| Server Status Information |
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| 2002-03 | throughout month | Multiple drive failures. Systems restored from backups that were available. |
| 2002-02-24 | 18:00- 21:00 |
RAID drive failure. Rebuilt drive. System back online. Users may not been able to logon during this outage, but web services were available. |
| 2001-08-01 | 00:00- 03:05 |
This maintenance activity completed ahead of window by 55 minutes. Build Mirrored RAID array for Web server Operating System drive. Install additional cooling in Web server Upgrade RAM in all servers. |
| 2001-05-24 | 00:00- 06:00 |
RE-SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE: Service Pack upgrades to SQL Server. This will affect all services, and may cause outage. |
| 2001-05-22 | 00:00- 04:00 |
Completed ahead of schedule by 2 hours. SQL Server down for hardware upgrades. From K6 200MHz to Pentium 3 1GHz |
| 2001-05-02 | 08:00- 10:30 |
System down for motherboard swap. From Pentium 3 1GHz to Dual Pentium 3 1GHz |
| 2001-03-24 | 07:30- 15:42 |
System down for complete hardware replacement. From: K6-2 300MHz to Pentium 3 1GHz |
| 2001-03-17 | ISP outage 1.5 hours | |
| 2000-12-07 | UPS upgrade to double capacity. | |
| 2000-09-20 | SQL Server power supply fan failure. Replaced fan, downtime less than 30 minutes | |
| 2000-09-18 | 09:55-12:00 | Unscheduled maintenance causes interruptions during this timeframe. |
| 2000-09-13 | 22:00:00 | SQL Server on full production status for advertising database, all CGI code rewritten. |
| 2000-09-10 | 04:53:43 | SQL Server in preparation for addition to network |
| 2000-09-06 | Web Server power supply failure. Replacement power supply swapped in, downtime less than 30 minutes | |
| 2000-09-05 | Began setup of Games/Gaming Section | |
| 2000-07-30 | Another Mail Server crash.. all messages and mailboxes restored | |
| 2000-07-12 | Local ISP caused reduced service from DS4U for about 20 hours. This was believed to have been caused by DNS outages. | |
| 2000-05-02 | DS4U.ORG now active | |
| 2000-04-14 | Server Statistics now available, Click here to view | |
| 2000-04-02 | Search engine added to homepage | |
| 1999-11-01 | Added News Sections to homepage | |
| 1999-09-15 | Unpaid user accounts have been deleted | |
| 1999-08-27 | ISP providing an even more stable connection, but this may cause short outages during 08-27 and 08-28 | |
| 1999-08-25 | Unpaid accounts will be deleted soon, please make sure you are current! | |
| 1999-08-22 | All user homepages are now at --> http://home.ds4u.com/username <-- | |
| 1999-08-01 | Most (if not all) Win98 bugs on the server are resolved. | |
| 1999-06-07 | 11:00 | New URL active and verified -> http://www.ds4u.com |
| 1999-06-06 | 02:00 | New DNS name applied for. By 1999-06-12 this server will be http://www.ds4u.com |
| 1999-06-01 | Another new ISP in place. This connection is dedicated, the server should NEVER be unavailable due to ISP problems. | |
| 1999-04-01 | Server available in new location with new ISP. | |
| 1998-11-01 | Server down until further notice. Server administrator moving to new location, and
GTE new billing structure in place. Will acquire new phone lines, ISP, and hardware as necessary and have server back online when available. |
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| 1998-10-12 | Driver updates made to server for video card, network card..etc.. Hopefully, this will improve stability. One more driver conflict to resolve.. and Windows reports that it will have an impact on system speed. |
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| 1998-10-10 | GTE announces per hour pricing for anything above 100 hours. I will be changing ISPs soon. This will likely cause some outage in the next 30 days. Please be patient, I hope it'll get better. | |
| 1998-09-13 to 1998-09-19 | Major change to Internet locally. Now connection is more direct. Apparently major dial-in hub was added. This caused outage for major portion of week. | |
| 1998-09-06 | 03:30-09:00 | Server down to receive many hardware upgrades. |
| 1998-08-09 | 17:30 | Two Bell Atlantic trucks arrive to finish connections. This is amazing since they started striking at 00:01 today. |
| 1998-08-08 | 12:00 approx | Telephone line now 'normal', but has large amount of static. Static is normal here :) Bell Atlantic now (as of 00:01 08-09) on strike. Will experience static until strike is over, or their fill-in crew repairs the line(s). |
| 1998-08-07 | 10:55 | Bell Atlantic showed up. Good speed. Reported by Bell Atlantic to be related to construction 6 miles away. Line Technicians are now responsible, still no connection. |
| 1998-08-07 | 07:40 | Bell Atlantic line is not functioning. Bell Atlantic notified, but they
do not promise a solution until 20:00 on 08/10. If Bell Atlantic does not provide a solution soon, a direct cable connection may be obtained. |
| 1998-08-06 | 05:00 | Installed Apache v1.3.1 at the suggestion of the Apache server group. Small amount of configuration changes required. The server will be more stable with faster transfers. |
| 1998-07-14 | The modem disconnects have increased. They have skyrocketed to 190 disconnects in 30 days. The modem was moved today and from 07/14 to 07/16 it has only disconnected twice. The thing to note here is, the modem is no longer on UPS power, during a power outage the server will stay up, but the modem will not, creating outage times. |
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| 1998-07-10 | 13:00 | Replacement K6-200 MMX machine in place |
| 1998-07-08 | 16:50 | Server back online using temporary backup machine |
| 1998-07-08 | 13:30 | Server motherboard problem. Replacement required. |
| 1998-07-07 | 14:30-15:20 | GTE Network outage, no information available from GTE. |
| 1998-07-05 | n/a | ds4u.tzo.com:8080 name renewed for one year |
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