View Full Version : M3server What The Fuck Is Going On?!
2nd time in less then a month!
Can't get a hold of anyone, not good, not good at all.
Guess all of your accounts can kiss goodbye to their listings and trades today not to mention pissed off member that cancel when they can't log in.
Greenguy
2004-12-20, 10:34 AM
I just told Murray to read this thread before he runs the linkbot for LOR tonight - we will be ignoring all the "no dns" errors if it's still down.
mikeyddddd
2004-12-20, 10:51 AM
M3 is up now. My domains are accessible.
Yeah I saw all the spam come into my mailbox so I knew they had comeback online.
Nice… my LL bot says 14000+ sites down.
I can just tell my LL bot to rerun but my TGP bot deletes stuff. :(
docholly
2004-12-20, 11:10 AM
Originally posted by Cleo
Nice… my LL bot says 14000+ sites down.
I can just tell my LL bot to rerun but my TGP bot deletes stuff. :(
Ohhh maybe my galleries from 6 months ago will now be floating on the top again.. silver lining to everything.
|rasta|
Knight
2004-12-20, 11:52 AM
I am getting a little tired of it also. This is their response,
"We had a backbone issue between us and them this morning... This issue should not happen again as we are taking steps to be even more redundant then we currently are..."
But I like Cleo feel its getting old.
Overall I'm very happy with them but stuff like this makes me really start to wonder about things.
I do think they need a way to at least let us know what is going on when there is a problem.
Knight
2004-12-20, 12:26 PM
I would like to add to my earlier comment about M3, other than the outages lately I am a very satisfied customer. I have asked some awful dumb questions at times and the gang is always happy to take the time to explain things and help in anyway. So hopefully they will get things in order.
Their tech support is first rate and anything that I've ever needed was taken care of right away.
I just hope this isn't something bad happening to them.
Robbo
2004-12-20, 09:05 PM
Ditto that Cleo! I don`t know where else I would ever get direct assistance at 3am for trivial shit which has happened! (don`t try this at home)
T Pat
2004-12-20, 09:16 PM
Originally posted by Robbo
Ditto that Cleo! I don`t know where else I would ever get direct assistance at 3am for trivial shit which has happened! (don`t try this at home)
cyberwurx has been there for me in the middle of the night on more than one ocassion when I had operater caused problems (I'm the operater)|zzzzzzzzz
Robbo
2004-12-20, 11:31 PM
That`s always nice Pat! I don`t assume they`ve been around this long for lacking service either. I know a few people that have been with them for a while. I had called M3 actually just to leave a message one night and surprise someone picked up! hehe
I can think of a few good hosts.
I also remember back when BW was like $7 a gig.
BW is cheap now so it is all about service and reliability now.
I get a little crazy when my server goes down. All I can think of is how current my backup is and what a fucking nightmare getting all my scripts working on a new server would be. Not to mention lost listings, trades, and all the lost income that goes with losing traffic.
You never really know if it is a few minute problem or if the data center has exploded and the fragments of what was your server are now raining down onto the crater where it once existed as a 24/7 money machine.
|potleaf|
Robbo
2004-12-21, 12:36 AM
Or if google just happened to be trying to spider you for that next big listing!?
verve
2004-12-22, 08:26 PM
Originally posted by Cleo
I can think of a few good hosts.
I also remember back when BW was like $7 a gig.
BW is cheap now so it is all about service and reliability now.
I get a little crazy when my server goes down. All I can think of is how current my backup is and what a fucking nightmare getting all my scripts working on a new server would be. Not to mention lost listings, trades, and all the lost income that goes with losing traffic.
You never really know if it is a few minute problem or if the data center has exploded and the fragments of what was your server are now raining down onto the crater where it once existed as a 24/7 money machine.
|potleaf|
LOL! So true.. your not the first one to be bitching about them.. see it on other boards as well.. customer support.. always beats cheap bandwidth..
ngb1959
2004-12-26, 11:59 PM
Just woke up to find that server is down again.
Anyone else having a problem?
Nope, I don't seem to have any downtime, I just checked my server graphs and couldn't find any downtime. And, Cleo's sig is working too.
Mist
ngb1959
2004-12-27, 06:24 AM
It was down at the time I posted the previous reply and it is down again right now. But I just checked Cleo's site and her's is up.
Does anyone have a clue why my sites aren't coming up?
http://www.dreamypleasures.com/ravenriley/
Strange, have you contacted the support?
Mist
ngb1959
2005-02-11, 04:37 AM
I sent tech support an email already. Does anyone know what this error is and what do I need to do to fix it?
Thanks.
Nina
==============================
SmartFTP v1.0.983.22
Resolving host name dreamypleasures.com...
Connecting to (dreamypleasures.com) -> IP: 209.215.97.108 PORT: 21
Connected to (dreamypleasures.com) -> Time = 0ms
Socket connected waiting for login sequence.
220 ProFTPD 1.2.10 Server (ProFTPD) [209.215.97.108]
USER ngb1959
500 USER not understood
natalie
2005-02-11, 04:59 AM
Hmm just a few hours ago I sent an email to M3 checking on prices to move some of my sites there... Should I keep looking?
ngb1959
2005-02-11, 05:02 AM
I don't know. I very rarely have problems with them and they are very easy to deal with.
Now, my main page comes up, but none of my other ones do.
http://www.dreamypleasures.com/
http://www.dreamypleasures.com/pimproll/ls/index.html
And if you click on a thumb on this page, the big picture doesn't show up.
http://www.dreamypleasures.com/pimproll/graphics/15.html
This sucks.
Looks like you images are corrupted, nothing to do with M3 Server, they are fine.
swedguy
2005-02-11, 07:49 AM
http://www.google.se/search?sourceid=mozclient&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&q=site:www.dreamypleasures.com
Interesting. All your pages are white except result #1 in Google (all the cached versions looks fine).
Useless
2005-02-11, 08:51 AM
Looks like a server hiccup that wiped out much of your data.
ngb1959
2005-02-11, 09:14 AM
Just did a system restore. Hope this fixes it.
ngb1959
2005-02-11, 09:44 AM
Fuckers.
System restore worked.
Now none of my sites are coming up.
Fuckers.
<<The page cannot be displayed
The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings. >>
Fuckers.
ngb1959
2005-02-11, 09:52 AM
I uninstalled smart ftp and re-installed it.
It's working.
<still> fuckers! ;)
ngb1959
2005-02-11, 11:14 AM
Reply from support in case someone else has problems:
There was a problem with the primary system drive on
titan.simplecom.net. The problem did not cause any system failures that triggered
alarms, but was causing
erratic system behaviour in most services. The problem has been
corrected, and
will be closely monitored througout the day.
natalie
2005-02-13, 04:34 PM
They didn't answer my sales query email that I wrote 3 days ago... |pokefun| oh well I just bought hosting at PhatServers where the majority of my sites will be moving. Except for a couple I have at Powerstorm.
stuveltje
2005-02-13, 05:34 PM
since i am on the net i have paid hosting, (it takes an investment to earn) i use isprime, they are not the cheapest my longest downtime ever ws 30 minites, i can reach them 24hours a day a week on icq , they always answer and do their best, i have them now for more then 3 years and i can say i realy like them, same with aw stats they contact me thru icq and fixed all, i am just one lucky bastard and dont think of changing my host ever. |king| |pink
ngb1959
2005-03-07, 10:44 PM
Down again!
PR_Tom
2005-03-07, 10:49 PM
Yep, the whole host it seems :(
PR_Tom
2005-03-07, 11:01 PM
dammit, I'm going to lose every archived listing I have :(:( I already had to pause my ad campaigns too arghhhhhh I hate this.
I just got woken up by FoxyAngel because her site is down.
Yeah the whole host seems to be down, not good.
plateman
2005-03-07, 11:13 PM
Dam cleo maybe it time to shop around or just a bad luck streak And That is the worst thing to happen to go down - like its hard enough to make sales when your up..
PR_Tom
2005-03-07, 11:34 PM
It's been an hour now by my count :(
chaze
2005-03-07, 11:49 PM
I have heard of a lot of weird things like this lately maybe it's not them and a global network fault? |yawn|
LadyB
2005-03-07, 11:53 PM
This truly is a pain in the ass. There's no way to know if anyone is even working on it or not. |pissed|
btw.. hello everyone |hello|
Robbo
2005-03-08, 12:11 AM
Count me in on the wait. |sad|
Hi LadyB!
Hi LadyB, it's been a long time, how have you been? :)
IMO M3 server needs a way to let their customers to know what is going on.
I just woke up and I see everything is working again. Anyone know what happened?
Greenguy
2005-03-08, 07:45 AM
I see Cleo's sig file is loading...I assume it's back up now?
The world's not a perfect place people - screws fall out all the time :D
Greenguy
2005-03-08, 07:49 AM
...IMO M3 server needs a way to let their customers to know what is going on...Yeah - a simple email program that they can run anyplace that has Internet access would be a way of letting everyone know there's a problem.
ngb1959
2005-03-08, 07:57 AM
It was off and on last night. I got two emails from some place that watches my sites saying it was 404'ing. That is the way I found out about it.
I think it was the PING/EMP they sent on the show 24 last night that messed it up. Damn computer terrorists!
|bananna|
From my stats it looks like they were down for around 2 hours.
LadyB
2005-03-08, 08:26 AM
Yeah - a simple email program that they can run anyplace that has Internet access would be a way of letting everyone know there's a problem.
I agree. Anyway of letting us know is certainly better than the way it is now.
Hi GG :)
Hi Cleo! It certainly has been a long time. I've been doing great! Just working my butt off as usual. How are things with you? :)
Hiya Robbo!
Hi Cleo! It certainly has been a long time. I've been doing great! Just working my butt off as usual. How are things with you? :)
Life is very good these days. :)
Money has been decent, I just remolded my house, health is good, things are going well.
Don't be a stranger and stop by GG&J's more. :)
ngb1959
2005-03-08, 10:06 AM
Here's the stats for how long it was down:
Recovery Alert
Your Web Site is no longer on error
URL: http://www.dreamypleasures.com/pimproll/rap/blank.html
Time: Tue Mar 08 10:04:28 EST 2005
Total Time on Error: 11 hours, 31 minutes, 43 seconds
My server stats show just over a few hours
Just got this in my e-mail from M3.
Everything should be working normal...
We had a bad storm last night and lost power (as did half the city) for a couple hours while the power company fixed a few things.
If you are still seeing any problems let us know but all should be back to normal.
Thanks
chris
Greenguy
2005-03-08, 03:34 PM
They based their entire operation in a city that has storms? How dare they!
|couch|
I wrote back asking what happened to their emergency power generators
Greenguy
2005-03-08, 03:39 PM
I don't pretend to know how all this internet stuff works & whatnot, but if most of the area was without power it's possible that they were up but the router was down?
All I know is that when my power goes out & the back-up generator goes on, we still have no cable TV |banghead|
Yeah I could be something like that which would be out of their control.
The last thing I want to do is move my stuff but I really wish they would be more forth coming with what is up when they have problems.
TopbucksTrixxxi
2005-03-08, 03:50 PM
Personally, after my newbie nightmare with the then 'allwebsites' I found this little known (then) host that was way cheaper and the guy explained things in such detail that even a total 'server virgin' like me understood what he meant. I've been with them since and I could count the times my site has been down on three fingers and each time it was my boo-boo and it was them hitting me up telling me that my site was down. He's a security freak, so when the hackers started hitting on my hubby's paysite during the Christmas holidays - he contacted me at 4:20 am to tell me that my husband's site was being hit bad for the past 10 minutes - the server flagged it and called him to wake him up. How's that for service? heheh
They'll have to pull me away from Swiftwill kicking and screaming bloody murder :)
Greenguy
2005-03-08, 04:01 PM
Personally, after my newbie nightmare with the then 'allwebsites'...Oh |buddy| I didn't refer you to them, did I? |couch|
TopbucksTrixxxi
2005-03-08, 04:07 PM
Oh |buddy| I didn't refer you to them, did I? |couch|
hahahah Yes actually you did :) it's all good though - with all your help when we started and the fact that you didn't shun us like others did with our very NEWB questions compensated for that one month nightmare which took us off the #1 to # 3 spots on yahoo & google that we were never able to get back ahahahah
How's that for appreciative for just not being mean to someone new |bow|
Greenguy
2005-03-08, 04:43 PM
Oh man, now I feel bad :(
Actually when I was moving hosts at the time I almost went with allwebsites instead of M3 server since your recommended them at the time.
That was back in the last century.
TopbucksTrixxxi
2005-03-08, 04:50 PM
Oh man, now I feel bad :(
Did you own it? hheheh nothing you could have done to change the path it took - gave us a rude awakening and let us look for someone smaller, cheaper, with dedicated service and that could give us the attention & guidance we so desperately needed. I remember checking your site at the time to see when you'd get back online - I'm sure it hurt your business too.
You can only vouch for a company's acumen with what they've proven in the past. You can't speak for how they will be tomorrow or a year from now. They were good (expensive too) while they lasted, they could have been more clear on what the problem was but weren't. We live, we learn :)
Greenguy
2005-03-08, 04:57 PM
I didn't own AllWebSites, but I was promised part of the company & seeing as I paid their bandwidth bills for 2 months before I left, I might as well have owned them - LOL
My sincere apologies to anyone I referred to them!
TopbucksTrixxxi
2005-03-08, 05:02 PM
I didn't own AllWebSites, but I was promised part of the company & seeing as I paid their bandwidth bills for 2 months before I left, I might as well have owned them - LOL
My sincere apologies to anyone I referred to them!
Oh Crap! I'm glad we got out when we did then :)
LadyB
2005-03-08, 05:09 PM
Life is very good these days. :)
Money has been decent, I just remolded my house, health is good, things are going well.
Don't be a stranger and stop by GG&J's more. :)
That's good to hear! :)
And yes, I'll certainly add GG&J's to my bookmarks and stop in to do something other than bitch about servers being down lol ;)
Mishi
2005-03-09, 03:06 AM
Here's the stats for how long it was down:
Recovery Alert
Your Web Site is no longer on error
URL: http://www.dreamypleasures.com/pimproll/rap/blank.html
Time: Tue Mar 08 10:04:28 EST 2005
Total Time on Error: 11 hours, 31 minutes, 43 seconds
OUCH. That hurts to even look at.
Glad ya'll are back up.
My two servers were down for around 3 hours not 11 hours.
Boogie
2005-03-26, 08:47 PM
good news. Servers down at 8:30est, Saturday, day before easter.
i'm clocking em! :) called and emailed. got an answering machine and no response (yet)
we'll see. but night before easter could suck for length of time we remain down.
Boogie
2005-03-26, 09:06 PM
back up. less than half an hour. A+
LadyB
2005-03-26, 09:21 PM
it's down here for me right now. I've had it with this shit
SuziQT
2005-03-26, 09:23 PM
Down for me too, been down for almost an hour. |cry|
PR_Tom
2005-03-26, 09:26 PM
sigh :(
LadyB
2005-03-26, 09:49 PM
I called them just now and got nothing but that damned answering machine (left a not so nice message too) bah.. I'll be shopping for a new host, this is ridiculous.
I just got home and everything is working and I see lots of sign ups in my stats. :)
I do see looking in my stats that there was a problem lasting less then an hour. :(
WTF, nothing from them about what the problem was. :(
Maybe it is time to move one of my servers. :(
Boogie
2005-03-27, 01:21 AM
I like these guys, dont get me wrong. They answered my email shortly after the crisis was taken care of.
just saying. :)
m3server
2005-04-09, 07:57 PM
Re: March outages.
I personally wanted to make sure everything was isolated, for sure, before jumping the gun with an uncertain reply.
We had some lightening strikes that took out half the city and fried a switch of ours.
After the backup switch install, everything was fine until a new problem that was introduced with the new switch was found. But, this wasn't obvious, since each switch has a redundant link, it was a very frustrating task to track it down. So, a simple reboot of the switches was accomplished to restore service. Once service was restored, there was no sign of this intermittent problem.
Long story short, we tracked down the switch causing the problem and removed the redundant fiber link causing the conflict until we could resolve the problem. We have resolved the problem and the network is back to normal.
I do apologize for the lack of communication and will post to this site in the event something happens in the future.
After 9 years in the adult hosting business, we dropped the ball on communications this time. I assure you improvements to our processes have been made and better communication will be brought to the table when it happens as soon as humanly possible.
Please email me with any direct concerns.
As for rumors of us going out of business, far from the truth. We are debt free, own our network, servers, racks, building, etc...
Also, please spam me with graphic bids. We need some graphic design work done.
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