Dp Web Designs Server Hard Drive Fails

[RaceJunkie]

I wanted to let my clients know that a hard drive has went bad on the server where most of my sites are hosted. Here is what was sent to me from the data center in Dallas.

After extensive tests the data center staff has concluded that the primary hard drive on the server is bad.

We have submitted a reload request and asked to have it expedited.

What they will do is mount our current primary drive as a secondary drive and we will attempt to migrate the data from the old drive to the new drive.

With hard drives it isn't really a question of "if" but "when" they will sometime fail. The sad part in this instance is that this server was fairly new.

The current sites are affected by this:
http://dpwebdesigns.com/
http://www.clarysspeedway.com/
http://www.countylineracewaync.com/
http://www.dublinspeedway.com/
http://www.steveblackburn54.com/
http://www.trackweather.net/
http://signmastergraphix.com/
http://rocksidetire.com/
http://ronnieboykin36.com
http://www.redclayracing.com/
http://midcoastalmotorsports.com/
http://www.buddyislesjr11.com/


All data should be able to be recovered if not I have up to date back up's of all the sites, with the exception of the database driven sites. They are backed up weekly and worse case will only loose a weeks worth of data.

The ones driven by a database are.
http://www.clarysspeedway.com/
http://ronnieboykin36.com
http://www.redclayracing.com/

I' apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you or your business, I will do everything I possibly can to make sure the sites get back up ASAP!! :eek:

[RaceJunkie]

The server is back up and running and I'm in the process of migrating the data from the old hard drive to the new hard drive now. :08Choke:

Last year I made the decision to host on two different servers in case something like this ever happened. Glad I did, cost more yea but at least total communication is not lost.

[mynameiscarol]

You sure are a smart cookie!

[RaceJunkie]

So far the backup is going as it should. We've managed to migrate several of the cpanel settings over from the old hard drive to the new one via an image copy.

We're now doing the same for the home directory. This is where your website(s) content is stored on the server and this will take the longest amount of time to restore.

We started restoring the home dir early this morning around 4 hours ago (after the cpanel files were moved). We're currently in the "c's" to give you an idea of the duration we're looking at.

[Marcia Reed]

thanks for keeping us updated Dwayne........

[Racerchaser]

you are de man :BustinAss: :BustinAss: :TheMan:

[RaceJunkie]

Everyone should be back up now, let me know if you find any issues and thanks for your patience.

[hotlap]

you are de man :BustinAss: :BustinAss: :TheMan:hey RaceJunkie,Racerchaser i love these little cartoon dudes. i now have our new DELL system .Freinds helping us set up ,yes we have ALL the protection devices.next scheulded day we work on avatars. I I feel like it is xmas,be back. ok polished back side of R.V. it's dark compute for alittle.:luv_lrc::hug::Kool::Elvis_NBS:good nite 430am comes quick.