lollipop_monkey Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) Hello all, We're slowly getting back up and running after the longest outage in MFC history! It's good to be back. You'll notice that all posts made after April 20th are missing. This is because the hard drive failed in the server MFC is hosted on - all data on that hard drive was lost, and cannot be recovered. Luckily, there was a backup copy of the (ENORMOUS) MFC database that was only a week old, dating back to April 20th. After our hosting company repaired the physical server we're hosted on, we were able to restore the site from this backup copy. I know it freakin' sucks to lose a whole week's worth of posts, but let's all be thankful we didn't lose over five years worth. It will likely be slow going for a while as our techie StandardToaster (Andrew) is re-indexing the database. Let us know if you have any questions - and welcome back! Edited April 30, 2012 by lollipop_monkey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mari62 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 A HUGE THANK YOU to everyone working on it, especially to Andrew! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Yes! HHUUGGEE thanks to everyone who helped get us back up and running!!! And yes, if we had lost all 5 years worth......:mf_rosetinted: I dont even want to talk about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nas Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 O wow. I'm just happy we're back THANK YOU EVERYONE involved in working on getting it back!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kreacher Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 OMG praise the lawd MFC is back! phew i'm so glad we didnt lose more posts, it could've been so much worse! Thanks to all helped get it back online & to those who kept us updated on twitter! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naectegale Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Congratulations and thanks to everyone who managed to get things working again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hippieibbie Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Wait, does that mean all new accounts that were made in that time were lost also? Did we lose a bunch of newbies?! (Okay, not a bunch. But there was bound to be a few) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lollipop_monkey Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Wait, does that mean all new accounts that were made in that time were lost also? Did we lose a bunch of newbies?! (Okay, not a bunch. But there was bound to be a few) Unfortunately yes. Same with any wall posts, PMs, signature/avatar changes - basically anything after April 20th is gone. To the newbies: if you signed up after April 20th and your account is missing, go ahead and register again. You'll be able to use the same username you picked the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Droopsy Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Yay! Happy we're back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micah Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Unfortunately yes. Same with any wall posts, PMs, signature/avatar changes - basically anything after April 20th is gone. If any newbies are reading this and are finding their accounts are missing, go ahead and sign up again. You'll be able to use the same username you picked the first time. Awww I lost my PM's. C' mon Newbies!! Please rejoin us!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mine Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 good news!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikasister Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 (edited) MFC is back THANK YOU TO EVERYONE, for your efforts, you're the BEST I coulnd't live without MFC, you're my second family Edited April 30, 2012 by Mikasister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumazzz Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 HAPPY !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milda Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 I can breathe again! THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassilda Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 We are back Thanks to everyone for their efforts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonjaD Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krysady Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Finally !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeAreStrong! Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 it's fantastic, MFC is back!! I'm so happy to talk to all of you again! Thanks to everyone who managed to bring MFC back! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louiza Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 It's great to have MFC back Thanks to everyone who worked to make this happen:thumb_yello: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macboll Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Get well soon MFC (but not Mikasoon ) What a relief to hear we haven't lost everything posted the last five years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
koolj5 Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 wow, how lucky there was the back-up. i'm glad it wasn't just my computer not being able to log on anymore, it's good to have the site back!! thanks!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Efriani Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Yeay, finally!!! Thank you for everyone who fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucrezia Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Yay!! Thank you for what you've done!!! :yay: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiwi Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Woop woop!!! glad you're back!!!! Thank you!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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