LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
Moderators: alietr, trainman, econgator, dhkendall
- boson
- Trivial
- Posts: 1719
- Joined: Wed Jul 13, 2011 9:01 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
How he, and the hosting company, don't have multiple redundant backups is a mystery to me. This is Thorsten's livelihood, and hard drive failures shouldn't threaten that.
-
- Also Receiving Votes
- Posts: 12897
- Joined: Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:39 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
He seems to run LL pretty much as a one man band. I wonder if the growth of the league has gotten it to a size where the technical aspects of it have gotten beyond his ability to do it on his own.
- econgator
- Let's Go Mets!
- Posts: 10673
- Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 10:32 am
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
Quite possibly, but in this case it is baffling as to why the hosting company doesn't have off-site backups.
-
- Second Banana
- Posts: 2044
- Joined: Sat Apr 29, 2017 7:21 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
On the bright side, now nobody will ever see how badly I did on the Big East basketball 1D.
- Volante
- Harbinger of the Doomed Lemur
- Posts: 9254
- Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:42 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
Offsite wouldn't be necessary per se (unless the EMP came from inside the server room) but definitely offline. But that's usually (still) done with tape which while not necessarily expensive (relatively) from my experience tends to need regular TLC.econgator wrote: ↑Sun May 06, 2018 6:55 pmQuite possibly, but in this case it is baffling as to why the hosting company doesn't have off-site backups.
An offline RAID feels like it'd be a very expensive piece of kit. And if we're talking the whole hosting facility?
The best thing that Neil Armstrong ever did, was to let us all imagine we were him.
Latest movies (1-10): Everything Everywhere All at Once (10), Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (6), Black Sunday /1960/ (6), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (7)
Latest movies (1-10): Everything Everywhere All at Once (10), Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (6), Black Sunday /1960/ (6), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (7)
-
- Also Receiving Votes
- Posts: 12897
- Joined: Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:39 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
There was an incident a couple years ago in the middle of a season where the league was shut down for a few days due to a server issue. I believe at the time he said he got a new server.
I have no idea how all this works, but he seems to have bad luck hiring servers. How common is it for a server to have a problem like this?
I have no idea how all this works, but he seems to have bad luck hiring servers. How common is it for a server to have a problem like this?
- Woof
- Swimming in the Jeopardy! Pool
- Posts: 5125
- Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:53 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
This one is odd as normally no data would be lost, but hardware failures are a reality in server farms, and outages do happen from time to time. The key is how rapidly uptime can be restored.Bamaman wrote: ↑Mon May 07, 2018 6:29 am There was an incident a couple years ago in the middle of a season where the league was shut down for a few days due to a server issue. I believe at the time he said he got a new server.
I have no idea how all this works, but he seems to have bad luck hiring servers. How common is it for a server to have a problem like this?
- Volante
- Harbinger of the Doomed Lemur
- Posts: 9254
- Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:42 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
Not yet mentioned here; there's been a new status update.
https://learnedleague.com/temp.htm
https://learnedleague.com/temp.htm
Monday, May 7, 2:31pm PT
So, how was your weekend? I returned home from the emergency room of Seattle Children's Hospital at about 5:00am on Saturday morning with my son (he's fine now) to find that the LL website was down, with an odd reticence from my hosting provider. And 12 hours (and zero sleep) after that, I got a call from the webhost telling me that in fact the LL website and all of its contents no longer exist! Elton was wrong -- Saturday night's alright for crying, is what I say.
Enough about me. The restoration process is coming along, and in fact the big majority of the site and data is already restored. For now I'll stick to the two week hiatus plan, though that might less conservative than I originally thought. There is some data loss, some of which can be re-created/re-populated (the LLama-hosted podcasts and events sections), some of which cannot (about the last year's worth of message board posts) and some which is a little of both (some custom flags and password changes, 1DS testing feedback and draft questions). However, as it appears right now, I do not believe any actual match results and data (for LLs, MLs, and 1DSs) is lost. Nothing "Core-LL" as it were. I will provide a full inventory of changes and also instructions when we return live (a universal and unrestricted Flag Amnesty is almost certain).
In the meantime, thanks again for your understanding.
-Thorsten
The best thing that Neil Armstrong ever did, was to let us all imagine we were him.
Latest movies (1-10): Everything Everywhere All at Once (10), Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (6), Black Sunday /1960/ (6), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (7)
Latest movies (1-10): Everything Everywhere All at Once (10), Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (6), Black Sunday /1960/ (6), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (7)
- This Is Kirk!
- Jeopardy! Champion
- Posts: 6562
- Joined: Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:35 am
- Location: Seattle
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
I don't think HE got a new server, I think he got a new hosting service for the site.
- Woof
- Swimming in the Jeopardy! Pool
- Posts: 5125
- Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:53 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
That's correct, Kirk. He changed hosting services after several disappointing incidents with the previous one. Given what's happened recently, I wouldn't be at all surprised if he's shopping around again.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 12:16 amI don't think HE got a new server, I think he got a new hosting service for the site.
-
- Also Receiving Votes
- Posts: 12897
- Joined: Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:39 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
I think that is what I meant. I'm not too strong at computer techno-jargon.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 12:16 amI don't think HE got a new server, I think he got a new hosting service for the site.
- This Is Kirk!
- Jeopardy! Champion
- Posts: 6562
- Joined: Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:35 am
- Location: Seattle
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
Yeah, I think the important point is LearnedLeague isn't running from a server in Thorsten's basement. The site is hosted by a professional web hosting service, and they were the ones who had the hardware failure.Bamaman wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 11:02 amI think that is what I meant. I'm not too strong at computer techno-jargon.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 12:16 amI don't think HE got a new server, I think he got a new hosting service for the site.
- Woof
- Swimming in the Jeopardy! Pool
- Posts: 5125
- Joined: Fri Jul 01, 2011 9:53 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
Yes, a little DNS resolution tells me that he uses inmotionhosting.com right now. I can't say that I'm terribly impressed.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 11:24 amYeah, I think the important point is LearnedLeague isn't running from a server in Thorsten's basement. The site is hosted by a professional web hosting service, and they were the ones who had the hardware failure.Bamaman wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 11:02 amI think that is what I meant. I'm not too strong at computer techno-jargon.This Is Kirk! wrote: ↑Tue May 08, 2018 12:16 amI don't think HE got a new server, I think he got a new hosting service for the site.
-
- Also Receiving Votes
- Posts: 12897
- Joined: Sat Jul 02, 2011 1:39 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
The LL site is back.
- Volante
- Harbinger of the Doomed Lemur
- Posts: 9254
- Joined: Thu Jul 14, 2011 11:42 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
This might be relevant here:
https://learnedleague.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8082
Important Note Regarding Private Rundles: While all LL77 registration info for regular Rundles should be intact, all Private Rundles are lost, so LL77 Private Rundles need to be re-created and signed up for.
The best thing that Neil Armstrong ever did, was to let us all imagine we were him.
Latest movies (1-10): Everything Everywhere All at Once (10), Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (6), Black Sunday /1960/ (6), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (7)
Latest movies (1-10): Everything Everywhere All at Once (10), Ruby Gillman: Teenage Kraken (6), Black Sunday /1960/ (6), Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (7)
- BigDaddyMatty
- Hoping not to get pruney this time
- Posts: 3300
- Joined: Wed Jan 21, 2015 11:05 am
- Location: Anderson, IN
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
The private rundle has been re-created. If you signed up before the crash, you'll need to sign up again. If you didn't sign up before, what are you waiting for?Volante wrote: ↑Mon May 14, 2018 5:57 pmThis might be relevant here:
https://learnedleague.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8082Important Note Regarding Private Rundles: While all LL77 registration info for regular Rundles should be intact, all Private Rundles are lost, so LL77 Private Rundles need to be re-created and signed up for.
Rundle Name: Rundle in the Jundle 7
Registration Code: itsthattimeagain
Sprinkles are for winners.
- morbeedo
- Loyal Jeopardista
- Posts: 3065
- Joined: Wed Jan 18, 2012 12:58 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
Cool, I just signed upBigDaddyMatty wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 2:53 pm The private rundle has been re-created. If you signed up before the crash, you'll need to sign up again. If you didn't sign up before, what are you waiting for?
Rundle Name: Rundle in the Jundle 7
Registration Code: itsthattimeagain
- cmp146
- Jeopardy! Contestant
- Posts: 333
- Joined: Wed Nov 19, 2014 9:31 pm
Re: LearnedLeague 76 - Official Thread
We are already up to 11 in LL77: Rundle in the Jundle 7! That was fast. Any other takers to bring us to an even 12?morbeedo wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 3:23 pmCool, I just signed upBigDaddyMatty wrote: ↑Wed May 16, 2018 2:53 pm The private rundle has been re-created. If you signed up before the crash, you'll need to sign up again. If you didn't sign up before, what are you waiting for?
Rundle Name: Rundle in the Jundle 7
Registration Code: itsthattimeagain
May 23: LL77 Registration Closed (9am PT)
May 31: LL77 Opening Day
- quarterrican
- Loyal Jeopardista
- Posts: 232
- Joined: Fri Jul 03, 2015 10:21 am