BOINCstats/BAM!

BOINCstats: Want to be among the first to see the new BOINCstats?

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:21:01 GMT

2011-12-11: I am looking for testers for the new BOINCstats. I’m slowly progressing and more input is welcome. You can apply by replying to this news item in the forum. Testers have access to a special forum section and to the alpha and beta test websites (please note that after three months of inactivity these privileges will be revoked!).

BOINCstats: Unexpected downtime.

Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:03:24 GMT

2011-10-30: One of the web servers crashed during my night which made the site inaccessible for half of the visitors. Sorry for the inconvenience. Murphy always seems to plan these things while I’m sleeping.

BOINCstats: Unexpected downtimes.

Sat, 07 May 2011 06:45:28 GMT

2011-05-07: We had a couple of hours downtime yesterday and last night. Also, the website is becoming slower by the day. I figured out the problem, which is hardware related. The RAID controller in the web server looses connection with the system at times. The only remedy is to reboot the server when it happens. Fortunately, a new web server will be build soon to replace the current server. Till it's in place we may run into more downtime. I expect the new server to be up and running in a little over two weeks.

BOINCstats: IMPORTANT: Combined User Accounts have changed unique ID's

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:04:13 GMT

2011-03-03: Due to the problems with the database this week all combined user stats have been renumbered. This is the unique ID used at BOINCstats to identify a combined user stat. Not to be confused with the CPID or the BAM! id!! As a result, the link for the default signature has changed as well. Please look on your detailed stats page for the new link. Customized BAM! signatures are not affected, team, country and host stats or stats for the projects are also not affected. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.

BOINCstats: Downtime

Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:07:38 GMT

2011-03-02: I ran into a little trouble upgrading the operating system on the servers and it took me a little while to figure out what was going wrong. Sorry for the inconvenience.

BOINCstats: Unexpected downtime

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:50:10 GMT

2011-01-17: The web server got stuck in a fatal error loop and I had to manually convince it to get out of it. We had about five hours of downtime. Sorry for the inconvenience.

BOINCstats: New server needed.

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 09:59:33 GMT

2010-12-31: The update server is slowly dying, therefor I'm planning to build a new server to replace it. You can support BOINCstats by donating hardware or a small monetary donation. If you want to donate hardware, I'm looking for server-grade hardware, hardware SAS RAID controller, SSD's etc. Contact me via PM or email (webmaster_at_boincstats_dot_com) if you want to donate hardware.

BOINCstats: Happy birthday everyone!

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 05:56:51 GMT

2010-12-31: Due to a bug in my birthday query everybody who has not set his birthday got an email today congratulating them with their birthday. Everybody was also shown on the front page as celebrating their 41st birthday. My apologies for the problem. The query is fixed and this shouldn't happen anymore. Edit: I was able to stop quite a few of the outgoing emails, but about 5000 got out.

BOINCstats: BOINCstats now available in Romanian.

Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:31:00 GMT

2010-08-18: BOINCstats is now available in Romanian. Thanks to Philip Sultanescu for this accomplishment. Languages can be selected by clicking on the flags on the top-right of every page.

BOINCstats: Database problems

Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:20:52 GMT

2010-07-30: During the daily update the database server locked up and after I restarted it I found the database totally corrupted. It took me some time to recover all data and the update is now in progress. I froze the XML imports so the numbers will be the same as if it ran on time. Incremental updates are disabled until tomorrow. The host update will skip a day. I removed all my ramblings from the shoutbox (this was the quickest way for me to update you) and removed replies to them.

BOINCstats: Unexpected downtime

Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:25:13 GMT

2010-06-13: There was a power failure and subsequently a network failure at the data-center. The power failure happened during the daily update leaving the database with incorrect data (got to love Murphy). Therefor we have to recover the database from backup and restart the update, which then will be a few hours later.

BOINCstats: Team Challenges

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:33:45 GMT

2010-02-28: Team challenges @ BOINCstats is now released. Challenges can now be issued and joined by all teams. The challenge pages are open for all users. If you are a team founder you will find a new menu item in your "Team founder" menu: "Challenges". With it you can issue challenges or join challenges issued by other teams. On the challenge chat pages team members can chat directly with each other about the challenges. Bragging is allowed! Of course there are detailed statistics and charts to follow the challenges and monitor your teams' standings. See all challenges on boincstats.com/bam/challenges.php

BOINCstats: Unexpected downtime

Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:53:06 GMT

2010-01-04: The user table from the site crashed which in turn made the website unreachable. We had a little over an hour of downtime.

BOINCstats: Unplanned downtime

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:15:10 GMT

2009-08-26: Last night we had a long six hour downtime due to the datacenter people exchanging core switches. They promised that we would be put on a temporary switch during the maintenance but they failed to do so or the temporary switch just didn't work.

BOINCstats: Replacing database server and maintenance on the webserver.

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:59:39 GMT

2009-07-02: Friday July the 3th I will replace the database server with the new server. This will not cause any downtime. However, two of the harddrives from the webserver need to be replaced because they indicate that they will fail soon. For this I have to shut down the webserver. I don't know exactly for how long, it all depends on how quickly the RAID controller can rebuild the array. Maintenance will start around 9:00GMT.

BOINCstats: Database server fundraiser

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 15:42:14 GMT

2009-06-19: Dear visitor and user of BOINCstats. It's that time again where I ask for your (financial) help :). BOINCstats has grown over the years, many things have changed, we added a separate webserver, we joined forces with Primegrid, last year we upgraded our hosting to our own rack, and we created many many stats. But one thing never changed. One proud server was always there. It was the BOINCstats webserver, then it also hosted Primegrid, and after adding the server for Primegrid and the BOINCstats webserver it became the backbone of the stats: it runs all the updates and prepares the stats for the webserver. But all good things come to an end sometime. Lately the database server has been struggling, it became unstable. It's also getting slow because users and hosts keep increasing, but the server can no longer be upgraded. So, it's time to replace it.... The parts for the server have been ordered, but you can understand that it's not a €250 budget computer. So I'll say it quickly so it won't seem that much: we need €2000. If you like BOINCstats, BAM!, the forum, the user profiles or if you just like your daily portion of stats, then please consider donating a small amount. You can do so on the donation page. Thank you very much for your support! Willy.

BOINCstats: Scheduled downtime

Sat, 16 May 2009 20:19:34 GMT

2009-05-16: The datacenter where the BOINCstats servers are located is upgrading its server racks. Therefore the servers have to be moved to another floor to free up the old rack. Monday may 18th starting 12:00 GMT BOINCstats will be down to move the servers. Expected downtime is one to two hours depending on Murphy's involvement. This will also affect PrimeGrid as their servers are in the same rack and will be moved as well.

BOINCstats: Network problems

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:38:23 GMT

2008-11-25: Our rack seems to lose network connectivity from time to time, with today having a major downtime of over two hours. DC staff has checked the network cables and found nothing wrong with them so it might be our switch. Fingers crossed for them finding a cable breakage in our network cable or otherwise it's back to the hardware store.

BOINCstats: Scheduled downtime: Monday October 27th 2008

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 17:51:25 GMT

2008-10-23: Monday October 27th 2008 I will move the BOINCstats and PrimeGrid servers to the new rack. I can't guestimate the exact downtime, but it will be several hours, since I will have to drag the servers up to the first floor and there will be network changes. I'll start with PrimeGrid so that Rytis can test his servers and connections while I move BOINCstats. Let's all hope that Murphy has a day off!

BOINCstats: Hosting plan changes

Sat, 04 Oct 2008 14:12:36 GMT

2008-10-04: Rytis and I have decided to change our server plan from co-location to hiring a rack. This will have several advantages and a disadvantage. We need your help once more. Read more about it in the comments of this article.