Our FreeBSD server suddenly rebooted itself and we didn't have notes on exactly what to do in that case*. Unfortunately for you all, I was the only HN sysadmin around—there exist other, much better ones—and it took me a while to figure out the sequence. Then a helpful colleague asked a good question that triggered the right memory in my brain, and poof we were back up.
* (since some of you are about to ask—yes, we do now)
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Seems HN was down for 1hr, 9min (Yes, I monitor my favorite website :-D)
@dang: Can you share anything? Your work is appreciated as always!
Our FreeBSD server suddenly rebooted itself and we didn't have notes on exactly what to do in that case*. Unfortunately for you all, I was the only HN sysadmin around—there exist other, much better ones—and it took me a while to figure out the sequence. Then a helpful colleague asked a good question that triggered the right memory in my brain, and poof we were back up.
* (since some of you are about to ask—yes, we do now)
Thank you again!
Email hn@ycombinator.com if it goes sideways again ;)