Socks Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Well, after nearly 12 hours of downtime and 10000 people getting in touch with me saying they were bored at work and had nothing to do, I guess I better explain what the hell went on and how it wasnt my fault haha! UKSO, went offline between 11:30pm last night and until about 45mins ago! Last night a break, in a major fibre line between Dublin & England failed or got damaged. (UKSO is hosted on a datacentre based in Ireland). While another backup fibre line was down for maintenance. Typical! So during the night the firm that looks after those underwater lines (Cogent), started preparing a ship called 'Wave Sentinel' to go out with divers to go and repair/fix the fibre line. View the ship here: http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/232616000 Our hosting company kept us up to date on progress the entire time and its now fixed! Thank God! Interesting though, as excuses go, got to admit that's a good one! Anyways. We will be planning a redundancy now to another server, to stop this happening in the future! Kind Regards! Socks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mikey4410 Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 wow.i did wonder why I couldnt get on. :-( Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funny onion Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I bet those divers get paid a fortune, sounds fun as well! Glad it's back online so fast, brought back memories of the epic downtime that was uk starlet club... shudder... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Azz Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I bet those divers get paid a fortune, sounds fun as well! Glad it's back online so fast, brought back memories of the epic downtime that was uk starlet club... shudder...More than likely no divers involved.They use a sea bed grapple to hook the cable then haul it onto the boat where it's repiard ( spliced ) in a clean room be some geeks on board the boat Quote Link to post Share on other sites
5e colin Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 ha ha feck i thought it was my internet i kept on reloading the page for 30min. to no effekt ha ha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
glanzadude Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 ha ha feck i thought it was my internet i kept on reloading the page for 30min. to no effekt ha haX2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
_shaun_ Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Actually quite concerning how irritated I was getting not being able to get on here ha musta reloaded a few hundred times over the nightshift. Think that's a sign to actually so some work at work Quote Link to post Share on other sites
iamlegend Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 that is so crazy how the cables are there so how do they kno which bit is broken/failing?? humans are so clever Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whitenoize Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 I bet those divers get paid a fortune, sounds fun as well! Glad it's back online so fast, brought back memories of the epic downtime that was uk starlet club... shudder... they do have a few mates that are ex army divers do that kind of work and they are on serious money Quote Link to post Share on other sites
funny onion Posted November 20, 2014 Share Posted November 20, 2014 Yeah there are a few divers on the rigs with my bro and they get paid silly money Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aleximport25 Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 X2 x3 glad to have ukso back in my life Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ricky@Race-Tech Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 They send a test signal down to the (joints/boosters) and measure the time it takes to get a response. IIRC, I asked a mate who does it a few years back. that is so crazy how the cables are there so how do they kno which bit is broken/failing?? humans are so clever Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ryan-11 Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 didn't even know the site was down haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmymac101 Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 didn't even know the site was down hahaThat just shows you need go visit here more often haha Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dale SR Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 ahh so this is why i couldnt get on. i just thought it was my internet haha. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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