I've said it before and I'll probably say it many times again. Thank you for your time, bandwidth, storage and CPU-hours!
Also thanks for the update. /P On Tue, Nov 07, 2017 at 04:12:57PM -0600, Jay West via cctalk wrote: > Yes, I am aware of the list problems. Yes, it went down a couple weeks ago > and again about a week ago. The issue is that I've been migrating the > classiccmp server VM from an old falling apart cluster to a new one. Rather > than just migrate it, I decided to take the time to upgrade everything. All > software, all dependancies, OS, etc etc. > > My approach was to create a new classiccmp server on the new cluster, and > then migrate one website/ftp site/repository/mailinglist at a time. This way > I could make sure things are running ok before just moving everything. What > that means is that as of this moment, some classiccmp related websites are on > the 'old' but running server, and some are on the 'new' but running server. > That is why - for just one example - that when the old (but still in > production) server went down a couple weeks ago (see below)... bitsavers > still stayed up and running. It had already been migrated. > > So on the old falling apart cluster where the old server is, there is a > horrendous iscsi issue. This is partly a problem with freebsd and some silly > assumptions made by the developers, or at least lack of time to fix it. It's > also due to some bad network related items. But mostly it is due to the fact > that all of our production clients we moved off the old stuff a year ago and > that hardware isn't well maintained and targeted for decommission. That can't > happen until my hobby classiccmp list/site, and all the vintage computer > related sites that I host for free.... get moved. > > Yes, there are active backups of everything. But whenever the iscsi issue > presents itself, I have to restore the entire VM, and that takes a long long > time. > > So no Aaron - better hosting isn't needed. Nor is any donation. I just need > to find a bunch of roundtuits so I can finish the migration. Then it will be > stable again. This is a hobby, and life does intervene at times. About the > only thing I'll ask is if you ever meet me in person at an event, buy me a > glass of beer and I'll be happy. > > J > > > > >
