encountered an error and reset. Downtime was less than 5 minutes.

[May 6, 2008, 5:27 AM] lliamna, fiann, nyartu Maintenance Completed

Tonight's maintenance has been completed. lliamna (www358) now has a 160GB primary drive, and fiann (www188) was given a new ShadowDrive. Additionally, nyartu (www254) had it's primary drive cable swapped. Downtime for each server was under 5 minutes.

[May 6, 2008, 4:28 AM] lliamna, fiann, nyartu Planned Maintenance

lliamna (www358) will be taken down shortly for a drive upgrade. fiann (www188) will be taken down for a ShadowDrive upgrade, and nyartu (www254) will be taken down to have the primary drive cable swapped. Downtime for each server should be less than 5 minutes. An additional notice will be posted when this has been completed.

[May 5, 2008, 4:47 AM] zhiri Downtime

zhiri (www290) became unresponsive and was reset. Downtime was about 10 minutes.

[May 5, 2008, 1:36 AM] ohayou Downtime

ohayou (www477) encountered an error and was reset. Downtime was about 10 minutes.

[May 4, 2008, 7:58 PM] namt Downtime

namt (www196) became unresponsive and was rebooted. Downtime was 5 minutes.

[May 4, 2008, 10:05 AM] gwind Downtime

[May 4, 2008, 6:42 AM] paell Downtime

paell (www153) encountered an error and reset. Downtime was about 10 minutes.

[May 4, 2008, 5:20 AM] douzo Downtime

douzo (www332) became unresponsive while in service and was reset. Downtime was 10 minutes.

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