FYI. I've also heard that updates were posted here, during the main DP site outage: http://blog.pgdp.net ----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "dphelp@pgdp.net" <dphelp@pgdp.net> To: dp-announce@pgdp.net Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 4:06 AM Subject: [DP-announce] DP: Site Outage - 11-Sep-2012
The morning of Sept. 11, DP had an incident with a client IP that had an unusually large number of web server connections open. That incident was resolved without issue.
As part of our response, the database server was stopped (a common preventative measure if there is a chance of data being siphoned off) and later restarted. However, during the normal startup checks, the db determined that repairs were needed on the past_tallies table, one of the largest on the system. This check could not be interrupted.
It was determined that the fastest recovery time would be achieved by shutting down almost all server processes (including web access and mail services) and allowing the db to have the maximum resources available to perform its work.
The process of repairing the past_tallies table was a long one, but it and all other mysql checks completed successfully. The post-recovery checklist was completed just before 11 p.m. server time (PDT) on Sept. 12 and we have returned to normal operations.
All should now be well. If not, please report issues in the "Site Outage - 11-Sep-2012" thread: http://www.pgdp.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=51975
Thank you for your patience while this issue was being resolved.
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