Archive for February, 1999

We’ve modified the telnet issue file so that…

Tuesday, February 16th, 1999

Tue Feb 16 16:59:03 PST 1999 -- We've modified the telnet issue file so that it warns users about the risk of using telnet versus SSH - we recommend users switch to SSH where possible. -Dane

Our database server, Timber, now sports a…

Saturday, February 13th, 1999

Sat Feb 13 05:40:00 PST 1999 -- Our database server, Timber, now sports a shiny-new RAID-5 disk subsystem. It has been online for over a day -- so far, no problems. Thank you for your patience during this upgrade. -Scott

Sonic.net will be closed on Monday the 15th…

Saturday, February 13th, 1999

Sat Feb 13 17:30:08 PST 1999 -- Sonic.net will be closed on Monday the 15th of February. Technical support is available on Saturday and Sunday from 9am to 9pm, and will reopen on Tuesday at 9am. Have a nice holiday weekend! -Dane

Our new RAID-5 disk system is ready for…

Thursday, February 11th, 1999

Thu Feb 11 20:14:05 PST 1999 -- Our new RAID-5 disk system is ready for service in our mysql server (Timber). Since initialization would take far longer than we expected (12 hours!), we pulled the RAID out and initialized it in another computer. Starting at 1am tomorrow (Friday) morning, ...

Timber, the mysql server, is still down for…

Wednesday, February 10th, 1999

Wed Feb 10 04:41:21 PST 1999 -- Timber, the mysql server, is still down for maintenance as we move from software RAID to hardware RAID. The Mylex controller is currently initializing the RAID5 pack; I estimate it will complete prior to 6:30am. Sorry about the delay! -Scott

We’ve completed the emergency maintenance on…

Tuesday, February 9th, 1999

Tue Feb 9 09:54:58 PST 1999 -- We've completed the emergency maintenance on the T3, and things are humming right along. Latency and packet loss are both back to normal levels, and we're quite pleased. There was a configuration problem with the way that the SMDS circuit was engineered, ...

We’re running behind on expansion of capacity

Monday, February 8th, 1999

Mon Feb 8 18:01:40 PST 1999 -- We're running behind on expansion of capacity for our xxx-0174 (PacWest served) dialup numbers, and this is resulting in intermittant busy signals in some areas. More capacity is on order, and will be delivered by PacWest late this week. Meanwhile, in many ...

PacBell and UUNet are working on resolving…

Monday, February 8th, 1999

Mon Feb 8 17:54:28 PST 1999 -- PacBell and UUNet are working on resolving slowdowns in the T3 SMDS cloud. This slowdown is causing some packet loss and long round trip times between us and UUNet. Emergency maintenance is being scheduled for the T3 circuit and should be completed ...

West County dialups (-0174 numbers) are…

Sunday, February 7th, 1999

Sun Feb 7 19:41:34 PST 1999 -- West County dialups (-0174 numbers) are suffering due to problems with the PacWest tandems serving the area. PacWest is working on the problem; hopefully we'll have a resolution later this evening. -Scott

We’ve just brought online a new dialup number

Tuesday, February 2nd, 1999

Tue Feb 2 13:04:24 PST 1999 -- We've just brought online a new dialup number serving West Sonoma County. The new number, 707-823-8812 replaces 707-887-0811 which will be decomissioned in the future. The new facilities offer v.90 and K56Flex support, plus ISDN. Sonic.net is not responsible for toll, so ...