As I am sure you’ve all noticed, the entire network has had a bit of downtime over the past few days. This is due to some problems our host has been enduring with the network. There were multiple issues, some of which I am unsure of the full extent however it had to do with network connectivity issues to the entire data center, not just Katz.

We’re now making efforts to move the entire network to a new data center, and we’re also working on a more redundant system where we will have spare servers already online if we’re to have issues with network connectivity etc.

Another thing we plan on is actually “balancing” our users across multiple data centers to ensure reliability and minimal downtime. We’re hoping to get Katz Forums back online by the end of the week.

Stay tuned.

UPDATE - 29 September 2008:

We’re currently waiting on RAM upgrades for our servers. There has been a delay on ordering hardware, and our servers are currently struggling to handle the load. We’ve been assured that the new RAM should be installed in the coming 48 hours. How accurate the time frame is we’re unsure though remain hopeful.

We’ve opted not to accept submissions for the previous few days, as we’ve had no real way of updating the site as we’re running a modified version of the code to use less resources. We’re also planning on Katz Forums making a return once we get some hardware upgrades.

-Erratic

UPDATE - 01 October 2008:

Katz Downloads is now back to normal. Downloads are being accepted again. DNS updates will take a while to propogate.

-Cøbra

UPDATE - 03 October 2008:

We’re trying to get the latest database backup from the previous hosting company. If that fails, we’ll have to bring back Katz Forums on an older (mid-September) backup.

-Cøbra

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