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#36706 - 02/26/02 04:45 AM HTF beta test thread & info GONE
sdurani Offline
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Registered: 01/23/02
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I went to Home Theater Forum to check the thread that had comments from some of the Outlaw 950 beta testers. By this point, that particular thread had grown to well over 500 posts of valuable (or at least entertaining) information. But the entire Receivers/Separates/Amps section was missing! It stayed that way for most of the day. And then tonight...

Posted by HTF admininstrator Parker Clack:

"Well today around 4:15pm CST the server crashed big time. In the process we lost both this forum area and the tweaks/connections/assecessories sections with all of the posts in those areas and they are not recoverable. I thought that our database was being backed up but come to find out that I was wrong. It was not..."

Oh man, that's painful.

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#36707 - 02/26/02 09:27 AM Re: HTF beta test thread & info GONE
Matthew Hill Offline
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Registered: 11/29/01
Posts: 1434
Loc: Mount Laurel, NJ
Ah, the joys of system administration...
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#36708 - 02/26/02 09:42 AM Re: HTF beta test thread & info GONE
gonk Offline
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Registered: 03/21/01
Posts: 14054
Loc: Memphis, TN USA
Yes, backups can be your friend. And server crashes can ruin your whole day. Ouch.

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