Basilisk extended downtime 08/09/2017

[reoze]

Good luck to ya.

Honestly, it sounds to me like you also had problems migrating your Berkeley database files and just don't want to admit to the general public that it's a system with flaws that can only really be resolved by deleting the DB files and starting over. If that really is the case, there's nothing wrong with admitting it and moving on. It's a complicated system, there are basically no tools for fixing Berkeley databases, and poop happens. Plus, you're not even finished building the whole system yet so, so what if the bugs haven't all been worked out yet.

You're doing a great job. No one expects you to be perfect.

I, at the very least, do expect you to be honest (seriously, who loses data to hard drive failures anymore? Really? That's either utter incompetence or a lie).

There is no migration in this publish...Congratulations on trying to sound smart, but you're way off here. This is a hardware failure, plain and simple.

[Trakaa]

There is no migration in this publish...Congratulations on trying to sound smart, but you're way off here. This is a hardware failure, plain and simple.

So, you are telling me they had exactly ONE backup? I find that incredibly hard to believe. You are either naive for believing that or they actually DO have one backup and that is frankly terrible.

[Livy2K]

So, you are telling me they had exactly ONE backup? I find that incredibly hard to believe. You are either naive for believing that or they actually DO have one backup and that is frankly terrible.

Im sure they have a hardcopy and just need a few years to scan it

[weberk]

Im sure they have a hardcopy and just need a few years to scan it

Bwa ha ha ha.

Also, sad face

[neutrineaux]

Wipe and come back with one or two characters per account? Brilliant!

[lavender]

Wipe and come back with one or two characters per account? Brilliant!

If only. Feels like a missed opportunity to wipe without that.

[xhodan]

Wipe and come back with one or two characters per account? Brilliant!

YES! Agreed, do it!

[reoze]

So, you are telling me they had exactly ONE backup? I find that incredibly hard to believe. You are either naive for believing that or they actually DO have one backup and that is frankly terrible.

Naive? I wrote the last database migration, there have been none since. You can look at the code if you wish, it's all spelled out as clearly as possible.