Power outage, search service will be resumed when it is over

03 Oct 23: One server was relocated, the server currently doesn't have a public IP address since in the meantime it is running on starlink. I wrote some additional tunnel code running separately to handle this. When the server is engaged the connection is 5600+ days uniform (since around 24 July 2008). In the unlikely case I disengaged the server because of some problem the retention is 1200-3800 days depending on newsgroup. If you experience any issue please let me know.

29 Nov 23: Because of encrypted and obfuscated posts flood mass posted by a few nzb indexing websites using usenet servers as private storage for their members to download the posts - the situation with the content is pretty chaotic since their purpose is to post in such a way, so users must use their website exclusively, when the website disappears - the encrypted posts just eat usenet providers' hard disk space uselessly. If you can't find something specific please let me know at alexbirj at gmail dot com what exactly you can't find for me to check how it is possible to retain the posts. Non-obfuscated posts shouldn't be affected at all, let me know if you notice anything missing.

29 Nov 23: The search protocol had to be upgraded to extend 3 byte (16M+) limit on the server side for number of sets per instance, so at least the version 5.8.3 is needed to access it, otherwise should be no any difference.
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alex
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Power outage, search service will be resumed when it is over

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We have scheduled power outage and in the same time system disk failed (second seagate and second time it is not even the database drive) when I tried to switch to backup configuration to provide the service during the power outage.

So we need to wait until the power outage will be over (at most few hours), I've already reconfigured the server affected by the power outage to run in the backup configuration on that computer when power is back.
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Post by dengle »

Power is restored. Servers should be up within the next 30 minutes.
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the server is now working in the 150 day mode until the system drive is replaced or rendered usable again.
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Post by alex »

i've managed to isolate the hard drive (running chkdisk and not using the drive for paging file) and utilize the computer as is, so all is now running as usual in the 210 day retention mode.
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Post by alex »

someone reported certain results weren't returned, when i checked it more closely, apparently when reconfiguring the server to address the failed system disk i accidentally clicked "index subjects" check box area to bring a server instance to the focus (the control area is too wide extending beyond the actual text, i'll make it narrower) thus unknowingly unchecking it so it didn't index subjects after restart.

i've restarted the server now with indexing subjects check box checked so all is ok now.

the server segment gathered headers as normal (just indexing is only an option e.g. to run the server without actual indexing for backup purposes only with less RAM consumption or higher retention), so all what was needed to recheck the check box and restart the server.
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