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  1. effort to recover the database continues
  2. update : restore from backups failed. remaining chance at recovery is to fix the existing database. work continues.
  3. announcement coming shortly - stand by
  4. wish we had more info to give but there's nothing new to report except attempts to revive the db continue
  5. work on the database machine continues
  6. database machine is undergoing surgery in the Database Human's cave
  7. database machine is going to be moved out of the colo facility. we have no ETA for recovery.
  8. we have a potentially fatal error on the database server due to this week's power outage. more info later.
  9. New hardware in place.
  10. while the system is down we took the opportunity to upgrade our web server. this one has 8x the capacity of the old one.
  11. we're attempting to acquire some new hardware to replace the faulty database server
  12. spent last 4hrs trying to fix server - db head is definitely fried due to power outage - DATA IS SAFE - taking break until eve
  13. taking a rest for the night - some progress made but no real ETA however we're shooting to have the servive up on thursday
  14. Database server has a hardware problem however the data is not effected. Hardware is undergoing repairs.
  15. Support Human on the way to colo.
  16. backflip database still down after morning power outage. will need to be looked at by humans. ETA unknown. huge apologies.
  17. database server is still down - we are remote so cannot do anything except cross fingers that it'll come back up soon
  18. power has been restored but database server has not come up yet
  19. @unitedlayer still can't access servers
  20. power is supposedly back but there's a problem with the network - btw, there's a minor storm in SF - might be related