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Elfen_Furry · Moderator Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 2601 Location: NYC NY

Today, while uploading the latest chapter on one of my stories, FTP said that the file went through fine, though it took from what I thought was longer than normal for a 10K file.

I tested the file by viewing it on the browser, and in the middle of it was an html horiztonal bar with the words "TRANSFER INTERUPTED" above it. The story continued but with several sentences missing from that area.

I checked it on the other browsers on my sysem on this end, the same thing on the same place.

I deleted the via FTP, and up loaded it again. Tested it, same problem, same place. My experience, and actions in this situation, is to rename the file into something else and upload the file again, so it would take up a different spot on the hard drive. That solved the problem, and I deleted the offending file.

Is there some hard drive maintenence application for the server? I think, even if it means shutting down PF for a while, to run such a program to clean up the hard drive(s).

Just letting you know that I found.

Gabriel · Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:31 pm Post subject:

Ricky has mentioned the hard drive issues with the current server. The RAID keeps failing and one hard drive keeps getting knocked offline. @.@

That may have something to do with it.

Stormwalker · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:05 am Post subject:

Hmm.. you could try Spinrite. I think I've heard that it works alright - though, I can't ssay I've seen it work for myself. It IS $90 US, though... I'm sure there's other options out there, it's just that I haven't looked. This one just sprang to mind...

Lindsay

Nite · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 11:59 am Post subject:

I don't think will work, cause I'm pretty sure all of Whip's computer run Linux-based servers.

Stormwalker · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 12:09 pm Post subject:

Reckon? this was posted on the website:

Whip-lash · Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2004 6:17 pm Post subject:

Unfortunately, SpinRite cannot run from inside Linux, and I don't trust Wine well enough to handle low-level device management.

By having the hard drive partitions in a software RAID-1 configuration, there is a lot of stress imposed on the drives due to the excessive amounts of read/writes that have to take place.

Elfen, what kind of file were you trying to download? HTML? Where did the message "TRANSFER INTERUPTED" appear? In the browser's status bar, or somewhere in the middle of the page?

Elfen_Furry · Moderator Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 2601 Location: NYC NY

No disrespect to you, Stormwalker...

The software in question might be what the doc ordered, but as a (former) server owner/operator, I can tell you that we as a group tend to go for what works for us in the past and continue to stay with it until that sad day we get burnt by it.

Being a Mac Guy since '84- for me that would be Norton, and even under my former BSD-MacPPC server when I had it running, it was Norton that I used to fix it (through a secondary HD boot to get Mac OS running on it). For me that worked fine... OK, it drove my friends crazy, but what the hey, for me it works.

Whip may have some crazy worlock brew to pour down the vents of his server but that the way he does things. I know I have mine Mr. Green

SpinRite sounds like a good product, but as far as I know, none of us have tried or used it. And like a bullet proof vest, it might be nice to have, but none of us want to get it tested...

Lets hope this turns out for the best.

Elfen_Furry · Moderator Joined: 18 Jun 2002 Posts: 2601 Location: NYC NY

Stormwalker · Posted: Sat Jul 31, 2004 10:26 am Post subject: