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Database Corruption
Nothing serious that we can tell, but we had some downtime while we recovered from a small database corruption. Let us know if you notice anything missing. We have backups but were able to repair the running data.-Piper Author: Administrator PigglyTails ...
Piper - 2014/02/19 - 6:23pm
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We were NOT attacked, per se...
We use the terms Spider, Crawler, and Reaper pretty much interchangeably here. You see, they ALL cause traffic. While Robots/Spiders/Crawlers/Reapers are about 1/3 of our traffic on BigCloset, most of that is VALID traffic. Sites like Google, Bing, Baidu ...
Piper - 2014/02/19 - 6:23pm
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Sites Online/Offline Status
Just an FYI, Here are the current statuses of various websites we host: BigCloset--> Online CrystalHall--> Online Stardust--> Online TuckerSpawn--> Online Quillain--> Online SamValentine--> Online TGLibrary--> Online Fictioneer--> ...
Piper - 2014/02/19 - 6:23pm
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Search-- It works and site is indexed
Hi Everyone! Just an FYI, that the new search server has been configured, and seems to be working fine. We are doing preliminary testing, and working on indexing the site. Edit: Read Title That's the part that is going to take a while. You see, we ca ...
Piper - 2014/02/19 - 6:23pm
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NEW Site Email
Hey Everyone! Just a little note, we have switched from sending our emails via our own home-grown email servers (exim) to using a 3rd party SMTP service. Our emails now come SIGNED by Bigclosetr.us and should avoid being tossed in your spam/junk folder au ...
Piper - 2014/02/19 - 3:52pm
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BC Server Status- Update 3
Hey Everyone, So yesterday, I spent 6+ hours in our new datacenter, racking, and configuring equipment. Nothing is actually "online" at the moment, but things are configured so I can do most the work to get them online remotely, and I can do the ...
Piper - 2014/04/09 - 11:16am - 21 comments
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Hi Ho, Hi Ho, it's Back to the Datacenter I Go!
Hi everyone, Just a quick note. Amy (My Fiance), Liam (Our Son) and I are headed up to Bridgewater, NJ today so that I can rack more equipment and get two other servers that were left un-configured, online. I WILL be making changes to the network cabling, ...
Piper - 2014/04/10 - 6:21pm - 2 comments
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Site Upgrades and Server Updates
Hey Everyone. We did some essential software updates (Core and Modules) and things seem to be running a tad bit more efficiently. IF you notice anything having weird behavior/not acting like it used to, please let us know. On a 2nd note, We are currently ...
Piper - 2014/06/17 - 7:24am - 18 comments
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Heartbleed Vulnerability
Some of you may have noticed in the news, recent info about the Heartbleed Vulnerability. While we have been silent until now about the issue, it does not mean in any way that we don't take your privacy or security seriously. In fact it means quite t ...
Piper - 2014/05/25 - 12:44am - 14 comments
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So what do you think?
So, vague and ambiguous posts about our plans for other projects aside, how do you think we are doing? Besides the purchasing, and implementation of much more hardware, the expense of moving the site from a discount bandwidth provider to a "premium&q ...
Piper - 2014/09/30 - 2:33pm - 37 comments
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Possible Micro Outages
Hi Everyone! Quick Note! I'm on my way up to the datacenter, to install some new equipment. Part of the Equipment Package I'm delivering includes Infrastructure improvements, namely new network cabling. While the downtime should not be noticeabl ...
Piper - 2014/06/18 - 8:33pm - 3 comments
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Fixed vs Still Broken
Hi Everyone! This is a quick rundown of things we feel we've fixed, vs things we feel are still broken. If you have an item you'd like to add to the still broken list please comment, or send an email to [email protected]. FIXED! Name in th ...
Piper - 2015/08/28 - 8:02pm - 95 comments
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BigCloset East Coast (US) Fall MeetUp!
Hi everyone! So we have a date, and a place! We've put a lot of work into trying to find an optimal venue for our gathering, and we've settled at a local (local to me) Chinese/Sushi/Hibachi Buffet. Because of the fact that I live in a college to ...
Piper - 2014/11/04 - 8:43pm - 19 comments
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Short Downtime Expected: Shifting Resources
Hey Everyone! I hope everyone is enjoying our new search features (The return of SOLR search and other additions.). Many of you may remember that we recently brought 2 new servers into the mix, making BigCloset a cluster of 5 servers by itself (front end, ...
Piper - 2015/08/28 - 8:01pm - 4 comments
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Upgraded!
Welcome to our NEW Home. Meet Ariel (DB Server) and Belle (Front-End). Both servers are Cloud-Servers, hosted outside bridgewater but we are still maintaining our Bridgewater Facility for the time being. Let me know if you notice any speed/performance inc ...
Piper - 2016/04/13 - 9:03am - 26 comments
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Updates on Stuff and Things
Hey Everyone! I just wanted to update on a few things. There are several things going on at once. One is that we are being spidered by several sources and they seem to spin up bots just as fast as we can have them blocked. Another is that we think someone ...
Piper - 2019/01/24 - 3:26pm - 14 comments
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Merry Christmas to US!
Merry Christmas Everyone! Presents are here! Well let me clarify, our 4 new servers are here! I will be dragging a friend with me to do heavy lifting, but the servers are headed to the Datacenter in Bridgewater, NJ tomorrow. Over the next several days I w ...
Piper - 2018/03/31 - 5:21pm - 10 comments
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Stuff Is Broken...
I know most of you are going to look at the site and be like "No shit Sherlock", but trust me when I tell you that you have no F'ing clue how broken shit is. What we have now, is probably what you will see for the next couple days. My days ...
Piper - 2018/03/31 - 5:21pm - 20 comments
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We've Gone Cloud!
BigCloset has Officially completed it's Cloud-Transition! This isn't a fully virtualized cloud for BigCloset, but more of a hybrid-cloud setup where we still have multiple physical database servers that are clustered together for replication and ...
Piper - 2018/10/07 - 6:47pm - 12 comments
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We Aint Got No, algorithm....
My apologies to Pink Floyd for the title. I definitely sang it in my head when I thought of it and typed it. So this post has been one I've been thinking of in drips and drabs for a while now. It's based on things I've seen in blogs, commen ...
Piper - 2019/07/19 - 10:26am - 12 comments