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***GHDpro*** · 2013-07-03, 14:22

As of this moment Fanzub is down. The cause appears to be a catastrophic failure of the main OS drive (SSD). I can still access the server using KVM-over-IP, but it won't boot.

The good news is that I was already planning on moving Fanzub to another server anyway, the bad news is that I now have to do so in a hurried, non-planned fashion from backups rather than straight server-to-server.

I'll try to have Fanzub back online within a few hours of this post, but be aware the scripts of the sites will need to catch up on 12~18 hours worth of posts, this might also affect order of things in RSS feeds etc. There is also the problem of DNS not having been adjusted to allow for a quick change-over, so in worst case scenario it might take up to 24 hours for the site to become responsive again (when DNS finally updates).

TL;DR: I know Fanzub is down, I'm working on it.

Haiprbim · 2013-07-03, 14:36

Thanks for keeping us updated.
I want to ask though, how did you find out that the reason is a failure of the main OS drive and not an attack?

***GHDpro*** · 2013-07-03, 16:07

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Originally Posted by Haiprbim

Thanks for keeping us updated.
I want to ask though, how did you find out that the reason is a failure of the main OS drive and not an attack?

Because I could see the console (screen) output using KVM-over-IP (remote access) and it was filled with statements like "I/O error" etc. I've had this happen before: SSDs can fail. Sometimes the server can still boot if you try to reset it when this happens, other times (like now unfortunately) it goes dead (server no longer seems to recognize it as a boot drive at all).

Anyway, progress on getting the site working again looks good: the site & database have been restored. I'm now looking into getting the scripts that keep the site updated to run again (and catch up again on what hadn't been backed up). After that is getting searching to work again (which uses an external search engine called SphinxSearch, which I need to reinstall & get working). After that is done, I'll change DNS (so that everyone for which DNS is up-to-date can access as usual again).

Haiprbim · 2013-07-03, 16:15

Good to hear that there is some nice progress.

As far as I hear from what you say, I think that the main issue is that the servers are outdated as well as their maintenance.
Although the source and the content might be slow and easy going, the updates and the maintenance should be constant, otherwise an unexpected failure can be very much expected.

Anyhow, I'm not the one who should be loud here. You said the progress is good, thumbs up.

***GHDpro*** · 2013-07-03, 17:07

Well the main lesson I've learned is not to use a single SSD as boot drive for a server. Use some kind of RAID solution instead (which is what the forum server is using btw).

Anyway, Fanzub should be back online!

However it may take some time for DNS to update.

cyberbeing · 2013-07-03, 17:23

Around 10 minutes ago only the RSS feed was loading, but a few minutes after that the main site started working as well. Thanks, GHDpro.

Seems the DNS servers are updating quicker than expected. The only major provider lagging behind with the old IP address is Google DNS.

Comfun · 2013-07-08, 01:18

thx ghdpro for the update and for the hard work you put in it to make the change so fast

edicius · 2013-08-30, 23:51

I want to help bring anime to usenet....i only 5mbps upstream but i should be able to helps. I need my anime on usenet ):

The updates from the past 24 hours are missing or something not allowing them to populate to different servers...saddest day

TBDave · 2013-08-31, 15:03

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Originally Posted by edicius

The updates from the past 24 hours are missing or something not allowing them to populate to different servers...saddest day

I noticed the same problem and came here to check it out. Anybody know what's up with this?

Hopefully it'll get fixed soon.

xtremej · 2013-08-31, 18:54

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Originally Posted by TBDave

I noticed the same problem and came here to check it out. Anybody know what's up with this?

Hopefully it'll get fixed soon.

Yea I'm having the same issue, had to switch over to torrent for the time being. I really hope this isn't because of some copyright infringement notice; had 3 of my past favorite NZB sites shut down because of it this year

***GHDpro*** · 2013-09-01, 05:23

Most anime is reposted (from torrents I presume) on Usenet by Comfun, which uses some kind of automated system for this (scripts that download & repost). I presume something broke in that system (which could be anything from a simple problem, hardware issue, connectivity issue, or maybe a legal issue with his Usenet posting account).

I've sent Comfun a PM about it, but I'm not sure how fast he will respond to that.

TBDave · 2013-09-01, 06:33

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Originally Posted by GHDpro

I've sent Comfun a PM about it, but I'm not sure how fast he will respond to that.

Thanks for the update. Hopefully things are ok on his end and it's just a temporary glitch.

nervana1 · 2013-09-02, 16:45

Comfun probably on vacation.

edicius · 2013-09-03, 02:46

you took down my pining for comfun's return...but for those of who <3 usenet; he/them (or whomever comfun may be)...he really was the only one keeping things alive. I even crawled the web for a contact method, but all i can find is an outdated twitter...perhaps he got tired of the work for no reward...

I hope he does return soon...every series that has been kept up to date by him on Usenet (practically all currently airing) have died off in a period of 5 days now. It is disheartening.

edicius · 2013-09-03, 02:54

Personally if i had the motivation I think generating a crowd-sourced method of replicating fansubbed releases to Usenet could be possible. But my motivation, ambition, and rusting coding abilities aren't really up to any such effort.

edit: the fact that I have returned to downloading from pay hosts (a la megaupload) as my only viable option sucks. And without the throughput maximizing speed of usenet it is truly a waste of the 100mbps downstream at my permanent residence. If I get Google Fiber soon (not to give away my location), I would gladly take comfun's place...but my suburb of the Google Fiber area seems to be the last one to be offered it in the Metro area.

Scribe · 2013-09-03, 04:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by edicius

I hope he does return soon...every series that has been kept up to date by him on Usenet (practically all currently airing) have died off in a period of 5 days now. It is disheartening.

Ditto. There's no better download service than Usenet and to not have anime grace its servers is incredibly disheartening.

Cpuroast · 2013-09-03, 16:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by GHDpro

Most anime is reposted (from torrents I presume) on Usenet by Comfun, which uses some kind of automated system for this (scripts that download & repost). I presume something broke in that system (which could be anything from a simple problem, hardware issue, connectivity issue, or maybe a legal issue with his Usenet posting account).

I've sent Comfun a PM about it, but I'm not sure how fast he will respond to that.

I hope he resumes, I've had to revert to good old xdcc while waiting.

firehawk12 · 2013-09-04, 08:24

I'll admit, I had no idea that this was all done by a single person until I noticed that the indexes have dried up and that there haven't been new episodes up in a while. I hope Comfun resumes, because I've certainly taken it for granted and it's sorely missed.

WolfDemon · 2013-09-04, 17:47

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Originally Posted by firehawk12

I'll admit, I had no idea that this was all done by a single person until I noticed that the indexes have dried up and that there haven't been new episodes up in a while. I hope Comfun resumes, because I've certainly taken it for granted and it's sorely missed.

Yeah I thought for sure there were different people posting stuff to usenet. Though someone appears to be putting up a few of the 1080p versions of a few things but they're coming much later than when comfun was posting them. I wish HorribleSubs would also upload to usenet, they put their stuff up practically everywhere else!

WolfDemon · 2013-09-09, 21:54

Any word from comfun yet?

2013-07-03, 14:22	Link #81
*GHDpro* Administrator Administrator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Netherlands Age: 45	As of this moment Fanzub is down. The cause appears to be a catastrophic failure of the main OS drive (SSD). I can still access the server using KVM-over-IP, but it won't boot. The good news is that I was already planning on moving Fanzub to another server anyway, the bad news is that I now have to do so in a hurried, non-planned fashion from backups rather than straight server-to-server. I'll try to have Fanzub back online within a few hours of this post, but be aware the scripts of the sites will need to catch up on 12~18 hours worth of posts, this might also affect order of things in RSS feeds etc. There is also the problem of DNS not having been adjusted to allow for a quick change-over, so in worst case scenario it might take up to 24 hours for the site to become responsive again (when DNS finally updates). TL;DR: I know Fanzub is down, I'm working on it. Last edited by GHDpro; 2013-07-03 at 19:01.

2013-07-03, 17:23	Link #86
cyberbeing Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: California	Around 10 minutes ago only the RSS feed was loading, but a few minutes after that the main site started working as well. Thanks, GHDpro. Seems the DNS servers are updating quicker than expected. The only major provider lagging behind with the old IP address is Google DNS. __________________

2013-09-03, 02:46	Link #94
edicius Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2013	you took down my pining for comfun's return...but for those of who <3 usenet; he/them (or whomever comfun may be)...he really was the only one keeping things alive. I even crawled the web for a contact method, but all i can find is an outdated twitter...perhaps he got tired of the work for no reward... I hope he does return soon...every series that has been kept up to date by him on Usenet (practically all currently airing) have died off in a period of 5 days now. It is disheartening. Last edited by edicius; 2013-09-03 at 03:03.

2013-09-03, 02:54	Link #95
edicius Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2013	Personally if i had the motivation I think generating a crowd-sourced method of replicating fansubbed releases to Usenet could be possible. But my motivation, ambition, and rusting coding abilities aren't really up to any such effort. edit: the fact that I have returned to downloading from pay hosts (a la megaupload) as my only viable option sucks. And without the throughput maximizing speed of usenet it is truly a waste of the 100mbps downstream at my permanent residence. If I get Google Fiber soon (not to give away my location), I would gladly take comfun's place...but my suburb of the Google Fiber area seems to be the last one to be offered it in the Metro area. Last edited by edicius; 2013-09-03 at 03:16.

2013-07-03, 14:36	Link #82
Haiprbim Banned Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Visual Dream Panire	Thanks for keeping us updated. I want to ask though, how did you find out that the reason is a failure of the main OS drive and not an attack?

2013-07-03, 16:15	Link #84
Haiprbim Banned Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Visual Dream Panire	Good to hear that there is some nice progress. As far as I hear from what you say, I think that the main issue is that the servers are outdated as well as their maintenance. Although the source and the content might be slow and easy going, the updates and the maintenance should be constant, otherwise an unexpected failure can be very much expected. Anyhow, I'm not the one who should be loud here. You said the progress is good, thumbs up.

2013-07-03, 17:07	Link #85
*GHDpro* Administrator Administrator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Netherlands Age: 45	Well the main lesson I've learned is not to use a single SSD as boot drive for a server. Use some kind of RAID solution instead (which is what the forum server is using btw). Anyway, Fanzub should be back online! However it may take some time for DNS to update.

2013-07-08, 01:18	Link #87
Comfun Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010	thx ghdpro for the update and for the hard work you put in it to make the change so fast

2013-08-30, 23:51	Link #88
edicius Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2013	I want to help bring anime to usenet....i only 5mbps upstream but i should be able to helps. I need my anime on usenet ): The updates from the past 24 hours are missing or something not allowing them to populate to different servers...saddest day

2013-09-01, 05:23	Link #91
*GHDpro* Administrator Administrator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Netherlands Age: 45	Most anime is reposted (from torrents I presume) on Usenet by Comfun, which uses some kind of automated system for this (scripts that download & repost). I presume something broke in that system (which could be anything from a simple problem, hardware issue, connectivity issue, or maybe a legal issue with his Usenet posting account). I've sent Comfun a PM about it, but I'm not sure how fast he will respond to that.

2013-09-02, 16:45	Link #93
nervana1 Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2013	Comfun probably on vacation.

2013-09-04, 08:24	Link #98
firehawk12 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009	I'll admit, I had no idea that this was all done by a single person until I noticed that the indexes have dried up and that there haven't been new episodes up in a while. I hope Comfun resumes, because I've certainly taken it for granted and it's sorely missed.

2013-09-09, 21:54	Link #100
WolfDemon Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2013	Any word from comfun yet?