DaveW
06-16-2008, 06:16 PM
Hi guys, I know everyone will want to know exactly what happened with the website.
Seems to me that the SQL server went down sometime yesterday, and I'm not sure why. It seems to me that it went down only on update and insert queries, which means that for the most part, the site continued to function.
I do not know if this was a deliberate attack, or a small localized issue that won't re-occur.
The response time from us (the Admin) was slow because Jon would not have sufficient resources available to him to tackle the problem, and I was busy hiding from a tornado. No, really.
Anyway, when I returned to check my e-mail, I found over 6500 e-mails from the server complaining about the SQL. I came to the site, found it still standing, and dug around till I found out exactly why.
Hopefully, this will not happen again.
On behalf of all the staff, I apologise for our slow response time in dealing with this manner, and I thank all the members who sent me e-mails in an attempt to alert me to this situation.
-Dave
Seems to me that the SQL server went down sometime yesterday, and I'm not sure why. It seems to me that it went down only on update and insert queries, which means that for the most part, the site continued to function.
I do not know if this was a deliberate attack, or a small localized issue that won't re-occur.
The response time from us (the Admin) was slow because Jon would not have sufficient resources available to him to tackle the problem, and I was busy hiding from a tornado. No, really.
Anyway, when I returned to check my e-mail, I found over 6500 e-mails from the server complaining about the SQL. I came to the site, found it still standing, and dug around till I found out exactly why.
Hopefully, this will not happen again.
On behalf of all the staff, I apologise for our slow response time in dealing with this manner, and I thank all the members who sent me e-mails in an attempt to alert me to this situation.
-Dave