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Rick Spies Send message Joined: 11 Jul 99 Posts: 16 Credit: 23,221,600 RAC: 107 |
I received the following post a couple days ago via RSS: "Our science database crashed. It's recovering but no work will be available for a while." I have several thoughts which this post has brought to mind again -- things which bug me every time there is a major issue: 1 - This info is not posted on the main page. 2 - What the heck is, "...for a while"? Minutes? Hours? Days? Weeks???? 3 - When a major outage occurs, users should receive an update every 8-12 hours via a post on the main page and via an RSS post. Nature abhors a vacuum and that's what we have here. "Need input!" |
John McLeod VII Send message Joined: 15 Jul 99 Posts: 24806 Credit: 790,712 RAC: 0 |
I received the following post a couple days ago via RSS: For a while for DB recovery typically means anywhere from an hour to 3 days. BOINC WIKI |
Aurora Borealis Send message Joined: 14 Jan 01 Posts: 3075 Credit: 5,631,463 RAC: 0 |
I received the following post a couple days ago via RSS:That's because it's a pain to update the main page. It's not like sending a text message. Besides at least half the people link directly to the message boards and never go through the main page. Your guess is as good as theirs. By the time they know how long it's going to take to fix, the problem has already been resolved. Then it's all matter of how many users caches need to be replenished before things stabilize. If Boinc is still not connecting after 8 hours your Message tab tell you. What else do you want to hear. "It's not fixed yet"? Boinc V7.2.42 Win7 i5 3.33G 4GB, GTX470 |
Rick Spies Send message Joined: 11 Jul 99 Posts: 16 Credit: 23,221,600 RAC: 107 |
What else do I want to hear? "The hard drive crashed. The ETA is until we are up is 12 hours." "Update: The HDD has been replaced and restored via backup." ...or... "A contractor dug-up our T3 line. We don't have an ETA for repairs. An update will be posted as more information becomes available." "Update: The telco has a crew is working on it now. We've been told the repair will be completed this afternoon.)" "Update: Repairs are completed. Getting work units may be a little slow due to the heavy load following the outage." All I'm asking for is common sense - common courtesy. Is that too much to ask? |
Aurora Borealis Send message Joined: 14 Jan 01 Posts: 3075 Credit: 5,631,463 RAC: 0 |
Anything as big as loosing the main internet would take the Forums off line (meaning you couldn't see it anyway) or would be updated on the front page. Or, as happened Friday, Matt posted from home in the Tech forum...
Boinc V7.2.42 Win7 i5 3.33G 4GB, GTX470 |
Rick Spies Send message Joined: 11 Jul 99 Posts: 16 Credit: 23,221,600 RAC: 107 |
My samples were impromptu examples, not necessarily real-world situations. Posting in a forum not visited by 99.9% of users is no substitute for a brief note on the front page which would also be available via RSS. As you can see, I am not a clueless newbie. I have no idea why you, a moderator and developer, are being so defensive and flame-baiting me about such a simple request. This is my last post on this topic. End. |
OzzFan Send message Joined: 9 Apr 02 Posts: 15691 Credit: 84,761,841 RAC: 28 |
Hmmm... the first place I saw the news was on the front page, which is where I always come in at. The more time they spend updating the users, the less time they have in actually fixing the problem. Matt has already stated that putting things on the main page isn't easy. I can understand why people would want more information. It is courtesy to do so. But at the same time, if they start putting up ETAs, then things fall apart making them miss an ETA, people tend to get real upset. If they don't post a time, then there's nothing people can hold them to incase something else goes wrong. Rick, try not to think of John and AB as "flame baiting" you, because they are not. They are simply users like yourself who are offering their own opinion. Everyone is entitled to one, even if it is in disagreement. Nothing to get upset about because someone else doesn't like your idea. |
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