why doesnt boards work late at night?

legs11

fcunk, driving me mad. at 2am, 3am etc.
boards never works............??????

InFront

The admins stop pedalling and go to bed for half an hour. It's only 3.05 am-3.40 ish I think

legs11

lol

seriously serious.?.

they should go on strike, ah la nurses, better pay and conditions.

actually, do mods and stuff get paid for running this place:D

can sleep easy now;)

Dub13

One of the Admins (I am not saying which one) sleeps with the servers every night,he tends to get a Boner around 3am.I will let your imagination fill in the gaps,but by 03:40 he is having a smoke.

PeakOutput

it cant possibly be necessary to restart/turn off/maintain the servers every singlie night at 3am....this is something i have wondered about before

The_B_Man

backup.

Rabies

It is only 35min or so of down time. The DB is backed up each night. Better than losing loads of data if something happens.

randylonghorn

Dub13 wrote:

One of the Admins (I am not saying which one) sleeps with the servers every night,he tends to get a Boner around 3am.I will let your imagination fill in the gaps,but by 03:40 he is having a smoke.

I foresee another "bendy willy" thread popping up in PI any day now ...

Binomate

Har har!

lostexpectation

Rabies wrote:

It is only 35min or so of down time. The DB is backed up each night. Better than losing loads of data if something happens.

is ther 35mins of new data to save everyday?

mickd

yes indeed the thread on Irish Women is critical data:D

Ghost Train

i think late at night the longer and more annoying your signature is the slower the site loads, something to do with the vbulletins members who need to compensate for small you know what signature priority routine

Sparky

legs11 wrote:

lol

seriously serious.?.

they should go on strike, ah la nurses, better pay and conditions.

actually, do mods and stuff get paid for running this place:D

can sleep easy now;)

Yes, we get paid alright, but you have to make sure they see ya doing the mod work.
There is a system that clocks what we do to get our hours.

Our best paid man is Ruu I think.

http://sparky-s.eu/hosting/files/dmemxjwyoiu3o1mtynm2.jpg

Anti

8€ a hour ontop of what i earn is work is a nice bouns for us

Tar.Aldarion

The +4 for adverts is hard earned money though. Need to pay for college somehow though.

Tivoli

stop messing everyone :mad: for gods sake

OP....

boards works fine 24x7 for all of us, if you ever notice that its slow, stops working or search doesn't work properly, maybe you need a new pcmcia user interface in your pcs loading bay, ask in the computers and technology section

petes

Dub13 wrote:

One of the Admins (I am not saying which one) sleeps with the servers every night,he tends to get a Boner around 3am.I will let your imagination fill in the gaps,but by 03:40 he is having a smoke.

What does he do for the other 38 minutes?

Sparky

Server pr0n

Spanky-s

Spanky-s wrote:

Yes, we get paid alright, but you have to make sure they see ya doing the mod work.
There is a system that clocks what we do to get our hours.

Our best paid man is Ruu I think.

http://sparky-s.eu/hosting/files/dmemxjwyoiu3o1mtynm2.jpg

is this true?

Binomate

Spanky-s wrote:

Yes, we get paid alright, but you have to make sure they see ya doing the mod work.
There is a system that clocks what we do to get our hours.

Our best paid man is Ruu I think.

http://sparky-s.eu/hosting/files/dmemxjwyoiu3o1mtynm2.jpg

Bollox...

ninebeanrows

For a split second i believed that! (payment of mod thing!)

Boston

It's true. Brought in back in 2005 when 22% of boards was bought out by Google and associated investment bankers. This was on the back of a Jelsoft Enterprises purchase of 25% of the company back in 2000. Vexorg handles the accounts. Mod salaries are indexed at just below the rate of inflation.

Ghost Train

how many bans do mods have to serve to get their bonus

seamus

coolsmileygirl wrote:

is this true?

Oh if only...

Should have included a bonus for reaching your ban quota though Spanky

Marksie

coolsmileygirl wrote:

is this true?

ruu gets a date

Beruthiel

Spanky-s wrote:

Our best paid man is Ruu I think.

Based on modcp and modutils activity, I think you'll find Gordon and myself are the top bonus earners for most banned users.
Soon I'll have made enough for early retirement.

Mr Magnolia

Beruthiel wrote:

Based on modcp and modutils activity, I think you'll find Gordon and myself are the top bonus earners for most banned users.
Soon I'll have made enough for early retirement.

Once Amp never makes Smod, we're all safe til then.

seamus

Beruthiel wrote:

Based on modcp and modutils activity, I think you'll find Gordon and myself are the top bonus earners for most banned users.
Soon I'll have made enough for early retirement.

So you can retire in two years' time instead of three then?

/me runs...

Beruthiel

Make the tea seamus, I'll be round for a 'chat' later this evening.

Tiesto

But whats the reason for pulling the DB offline when doing the backup?

Rabies

Beruthiel wrote:

Make the tea seamus, I'll be round for a 'chat' later this evening.

At your age is it not Bovril you drink.

Boston

Tiesto wrote:

But whats the reason for pulling the DB offline when doing the backup?

Do you not see a problem with allowing access to the DB while backing it up?

I can see several.

seamus

Tiesto wrote:

But whats the reason for pulling the DB offline when doing the backup?

Imagine a painter attempting to draw you while you drive by on a motorbike.

tuxy

seamus wrote:

Imagine a painter attempting to draw you while you drive by on a motorbike.

He should invest in a camera

Ruu_Old

Spanky-s wrote:

Yes, we get paid alright, but you have to make sure they see ya doing the mod work.
There is a system that clocks what we do to get our hours.

Our best paid man is Ruu I think.

http://sparky-s.eu/hosting/files/dmemxjwyoiu3o1mtynm2.jpg

Does that mean I get double for my services on boards.tv? :eek: I banned Polmki, that has to be worth something. *goes off to find Vexorg* I spend mine on Weetos.

PeakOutput

Boston wrote:

Do you not see a problem with allowing access to the DB while backing it up?

I can see several.

can they not just run a mirror????

its only 2 hours in the middle of the night so its no big deal just dosnt seem like the most efficient way but i dont really know what im talking about

Zaph

It's actually only about half an hour, and it's in the middle of the night when demand is at its lowest. Regular users all know it'll be down for a bit from 3am, which gives us a nice 30 minute window to improve our internet pr0n collection.

scojones

It's half an hour when the demand is the lowest. The cost and effort required to run a mirror during that period is not feasable IMO.

Boston

PeakOutput wrote:

but i dont really know what im talking about

True

What will this mirror operate on exactly? When is the mirror created and backed up. How much extra cost is involved in maintaining a mirror, how much hardware and cpu time is required to synchronise the Mirrors. You tend to only get absolutely independent mirrors when you're dealing with critical systems that can't afford any down time. That isn't boards. Also since when is it two hours?

InFront

InFront wrote:

The admins stop pedalling and go to bed for half an hour. It's only 3.05 am-3.40 ish I think

You'd think they'd upgrade to a hamster in a wheel by now.

PeakOutput

Boston wrote:

True

i knew someone would come on all arrogant and patronising instead of just answering the question but at least i know why its not feasible now thanks boston.

regi

We could probably make it not go down now, but what's the fun in that? I set my watch by these threads.

Boston

regi wrote:

We could probably make it not go down now, but what's the fun in that? I set my watch by these threads.

Don't do it. The engines can't take it captain

Stark

3:05am - 3:40am is the only time the Smods get to sleep. When the Smods get a bit of sleep, they tend to hand out less random bannings. Less chance of a random banning means more time that you can spend posting. So you see, you're getting more boards.ie not less thanks to the nightly downtime.

Call Me Jimmy

Boston wrote:

Don't do it. The engines can't take it captain

I chuckled long time! 5 dolla!

randylonghorn

regi wrote:

We could probably make it not go down now, but what's the fun in that?

Not going down is never a good option.

Ruu_Old

I have a few million of these all ready to go.

randylonghorn

OK ... this one I am going to resist!

/sits on hands

testicle

Databases don't need to be taken offline for backups to be made of them. You're using the wrong backup software if it does.

Zaph

Now do you hear that regi, you've been using the wrong software all along. You call yourself an IT professional?

Wertz

Because you touch yourself at night obviously.