Thread: Database Failure

Originally Posted by Amyn

did the server crash due to a hacker attack or just randomly?

Is the server windows based or unix based.

Surprised that there is no backup until going back to Oct, that stinks but we just have to suck it up and get posting

To answer your questions...

1. AFAIK, the problem was not due to any outside influences (ie, a hacker or a virus). The server was supposedly a brand new machine brought on-line back in Oct. when our Host moved our account to ThePlanet's data center (which, btw, claims to be the largest privately held dedicated server host in the world... they maintain in excess of 26,000 servers.) The attachment below is just a portion of one of the many isles in their facility.
2. Our server is Unix based.
   
3. As I understand it, there were more recent backups, but they were corrupt.