Webcomic Server Downtime Discussion

Trades · Post by **Trades** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 1:48 pm

Just wondering if Comicgenesis is having issue displaying the comic pages?
I have checked a few comicgenesis comics and have seen that there are issues loading the comic pages.

My own http://trades.comicgenesis.com is also not loading.

any help would be fantastic.

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[geoduck] · Post by **[geoduck]** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 2:27 pm

Something's definitely gone wrong. One added datapoint; while siteadim is also not working, just now I was able to log into my account by FTP and dump a finished comic in the correct directory.

Bobadventures · Post by **Bobadventures** » Sat Jan 26, 2008 10:09 pm

Yeah, this has happened repeatedly in the last week or so. I've learned from experience not to panic if my page fails to load once in a blue moon, because the outage is usually brief, but this is starting to happen kind of frequently again.

The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob!
http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com

Kirb · Post by **Kirb** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:38 am

Yeeeah, it's becoming an annoyance.

Dr Neo Lao · Post by **Dr Neo Lao** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 1:55 pm

It appears to be running and updating properly at the moment.

*knocks on wood*

Trades · Post by **Trades** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 2:00 pm

welll I was just wondering and I am glad that it is back up and running ^_^

RobertBlake · Post by **RobertBlake** » Sun Jan 27, 2008 8:46 pm

It was happening to me late last night. Now it loads just fine.

Just a hiccup in the sytem I suppose.

Bobadventures · Post by **Bobadventures** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:33 am

Nope, no good. It's about 12:30 am West Coast Time, and it's down again.

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The Inexplicable Adventures of Bob!
http://bobadventures.comicgenesis.com

Dragonkingdoms · Post by **Dragonkingdoms** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:59 pm

It's about midnight West Coast Time (3AM my time), and the pages aren't loading.
I tried to load http://gnerds.comicgenesis.com , for the curious.

Anubicdarque · Post by **Anubicdarque** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:25 am

yup shes flopped over again
hmmmm to many comics on the server? to many people accessing my comic? (well the second one cant be true) it is curious though as to why its starting to fail again after the new server was put in place

Admiral Gilliad Cobalt · Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:17 am

You youngins probably aren't old enough to know that this is the Late-January/Early-February server tank. It seems to happen literally every year around this time. At least, it has since 2003 when I passed my 1-year mark. Ironically, I was planning on relaunching my oldest and most watched comic in February. There's an old saying:

"the fastest way to make God laugh is to tell him your plans."

It'll be back. It always is.

Frostcrystal · Post by **Frostcrystal** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 6:54 am

Do you have any idea when it'll be back up again? xD

Amtekoth · Post by **Amtekoth** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 8:15 am

Are all the comics unreachable right now? We've had a pretty good run for the last few months, but I can't get in this morning to read my favs.

EmergencyExit · Post by **EmergencyExit** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 9:33 am

And it's working again, until night comes again...

Paoken · Post by **Paoken** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:20 pm

It's been happening to me on a regular basis...it seems like every night at midnight or so it freaks out. Every other comic gen comic I read too. But since this is a known (and expected issue) I guess Ill just sit back and relax. Haha....Well...Yeah...I'll keep an eye out.

Thanks again.

Admiral Gilliad Cobalt · Tue Jan 29, 2008 12:40 pm

I don't profess to have any inside knowledge. It's just that you can almost set your calendar to when this happens. Maybe it's routine upgrades, or just something "Voodoo" about the Internet. Since I'm on the outside lookin' in, anyone's educated sounding guess could be valid lest we hear from the experts.

Dr Neo Lao · Post by **Dr Neo Lao** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 1:49 pm

I do recall a problem a while back (not sure when) that the server would commit seppuku at midnight when it was meant to be updating. I don't know if it's related to this problem or not, but I do recall that it took a while to work out what was going on.

Anubicdarque · Post by **Anubicdarque** » Tue Jan 29, 2008 11:34 pm

Just hit 6 PM Aussie Central Daylight

Comic Genesis goes down

Godai · Post by **Godai** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:01 am

9 in the morning CET - won't load.

Kerny mantis · Post by **Kerny mantis** » Wed Jan 30, 2008 12:04 am

8am GMT. Still not up.

-Kerny Mantis Comics
http://kernymantis.comicgen.com/

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