Apparently, things aren’t as rosy as once thought. We killed the banners again (temporarily) and will be working to get performance back to where it should be. Now that we’re running on SQL 2005, we have some more options available to us that we’re looking forward to exploring and implementing. Thanks for your support and patience. :-)
Back to Business
The database server was running on a backup machine since around 8:00 last night, and it’s back on its original hardware, but with a new OS and SQL Server version under it (from Win2K/SQL2K to Win2K3/SQ2K5) so hopefully things will be perfrorming a bit better. If you come across any issues, please drop me a line at iafd@iafd.com. Thanks for the notes of support (which are finally coming thru, since our inbound mail was also affected…)
Bloodied but Unbowed
Got the server running on a slow backup, but it’s working nonetheless. It’s Sloooooooooow, but it’ll be better on Sunday. Thanks for your patience.
I guess I have to think of it as Thursday…
… because I’d hate to think I spend a few minutes on Thanksgiving sorting out the difference between PEE and GOLDEN SHOWER on our advanced search page. (When you searched on “Golden Showers” you actually got peeing scenes. Now you have your choice.) So, once again, Happy Thanksgiving (or Thursday) everyone… and treat your turkey better than Jerry Butler treated his in “>Raw Talent ;-)
Correction to the Corrections
We had a little admin-induced database glitch earlier which resulted in us losing 18 corrections. If you sent in a correction between 2 AM and 6 PM Eastern and you haven’t gotten a “it’s done” email (assuming you asked for one), you’re probably one of the 18. Our apologies… And happy Thanksgiving Eve to our American buddies… to the rest of you; happy Wednesday. :-)