SERVER CRASH AGAIN?!

Personofsecrets · August 2015

This is payback for the stamina regeneration nerf.

UltimaJoe777 · August 2015

Personofsecrets wrote: »

This is payback for the stamina regeneration nerf.

No, it isn't. Space doesn't care about Stamina Regen you know...

Preyfar · August 2015

Have a tiny Wayrest while we wait.

Full size: http://i.imgur.com/BTt6sQP.jpg

ZOS_GinaBruno · August 2015

CheeseDivinity wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

Nah, we got ESO Live tomorrow! Hope everyone can tune in.

I keep hearing about ESO live, and it sounds quite informative whatever it is. How do we tune in? Is it like a podcast or something?

We're on the air every other Friday at 4:00pm EDT on our ZOS Twitch channel:

To kill some time, you can watch some past broadcasts! If you click on the Zenimax Online Studios link toward the top, it'll take you to the page (if I try to link it here, it just goes straight to the channel).

UltimaJoe777 · August 2015

Preyfar wrote: »

Have a tiny Wayrest while we wait.

Full size: http://i.imgur.com/BTt6sQP.jpg

Stop spying on Gina as she tries to go to sleep with that Scamp under her bed.

Alucardo · August 2015

Listatta wrote: »

Level3 twitter page (the internet providers who own the part of the network that broke):
https://twitter.com/Level3/with_replies
and the current outage map:
http://maps.level3.com/default/#.Vd_pmDZRGCr

Many thanks. I had to chuckle when I read this

usmcjdking · August 2015

Probably a credentialing issue. A VM hosting the credential/authentication program probably crashed - performance ingame was fine in pockets which doesn't point to network issues, but logging in was a problem and probably the first identified issue.

Turn · August 2015

Any update on when servers are coming back?

syandell17 · August 2015

CheeseDivinity wrote: »

Listatta wrote: »

Level3 twitter page (the internet providers who own the part of the network that broke):
https://twitter.com/Level3/with_replies
and the current outage map:
http://maps.level3.com/default/#.Vd_pmDZRGCr

Many thanks. I had to chuckle when I read this

What is level 3

Scyantific · August 2015

Turn wrote: »

Any update on when servers are coming back?

LITERALLY ON THE TOP OF EVER PAGE ON THE SITE wrote:

We are currently investigating issues some players are having regarding logging into the megaservers. We will update as new information becomes available.

Altaire · August 2015

Of course the asteroid exploding over New Zealand may have compromised the Ionosphere and the solar radiation pouring in from the south hemisphere might be a problem, but we think you'll be able to feed your horse and do your daily writ w/o any further delay once network is reestablished.

People in south latitudes might want to add a 0 or 00 to tomorrows high temp forecast.

Have a nice day;)

UltimaJoe777 · August 2015

syandell17 wrote: »

CheeseDivinity wrote: »

Listatta wrote: »

Level3 twitter page (the internet providers who own the part of the network that broke):
https://twitter.com/Level3/with_replies
and the current outage map:
http://maps.level3.com/default/#.Vd_pmDZRGCr

Many thanks. I had to chuckle when I read this

What is level 3

The level you start on in ESO after leaving The Wailing Prison of course.

Dreissea · August 2015

This is a live outage map for United States, since apparently this is because of the outages in Texas.

https://downdetector.com/status/level3/map/

UrQuan · August 2015

By the way, does anyone have any fun war stories of things that caused server outages? I'll start:

Our head office has one floor that's got the main servers. The actual floor is panels that you can lift up for easy access because there's all sorts of cables and such down there. Naturally, the entire floor is heavily climate controlled.

One day there was a problem with one of the air conditioners, and a maintenance guy came in to fix it. This is key: he wasn't a regular maintenance guy for this floor, and in fact while he was authorized to do maintenance on other floors, he was not authorized to do any maintenance on the server floor. Someone F'd up and let him in (you need a pass to get into the floor, and his pass didn't allow access to that floor) because the regular maintenance guy wasn't available.

Maintenance guy starts repairing whatever was wrong with the air conditioner, and gets it working again. In the process, though, he spills a bunch of oil on the floor. Maintenance guy thinks "hmm, I should soak up this oil" so he pours kitty litter all over it.

Kitty litter & oil combo gets between the removable floor panels, coats it all, makes it overheat and shorts out a ton of stuff down there. Our main servers were down for almost 2 days.

Because of freaking kitty litter.

Fun times!

sean.plackerb14_ESO · August 2015

syandell17 wrote: »

CheeseDivinity wrote: »

Listatta wrote: »

Level3 twitter page (the internet providers who own the part of the network that broke):
https://twitter.com/Level3/with_replies
and the current outage map:
http://maps.level3.com/default/#.Vd_pmDZRGCr

Many thanks. I had to chuckle when I read this

What is level 3

Level3 is a major tier 1 network service provider, and a major part of the internet backbone in the US and EU as well. The ESO servers are hosted in a data center run by level3 which is why the problems level3 are having are effecting ESO.

RAGUNAnoOne · August 2015

Turn wrote: »

Any update on when servers are coming back?

when things are fixed

UltimaJoe777 · August 2015

By the way everyone if you and the rest of the world think this is serious imagine what would happen if it was CELL PHONE SERVICE INSTEAD!!!

Sleep well tonight

DatRascal · August 2015

Altaire wrote: »

Of course the asteroid exploding over New Zealand may have compromised the Ionosphere and the solar radiation pouring in from the south hemisphere might be a problem, but we think you'll be able to feed your horse and do your daily writ w/o any further delay once network is reestablished.

People in south latitudes might want to add a 0 or 00 to tomorrows high temp forecast.

Have a nice day;)

*Giggles for DAYZ

UltimaJoe777 · August 2015

And 500! Dodoria show them what they've won!

Epona222 · August 2015

UrQuan wrote: »

By the way, does anyone have any fun war stories of things that caused server outages? I'll start:

Our head office has one floor that's got the main servers. The actual floor is panels that you can lift up for easy access because there's all sorts of cables and such down there. Naturally, the entire floor is heavily climate controlled.

One day there was a problem with one of the air conditioners, and a maintenance guy came in to fix it. This is key: he wasn't a regular maintenance guy for this floor, and in fact while he was authorized to do maintenance on other floors, he was not authorized to do any maintenance on the server floor. Someone F'd up and let him in (you need a pass to get into the floor, and his pass didn't allow access to that floor) because the regular maintenance guy wasn't available.

Maintenance guy starts repairing whatever was wrong with the air conditioner, and gets it working again. In the process, though, he spills a bunch of oil on the floor. Maintenance guy thinks "hmm, I should soak up this oil" so he pours kitty litter all over it.

Kitty litter & oil combo gets between the removable floor panels, coats it all, makes it overheat and shorts out a ton of stuff down there. Our main servers were down for almost 2 days.

Because of freaking kitty litter.

Fun times!

I worked in an office that was taken out by a carbomb, does that count?

syandell17 · August 2015

sean.plackerb14_ESO wrote: »

syandell17 wrote: »

CheeseDivinity wrote: »

Listatta wrote: »

Level3 twitter page (the internet providers who own the part of the network that broke):
https://twitter.com/Level3/with_replies
and the current outage map:
http://maps.level3.com/default/#.Vd_pmDZRGCr

Many thanks. I had to chuckle when I read this

What is level 3

Level3 is a major tier 1 network service provider, and a major part of the internet backbone in the US and EU as well. The ESO servers are hosted in a data center run by level3 which is why the problems level3 are having are effecting ESO.

Thanks!

RAGUNAnoOne · August 2015

what is the record for the largest number of views and replies in an hour, I think this thread just left it in the dust.

UrQuan · August 2015

Epona222 wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

By the way, does anyone have any fun war stories of things that caused server outages? I'll start:

Our head office has one floor that's got the main servers. The actual floor is panels that you can lift up for easy access because there's all sorts of cables and such down there. Naturally, the entire floor is heavily climate controlled.

One day there was a problem with one of the air conditioners, and a maintenance guy came in to fix it. This is key: he wasn't a regular maintenance guy for this floor, and in fact while he was authorized to do maintenance on other floors, he was not authorized to do any maintenance on the server floor. Someone F'd up and let him in (you need a pass to get into the floor, and his pass didn't allow access to that floor) because the regular maintenance guy wasn't available.

Maintenance guy starts repairing whatever was wrong with the air conditioner, and gets it working again. In the process, though, he spills a bunch of oil on the floor. Maintenance guy thinks "hmm, I should soak up this oil" so he pours kitty litter all over it.

Kitty litter & oil combo gets between the removable floor panels, coats it all, makes it overheat and shorts out a ton of stuff down there. Our main servers were down for almost 2 days.

Because of freaking kitty litter.

Fun times!

I worked in an office that was taken out by a carbomb, does that count?

That sounds like too much of a war story. Yikes!

UltimaJoe777 · August 2015

RAGUNAnoOne wrote: »

what is the record for the largest number of views and replies in an hour, I think this thread just left it in the dust.

Well this thread was created not long from 2 hours ago so...

Scyantific · August 2015

Dreissea wrote: »

This is a live outage map for United States, since apparently this is because of the outages in Texas.

https://downdetector.com/status/level3/map/

What outages in Texas? I live in Dallas and no one near me has texted/FB messaged me about outages.

Starwhite · August 2015

..... a really long server crash!

UltimaJoe777 · August 2015

Scyantific wrote: »

Dreissea wrote: »

This is a live outage map for United States, since apparently this is because of the outages in Texas.

https://downdetector.com/status/level3/map/

What outages in Texas? I live in Dallas and no one near me has texted/FB messaged me about outages.

It's been flying under the radar since it doesn't directly impact a lot of people, like myself for instance. I wasn't aware either until tonight.

UltimaJoe777 · August 2015

Starwhite wrote: »

..... a really long server crash!

Not crash, service disruption.

JaJaLuka · August 2015

Did someone sabotage the wire connecting the tin cans server side?

I can just imagine some kid sneaking up with a pair of scissors

Epona222 · August 2015

UrQuan wrote: »

Epona222 wrote: »

UrQuan wrote: »

By the way, does anyone have any fun war stories of things that caused server outages? I'll start:

Our head office has one floor that's got the main servers. The actual floor is panels that you can lift up for easy access because there's all sorts of cables and such down there. Naturally, the entire floor is heavily climate controlled.

One day there was a problem with one of the air conditioners, and a maintenance guy came in to fix it. This is key: he wasn't a regular maintenance guy for this floor, and in fact while he was authorized to do maintenance on other floors, he was not authorized to do any maintenance on the server floor. Someone F'd up and let him in (you need a pass to get into the floor, and his pass didn't allow access to that floor) because the regular maintenance guy wasn't available.

Maintenance guy starts repairing whatever was wrong with the air conditioner, and gets it working again. In the process, though, he spills a bunch of oil on the floor. Maintenance guy thinks "hmm, I should soak up this oil" so he pours kitty litter all over it.

Kitty litter & oil combo gets between the removable floor panels, coats it all, makes it overheat and shorts out a ton of stuff down there. Our main servers were down for almost 2 days.

Because of freaking kitty litter.

Fun times!

I worked in an office that was taken out by a carbomb, does that count?

That sounds like too much of a war story. Yikes!

OK I have a slightly better one, we used to get a lot of bomb threats at work and some actual bombs, so everything was taken very seriously. One day some guy left his briefcase next to his car in the on-site car park, the bomb squad were called and blew it up in a controlled explosion - turned out the only things it contained were some sandwiches and a bottle of tippex - which were sprayed at high velocity all over surrounding vehicles. I would not want to be the owner of that briefcase, because the people who owned nearby cars were REALLY angry.