On 28th October 2022 (exactly a week ago if you're reading this on the day of posting), the hard drive on the V-Flyer server crashed. Spectacularly. After exploring many recovery options, and much head scratching of many techies, the drive was declared very, very dead. Sadly, there wasn't an external backup. It looked like V-Flyer was gone for good.
Then I found a backup from March 2021. It's a year and a half out of date, but at least it allows me to pop the site back on its feet.
So we've lost a year and a half of posts, which is an awful shame. If you created a user account since March 2021, you'll need to re-enrol.
I can only apologise for the lost of posts and user accounts. I've learnt from the nightmare of the last week. V-Flyer now gets a daily backup to a server in a completely different datacentre.
Welcome back
Pete
Then I found a backup from March 2021. It's a year and a half out of date, but at least it allows me to pop the site back on its feet.
So we've lost a year and a half of posts, which is an awful shame. If you created a user account since March 2021, you'll need to re-enrol.
I can only apologise for the lost of posts and user accounts. I've learnt from the nightmare of the last week. V-Flyer now gets a daily backup to a server in a completely different datacentre.
Welcome back
Pete