Neko Arc Chaos Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 The ACU.net domain went offline for a few hours (or minutes, I couldn't tell) at about2:00A.M. E.S.T. That kind of scared me yo, but at least the site is back we can resume our shenanigans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCC Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 I think that's normally a slow period for ACU, so it might have just been so slow that it looked like it was offline. I can't say for sure though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harakiri Tiger Posted April 9, 2010 Report Share Posted April 9, 2010 Yah, that's just when the server backs up. I PM'd IPS about it yesterday night and complained about moving it to two hours later, but I doubt they'll change their backup routine. Between 1AM and 2AM Central time the website will be either completely inresponsive or very slow. The actual offline only happened for about 10 minutes, tbh. It rarely goes completely offline because IPS cycles how many folders or databases they backup at a time, which just causes certain parts of the site, specifically sections in the public_html, to load very slowly. You'll notice it in chat the most. It's just basic server maintenance. Defrag, Check, Backup, Scan, Defrag. If you play any well-maintained MMO's or online games they'll have downtimes for their servers every week or two. Some of the more well-funded games can cycle which servers they run maintenance on so you can't really see it happening, we don't have that luxury since we're a website, haha. Server maintanence keeps the site more responsive and with less driver/database errors during the day, though. Just think of the 12:00AM -> 3:00AM (Central Time, -6:00GMT) as the websites server maintenance time. Don't worry so much! It'll give you wrinkles! =3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barrettiel Posted April 19, 2010 Report Share Posted April 19, 2010 I remember when that happened when i signed on here the first time im like *Oh oo* lol. Now i know the timing on it and its all good now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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