# Why has the board been down? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 23, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437 "2008-12-23T21:37:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/db5fbb/32.png) [@Hirka\_T\_Bawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hirka_T_Bawa)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/1 "2008-12-23T21:37:11Z")
The board has been unreachable all day, at least since I woke up (around 12pm EDT). What happened? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/2 "2008-12-23T21:37:27Z")
Board down all day? Me no understand why for. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/3 "2008-12-23T21:40:17Z")
Yea it was horrible. It gave me time to reflect on my social life. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/4 "2008-12-23T21:42:01Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > Yea it was horrible. It gave me time to reflect on my social life. But now you’re back. I take it your reflection didn’t reveal what you’d hoped it would. ---
**Author:** ![jdavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f6c823/32.png) [@jdavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jdavis)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/5 "2008-12-23T21:43:15Z")
A hardware problem that occurred on the primary database server a few days ago finally brought everything to a screeching halt this morning. We believe we have things temporarily fixed on that database server and are scheduling a replacement of one of the cluster server nodes on December 29th at 11 PM MST. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/6 "2008-12-23T21:44:13Z")
Sorry, I thought I was unplugging the vacuum cleaner! ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/7 "2008-12-23T21:46:28Z")
I just assumed there was a mass hamster-suicide. When are you going to upgrade to weasels? When they make suicide pacts they always weasel out of them. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![photopat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e95f7d/32.png) [@photopat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/photopat)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/8 "2008-12-23T21:47:32Z")
> [@jdavis](#): > > A hardware problem that occurred on the primary database server a few days ago finally brought everything to a screeching halt this morning. We believe we have things temporarily fixed on that database server and are scheduling a replacement of one of the cluster server nodes on December 29th at 11 PM MST. Sigh. We all love it when you talk Geeky like that. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/9 "2008-12-23T21:48:06Z")
> [@jdavis](#): > > A hardware problem that occurred on the primary database server a few days ago finally brought everything to a screeching halt this morning. We believe we have things temporarily fixed on that database server and are scheduling a replacement of one of the cluster server nodes on December 29th at 11 PM MST. \*\*Jerry \*\*with the fast answer! Good work man. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/10 "2008-12-23T21:49:54Z")
Thanks man. Just want you to know your work is appreciated here. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/11 "2008-12-23T21:50:55Z")
> [@jdavis](#): > > A hardware problem that occurred on the primary database server a few days ago finally brought everything to a screeching halt this morning. We believe we have things temporarily fixed on that database server and are scheduling a replacement of one of the cluster server nodes on December 29th at 11 PM MST. MST? I thought that was just something that was made-up, like fairies and elves and eskimoes. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/12 "2008-12-23T21:51:18Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > Yea it was horrible. It gave me time to reflect on my social life. Me too. Seriously. Well, I wasn’t reflecting on your social life as much as mine, and not social life as much as life in general, and the possibility that if I were living it properly I wouldn’t be checking to see if the board’s back up quite so often. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/13 "2008-12-23T21:55:02Z")
> [@DudleyGarrett](#): > > But now you’re back. I take it your reflection didn’t reveal what you’d hoped it would. Actually it went better then expected. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/14 "2008-12-23T21:55:31Z")
I’ve merged two threads about the downage so more people see Jerry’s answer. ---
**Author:** ![DudleyGarrett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d9b06d/32.png) [@DudleyGarrett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DudleyGarrett)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/15 "2008-12-23T21:57:16Z")
> [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](#): > > Actually it went better then expected. Sweet. Congrats. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/73ab20/32.png) [@The\_Tao\_s\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Tao_s_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/16 "2008-12-23T21:58:06Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > eskimoes. Was that the Inuit bar tender on the Simpsons? > [@TWDuke](#): > > Me too. Seriously. Well, I wasn’t reflecting on your social life as much as mine, and not social life as much as life in general, and the possibility that if I were living it properly I wouldn’t be checking to see if the board’s back up quite so often. Aye that. ---
**Author:** ![Flander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8c91f0/32.png) [@Flander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flander)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/17 "2008-12-23T22:03:07Z")
I actually got some work done here. Glad it’s back up though. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/18 "2008-12-23T22:07:22Z")
Thanks for the explanation! Cheers and have a great holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/19 "2008-12-23T22:10:38Z")
Well, my house is clean, so there’s that… I was seriously getting grumpy about it, though. My husband (the non-Doper) was laughing at me like I was exaggerating or something. He just doesn’t _understand_… ---
**Author:** ![Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Swallowed_My_Cellphone)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2008, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-the-board-been-down/478437/20 "2008-12-23T22:10:57Z")
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