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Mark Smith ([staff profile] mark) wrote in [site community profile] dw_maintenance2013-05-18 07:51

Downtime this morning

(For some California local definition of 'morning'!)

About 30 minutes ago one of our databases (sb-db03) locked up and stopped serving traffic. This was an active database, so the site quickly stopped when it could no longer serve requests. Alas.

I have failed us over to a backup database and now everything should be working again.

I'm not sure yet what happened to db03, but am currently investigating and will update this post if I come up with a root cause for the problem. Edit: It's back up and doesn't have any visible problems. Disks are fine, data's intact, etc. The graphs and logs show nothing. We'll have to keep an eye on it and see if it manifests further issues.

Sorry for the trouble, please let me know if you still see any problems!

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Dragonfly ([personal profile] dragonfly) wrote in [community profile] genealogy2013-05-17 18:22

Wikitree Let's build one human family tree

I have just started using wikitree, which is just what it sounds like. A family tree that can be added to by anyone. http://www.wikitree.com/

Well, they have instituted some policies and hoops to jump through, apparently to weed out some troll-like behavior they've had in the past. But it's not too hard to figure out, and it's a free way to be able to link in to other people's trees and knowledge.

http://www.wikitree.com/