Seti is down again

[IrishFBall32]

I know the guys in the lab have a lot of other things to worry about, but has anyone suggested that they use something like Twitter to fill us all in on this type of catastrophic outage?

Referencing the Diablo3 issues, even Blizzard was using Twitter as a means of telling everyone when/how long they would be down as it was faster than their own forums.

[Claggy]

Definitely unscheduled.

http://ucbsystems.org/category/active/

There's an update now:

Update: Thursday, May 17, 2012  11:30 am: Service desk has been informed that it is still not known when full power will be restored to these locations.  However, partial network connectivity to SSL has been restored using generated power.

Claggy

[Richard Haselgrove]

Not much point in having a network if there isn't a live server on the other end of it (and if they were my servers, I don't think I'd try to run them off a genny)

Still, the AirBears will be happy...

[Claggy]

Not much point in having a network if there isn't a live server on the other end of it (and if they were my servers, I don't think I'd try to run them off a genny)

Still, the AirBears will be happy...

Agreed,

Brad has posted this at the GPUUG: Update on SETI @ Home Outage

Here's a quick update on the outage for interested parties:
 
A 15kV underground power line heading from the campus power substation to the hill that houses the SETI at Home lab shorted out around 2030 on Tuesday night.  PG&E, the local power company, has spent the last two days crawling the line from manhole to manhole looking for the problem.  Apparently while looking for the first short, they managed to cause another short in the line.
 
PG&E has suggested power should be back working this (Thursday) afternoon however understandably this may not happen on schedule.  Please also keep in mind that it may take some time for the lab to get back into full swing due to this unexpected shutdown.
 
Thanks go to Dr. Eric Korpela for the above information and for taking the time to fill us in.
 
Warmly,
 
Brad Deauman.

I've started the donations on the SETI@Home - Green Bank Data Transport Package and the SETI@Home - HDD Transport Cases, feel free to donate too,

Claggy

[skildude]

After the power is back on, I'm willing to bet that there will be at least 15 threads started in Q&A and NC  because people couldn't
1) return work
2) upload work
3) get new work
4) I started using BOINC but nothing is happening.

To those future people I'll say this...Really? 

[Cosmic_Ocean]

Oh, and here's another good thought for everyone to think about, too.  IF it comes back up this afternoon/evening (Thursday), somebody will have to go into the lab after-hours and bring everything back up and make sure it is all coming up gracefully.

Or.. wait until the morning to bring everything back up, spend most of the day doing integrity checks, and then two minutes after they walk out the door on a Friday afternoon..  well we all know that routine.

It might be Monday afternoon before things are working semi-smoothly, and then it's time for the Tuesday maintenance only a few hours later.

[Jim_S]

After the power is back on, I'm willing to bet that there will be at least 15 threads started in Q&A and NC  because people couldn't
1) return work
2) upload work
3) get new work
4) I started using BOINC but nothing is happening.

To those future people I'll say this...Really? 

I won't take that Bet...Beginning to look like it will be Friday or Later.

[RottenMutt]

Thursday next week, 5/24/2012 at 4pm pacific time.

scooby doo where are you!

[Terror Australis]

Just wondering. Does the GPUUG has enough in the kitty for a Looooong extension lead ? 

T.A.

[Terror Australis]

then it's time for the Tuesday maintenance only a few hours later.

Seeing as the crash happened on Tuesday night will they need one ? I suppose it all depends on whether the UPS's lasted long enough for the system to have a soft shutdown.

Just use the following in your cc_config.xml (for Jason's mod 6.10.58 and Boinc 6.12.x and later):

Where can I find the modified 6.10.58 ?

T.A.

[Mike]

Cricket is on again.

There is some hope.

http://fragment1.berkeley.edu/newcricket/grapher.cgi?target=%2Frouter-interfaces%2Finr-250%2Fgigabitethernet2_3;ranges=d;view=Octets

[arkayn]

What you are seeing there Mike is bits per second instead of Mbits, if you go out to weekly it is barren.
http://fragment1.berkeley.edu/newcricket/grapher.cgi?target=%2Frouter-interfaces%2Finr-250%2Fgigabitethernet2_3;view=Octets;ranges=w

[Zeus Fab3r]

There's another update: http://ucbsystems.org/category/active/unscheduled-outage/

Update: Thursday, May 17, 2012 11:45 pm: IST Service Desk has been informed that the power has now been restored.

I'm bit confused about the time stamp tho. Did they use EDT coz right now it is 21:58 at Berkeley? 

[arkayn]

Tomorrow morning they should start getting the project up then.

[Richard Haselgrove]

Tomorrow morning they should start getting the project up then.

More news:

Eric, Matt and Jeff are all meeting at the lab at 7am tomorrow morning to power everything back on.

(that'll be 14:00 UTC)  How long it all takes will depend on what collateral damage they find when they start work on it, but I suspect an emergency beer shipment around lunchtime would be appreciated.

Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.

- Murphy's Law