John Barresi Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Well, as most of you know by now... We experienced total hardware failure in the servers we were renting from our old data center around 8/18/04, and the entire Kitelife site was down for almost 1 week exactly. We've moved everything to a new datacenter company, which boasts 99.999% up time and a Raid 1 back up server which updates on a minute-by-minute basis and reroutes visitors to the alternate server in case of outage (like mirroring). This costs us about 20% more than our old provider did, but it will be well worth it. I apologize for the fact that all of our data from the forum, kite classifieds, photofiles, etc are all set back to 7/16/04 when we downloaded our latest back ups... The old datacenter was unable to recover any of the old data, and we don't expect that news to change. Anyway, feel free to settle back in... We're up and running. I apologize to those of you who had registered for the forum between 7/16 and now, but you can safely re-register at this time. Humbly yours, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kram Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 john, It was a with certain pleasure to see that kitelife home page pop up when i clicked on your site ...Welcome Back Kitelife Magazine! Kram...kitelife subscriber #5....p.s. received Radsai 3.0 the other day...haven't had chance to open...will send pics later of this fine foil...thanks, mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kite Shoppe Posted August 27, 2004 Report Share Posted August 27, 2004 Good Job, John! Glad to see this back up again! Whew! Hugs, T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mirecat Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 The most bestest news! You certainly earn your keep, John. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted August 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Hey, I live and breathe kiting... What can I say, it's my family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codykiteguy Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Okay John, you have most likely dreading this one .... it is me! Man I wish I had some words to jab him in the ribs with right now. I sure missed the site while it was down and it is great to have it back, thanks for all the hard work both at WSIKF and here on the site. And speaking of WSIKF just between you and me "ya done good man, a little slow in the beginning but you got the camera working just right in the end (I think John knows what I am talking about)" you might want to email me an address where things can be sent via Mr. UPS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted August 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 I'm checking into the repeating posts as we speak... Bear with me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codykiteguy Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Ah man! I was kind of enjoying it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted August 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 FYI - I held back the REALLY good shots... You'll see them in the full report (issue 38) and our member's section after a short time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codykiteguy Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Really? Like cheer leader types with short skirts and everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted August 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 In all honesty, my focus was to get those shots in context. Part of the crowd, or set against kites, that kind of thing... Which proved to be a bit of a challenge, particularly considering it wasn't exactly warm or dry 1/2 the time. But... Check your email for a link to a special ZIP file just for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Kite Shoppe Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 John, I gather that this means all posts and entries from July 16th, won't be found? So....I urge everbody to jump back in here, and try and repost their posts, events, photos, whatever, to fill the threads back up. Speaking of back-ups.....I backed up http://www.thekiteshoppe.com/phpBB2/index.php last night, and will try and remember to do it often! Thanks for all you do! T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousie Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 CHEERLEADERS??? I never saw any cheer leaders . hmmm John.. were you at the high school cheerleading practices in between flying? Dont touch that cody! lol.. know ya want to.. but be good. Great to see it all up and running Eyeball, I really didnt know how much I missed it till it was gone sigh.. Now I am ready to start learning some good dual line stuff, and yes, I am willing to crash , so lay it on me Johnboy!!!! Hugs , mousie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousie Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 OH, by the way Eye, any chance of you reposting the wskif updates that ran, those of us that were there and not staying where we had internet access couldnt see em.. *not complaining, hehe I had one of the best spots in town* . But I would love to see the updates and photos. hugs , mousie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhardie Posted August 28, 2004 Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Well, as most of you know by now... We experienced total hardware failure in the servers we were renting from our old data center around 8/18/04, and the entire Kitelife site was down for almost 1 week exactly.I apologize for the fact that all of our data from the forum, kite classifieds, photofiles, etc are all set back to 7/16/04 when we downloaded our latest back ups... The old datacenter was unable to recover any of the old data, and we don't expect that news to change. Glad to see KL back up. Too bad the old providers droppped the ball. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted August 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2004 Good to BE back on... There's been a wonderful explosion of people sending me emails, signing up for the forum, etc... That "don't know until it's gone" thing is true! I know I was going nutty... Kitelife is what I do... My days were reduced to riding my bike and watching the Sci Fi channel in between getting everything sorted out. WSIKF updates are functional, one of the first things to go back up: http://www.kitelife.com/archives/wsikf04 Thanks guys!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uNDERLEAF Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Ya,,,,, LIKE OK BACK FROM THE WITHDRAWLS!!!! OUCH! ok, John, good job at piecing it all back together! Thank you ,, looking forward to the WSIKF images.... I AM excited to see them! Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Lingenfelter Posted August 30, 2004 Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 John I got emails from all over the world asking what happened to it. Glad to see it's back to. I'd be embarrased to admit how often I check in. Hey, Mousie has a smiley and planegirl has a smiley.. I'm jealous! I want one! If monkey boy can fix curious george up with a kite... or was that his brother?.. uncertain .... seems like we could get someone to make us a rev. smiley. Keep up the good work and don't get any nightmares from the Sci-Fi channel. BB Penny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Barresi Posted August 30, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2004 Just to be clear Penny, smilies (or emoticons) are the little faces we put in our posts... The stuff you're talking about (like my eyeball) are called avatars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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