Websites Not Accessible

[Ken Vaughn]

I noticed today that I was unable to access two valuable resources, namely:

http://www.retroarchive.org/

http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/

I have visited both these sites within the last week or two. I don't think this is a browser problem, but if someone can access these sites, please respond to this post.

 

[Lorne]

Yep - same problem here.
It's not your browser (unless it's mine too).

 

[ahm]

I believe those sites are hosted on the same server, and that the owner is aware of it.
All we can do is wait until they come back.

 

[Elar]

http://www.bitsavers.org/ is out too for few days now.

 

[Ole Juul]

Just for my sanity's sake, can anyone explain why a web site would be down for a while? Is it a retro server? That would make sense since all the commercial hosts are offering 4 nines uptime these days.

 

[Ken Vaughn]

http://www.bitsavers.org/ is out too for few days now.

I hope it is just coincidence. Three sites which specialize in archiving vintage computer software and documentation. I hope that they were not the victim of a hacker.

 

[kb2syd]

Why would a web site be down for a while? My guess is limited funds and little or no disaster recovery resources. These are hobbiest sites. There's not a lot of money in hosting them. In my experience, revenue generators get $$, sites like this get leftovers.

 

[Ole Juul]

Why would a web site be down for a while? My guess is limited funds and little or no disaster recovery resources. These are hobbiest sites. There's not a lot of money in hosting them. In my experience, revenue generators get $$, sites like this get leftovers.

That makes sense for a home server which takes expertise and resources like time and money. However, I'm about as poor as any computer hobbyist gets (4 figure annual income) and I don't have too much trouble coming up with the $6 per months for 750GB traffic, huge storage, and professionally managed (with backups) guaranteed 4 nines uptime and the ability to run many websites and databases on the server. My feeling is that there is some unspoken, non hosting related issue here - that's why I was asking.

 

[geneb]

A couple of drives in the RAID failed and this resulted in a file system corruption. This apparently has been resolved, but there is no ETA on when the sites will be back up.

g.

 

[Ken Vaughn]

A couple of drives in the RAID failed and this resulted in a file system corruption. This apparently has been resolved, but there is no ETA on when the sites will be back up.

g.

Good news -- all three sites are back up. Bitsavers is only partially restored as of 17:00 MST today (2/15/11).

Update: Bitsavers looks to be fully restored as of this evening (2/16/11)