10-29-2003, 07:12 AM
|
|
Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
|
|
PDA Avenue Calls It Quits
"It is with much sadness and regret that I inform you of the �demise� of PDA Avenue. On Saturday night, we experienced a catastrophic database failure. Simply put the database was gone. We still do not know if this was due to hardware error or an external attack. We lost the site. Everything is gone. Unfortunately, our most recent backup is several months old; meaning that even with a backup, most of the site is missing..."
It's always unfortunate when a PDA site shuts down, because I know from first-hand experience how much effort goes into creating and running a site - shutting a site down is like losing a loved one in some respects. And being forced into it by data loss is even worse - I wish the crew at PDA Avenue the best and hope they find new pursuits they can be passionate about!
|
| |
|
|
|
10-29-2003, 08:12 AM
|
|
Ponderer
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 76
|
|
This is indeed very sad. So much effort, time and pains wiped off because of h/w malfunction. My best wishes to Avenue folks and hope they find new avenues soon.
|
| |
|
|
|
10-29-2003, 09:47 AM
|
|
Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 1,049
|
|
I remember when they put that on their website, it has been there for some time. It is really sad. I enjoyed posting there. I wish there was a way to help them stay up. YOu will be missed team.
__________________
"Do not try. Do or Do Not. There is no try"Yoda, Empire Strikes Back
|
| |
|
|
|
10-29-2003, 10:20 AM
|
|
Theorist
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 291
|
|
It seems this not doing backups of your website is a bit common. Neowin for example a site with hundreds of thousands of members lost its site and only had a 5month old backup to go back to.
Remember a backup is for everything not just your PocketPC :wink:
|
| |
|
|
|
10-29-2003, 10:45 AM
|
|
Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 73
|
|
BACKUP! NOW!
|
| |
|
|
|
10-29-2003, 01:22 PM
|
|
Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 155
|
|
Even Google's cache doesn't have anything that they can go back too.
Too bad. :cry:
|
| |
|
|
|
10-29-2003, 01:51 PM
|
|
Magi
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 2,341
|
|
Man that SUCKS!
That must really hurt, to put so much effort into something only to see it disappear. Have faith I'll sure some other opportunity will pop up to take its place.
Dave
|
| |
|
|
|
10-29-2003, 02:08 PM
|
|
Neophyte
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 8
|
|
Seeing a site die through dataloss is always sad but knowing that the last backup was months ago is even worse. Having been part of a website that suffered a catastrophic death due to no backups, I can attest to it. The owner just shrugged his shoulders and called it a day 8O
Good luck to the PDA Avenue guys  and for those running sites (Im pedantic over backups.. they are run twice daily :twisted .. learn to love the power of CRON & SQL dump 
|
| |
|
|
|
10-29-2003, 02:42 PM
|
|
Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2002
Posts: 247
|
|
Wow..I can't believe it...those guys were the good ol' crew from the late PDABuzz...This really sucks! :cry:
__________________
Current PDA: Dell Axim X51v
|
| |
|
|
|
10-29-2003, 02:45 PM
|
|
Ponderer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Posts: 100
|
|
Hmm, yes, I should really start doing more regular backups of PocketGamer. Can anyone recommend a good solution for a Unix based system (Ensim) without simply dumping the entire contents of the drive to my computer? Something automatic, hopefully
__________________
David HornPocketGamer.org - For Gamers on the Go...Pocket PC games news (latest releases), reviews (newest), downloads, discussion, giveaways & special offers, and plenty more besides!
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Linear Mode
