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Post by ctgteeed on Nov 13, 2012 13:15:04 GMT -5
hi
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ljc
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Post by ljc on Nov 13, 2012 14:21:03 GMT -5
Hi!
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Post by pressitup on Nov 13, 2012 20:11:46 GMT -5
Stand back , gentlemen(and lady), real men with real pocket protectors have this.
Good luck
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Post by ctgsteed on Nov 14, 2012 9:10:34 GMT -5
UPDATE: 11/14/2012 @ 8:52AM EST- We will be placing a "temporary forum" up from a restored CTG database in 2009 by the weekend. This forum will serve as a filler until we recover all corrupted data from our host which could take a couple more weeks. All of the posts/threads/etc. from this temporary forum WILL be saved and transferred to teh newly recovered database and combined with all up to date data (2012) once we are able to obtain the files from a 3rd party recover group. Please continue using cappingthegame.proboards.com until this temporary forum is published and live. What happened, and how does this happen? Eight days ago we incurred what is called a massive hard drive failure. Many important files, including forum db directories, were corrupted and badly damaged. When our host went to fix the issue, and transfer teh bad files to a new drive, the files became more corrupt and virtually non-transferrable. Our backup copies have also become corrupt because of this. We firmly believe that our host, DedicatedNow, could have taken a better approach in rescuing the data and making safer backups prior to taking our server offline to repair. We will continue to pursue this rescue in the best manner possible. We ask that you remain patient, and loyal to CTG in the days to come as we get things back up to speed.
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Post by ctgbar on Nov 14, 2012 9:11:55 GMT -5
:vkshake:
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Post by spanishshark on Nov 14, 2012 9:22:52 GMT -5
Thanks Steed. I think it's safe to say that our members are very loyal. There's no place like home
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ljc
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Post by ljc on Nov 14, 2012 11:44:47 GMT -5
Nice work Steed.
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Post by madshooter on Nov 14, 2012 14:06:43 GMT -5
thanks for the update
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Post by ctgteeed on Nov 14, 2012 14:33:46 GMT -5
great stuff as always steed
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Post by ctgsteed on Nov 15, 2012 9:15:34 GMT -5
CTG TO RETURN BY 11/17/2012 10:30PM EST
UPDATE: Capping the Game will restore a 2009 version of it's forum, updated with the most recent vBulletin 4.2.x. This forum will serve as a liason for our members to post while we, our host, and techs continue to recover data from the damaged database (2012). Because this is an older restore, any members that signed up at CTG during or after 2009 will be required to register again. Once (and if) we are able to recover the data from the November 2012 backup, we will then merge all content (temporary forum and recovered) to a complete database to re-establish the CTG all together. When launched, you may begin posting as usual. We will continue to make theme and cosmetic changes to the temporary forum as the days go on, in an attempt to reach the previous feel.
* IMPORTANT * ********** If your username requires you to re-register at CTG, we ask you to use the SAME email, and the SAME membername to do so. This will help avoid conflicts when merging databases. **********
What happened, why did it happen, and should it happen? On November 7th, 2012, CTG was hit with a massive hard drive failure which corrupted several important forum database files. A HD error is unexpected, and hard to recover from as you can see. There are ways for us to retrieve this data, but it will take a third party recovery group to diagnose the drive and attempt to rescue. This will take a few weeks. We truly believe this sort of mishap should never happen, and will not happen here in the future. Although a damaged HD is hard to predict, our host (DedicatedNOW) did not take the proper procedures in preventing our data from damage, backing up the data, rescuing it and restoring. We have since put a third party backup (RAID) in place so these types of issues can not occur in the future. All of the CTG family would like to extend a very important apology, and thank you, for your continued loyalty. This catastrophe has made the Mods and Partners more motivated than every to further the future of CTG, and continue it's quest to be the best discussion forum on the net.
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ljc
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Post by ljc on Nov 15, 2012 9:33:46 GMT -5
Thanks for the update Steed
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hulu
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Post by hulu on Nov 15, 2012 10:21:51 GMT -5
Party at CTG, Sat night @ 10:31pm est. Everyone is invited!!
WTG Steed
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Post by aztec4life on Nov 15, 2012 14:08:32 GMT -5
What if I can't remember which E-Mail I used to create my account? That was over six years ago. I can hardly remember what I did yesterday.
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Post by ctgsteed on Nov 15, 2012 15:11:14 GMT -5
What if I can't remember which E-Mail I used to create my account? That was over six years ago. I can hardly remember what I did yesterday. If it was six years ago you won't have to re-sign up. Only 09-12 members.
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Post by pressitup on Nov 15, 2012 17:40:10 GMT -5
I have an old SUN Ultra 2 in the bedroom. We can host this sucker on Solaris and MySQL Set up a raid with a multipack.
Got Dual procs...................
Yeah, it's old.
CTG is the best discussion forum. Good work gentlemen.
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