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Welcome again. Sorry for the last downtime, you'll probably want an explanation...
The MySQL server has been misbehaving for several months, and unbeknownst to I or the staff here, all the attachments had been stored incorrectly in the database (this is nobody's fault) as a result the forum performance degraded immensely. Eventually the forum was so slow it began to cause even more serious errors. :bow-pray:
We managed to retrieve all of the posts, users and avatars from the SQL file (that's the database the forum runs from) and moved them into a brand new install of vBulletin.
This will not and cannot happen again because the attachments are no longer stored in a database, they are stored in a directory on the server!
All of the torrent threads have been moved to the torrent recycle bin and will be deleted in 30 days time. If you are the owner of any of these threads, you can reattach any files you wish to them and move them to the appropriate torrent forum if you wish. If not they will be purged at the end of May
The staff are also going to try to restore as many torrent threads as possible, however this is a long and boring process. The Hentai Manga and certain Idol torrents are the highest priority as most of those torrents are still active.
If you do not wish to restore any threads, consider this a fresh start!
Anyone who is new here, welcome to Akiba-Online
Please ask any questions in this thread or PM me.
Welcome again. Sorry for the last downtime, you'll probably want an explanation...
The MySQL server has been misbehaving for several months, and unbeknownst to I or the staff here, all the attachments had been stored incorrectly in the database (this is nobody's fault) as a result the forum performance degraded immensely. Eventually the forum was so slow it began to cause even more serious errors. :bow-pray:
We managed to retrieve all of the posts, users and avatars from the SQL file (that's the database the forum runs from) and moved them into a brand new install of vBulletin.
This will not and cannot happen again because the attachments are no longer stored in a database, they are stored in a directory on the server!
All of the torrent threads have been moved to the torrent recycle bin and will be deleted in 30 days time. If you are the owner of any of these threads, you can reattach any files you wish to them and move them to the appropriate torrent forum if you wish. If not they will be purged at the end of May
The staff are also going to try to restore as many torrent threads as possible, however this is a long and boring process. The Hentai Manga and certain Idol torrents are the highest priority as most of those torrents are still active.
If you do not wish to restore any threads, consider this a fresh start!
Anyone who is new here, welcome to Akiba-Online
Please ask any questions in this thread or PM me.
lease: My Eyes! Love the new theme! Looks great 