I completely agree... Also i need to have my fix on the BGG group on google! :D No need to have mirror sites. It is typically only a couple of hours before it is online again! :D
On Sep 29, 8:44 am, razumny <[email protected]> wrote: > Oh, and just to be clear, I think the prioritization on the 'Geeks > part is absotively, posilutely, the correct approach. Putting your > money where you can get the most for them is the only sensible way to > run any operation. > > I am assuming that there are backup systems that can be put online > within an acceptable period of time. Of course, that all depends on > what you define as "acceptable". For a low-essentiality site like the > 'Geek, I'd say anywhere within five business days is fine. If they > were a bank, I would think that there would be a high availability, > double redundancy system. That just doesn't make any kind of sense for > a site like the 'Geek. > > On Sep 29, 8:11 am, razumny <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > My understanding is that, the economical situation of the 'Geek being > > what it is, the focus has been on stable live servers that are taken > > down for maintenance once in a while (and it seems to me that it has > > been a long while since the last time now), instead of having a mirror > > site, as that would be too costly. > > > I might be wrong. > > > On Sep 29, 8:09 am, Scott Alden <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Yes. > > > > On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 12:59 AM, 1 Awesome Guy <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > Hey BGGers, > > > > > So I work in web development and am curious if anyone knows why they > > > > take the entire website offline for maintenance. In my opinion, a > > > > website the size of BGG should not be taken offline every time they > > > > need to make changes. They should be able able to work on a mirror > > > > site then copy the changes over very quickly. Of course, I do not know > > > > the specifics of their set-up, but I've never seen another website of > > > > this size do this. > > > > > Am I just missing something? > > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > > > Groups "BGG Down" group. > > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > [email protected]. > > > > For more options, visit this group > > > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BGG Down" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bgg_down?hl=en.
