A report on the recent server outages, and the recent server rebuilds.

After the scheduled power-down on August 2nd, services have finally been restored. There was a small issue with the boarder firewall not booting one of the ethernet cards when the power was restored, and thus the site was offline until 1030 today. The server power-down worked flawlessly, and the server backups were not needed. I [...]

This site will be offline between 0600 and 2000 on August 2nd, 2009. This is due to power-maintenance at the hosting location. Prior to the power-down, backups will be taken of all crucial domains & subdomains, as well as all running configuration files. This downtime will mark the loss of 390 days of uptime. Equinox [...]

Well, I suppose I should make a start on my ‘blog’. Unlike previous blogs, I don’t plan on this one being a report on my day-to-day activities. I’ll publish website updates, major events in my life, and professional content. —— Over the last week, we’ve been running the KPMG course for the students. This has [...]