Diary-X
Zelda shared with me that her blog, diary-x, charges for premium service.
$14.99 per year.
She told me she JUST paid her annual premium...
The question arises...
If the owner of diary-x charges $15.00 for such sevice...
Why is he asking for donations to help pay for the restoration of the server???
And where is all that Money going?
Why did he not back up the server?
He asked for donations to help buy a lap top and got it...
http://diary-x.com/
"Massive Drive Failure
Monday, February 14th, 7:43 PM CST (GMT - 8:00)
This server (which hosts Diary-X among other sites) has undergone a massive drive failure. What this means is that the drive, while in good physical condition, is unable to read or write data. This could be because its logic board has shorted out, or because the read/write head is unable to move. I have been informed that there appears to be no physical damage to the platters, that the drive spins up normally and does not make any unusual sounds. Due to the nature of the failure, the technicians at our data center were unable to restore the drive to a working condition.
In order to repair this drive, we must send it out to a third-party data recovery service called DriveSavers. They will open the drive in a cleanroom, inspect the platters for physical damage, use specialized equipment to read the surface of the disk, and then reconstruct the disk image onto a new hard drive, which will then be shipped back to us.
As you can imagine, this is an expensive proposition. Diary-X was running from an 80GB SATA drive, and recovery of such a drive is priced out at $2700. I recently collected donations to repair my personal computer, and your generosity provided $1500 which I had used to purchase a new computer. I intend to cancel this order, however, and put this money toward repairing the failed drive on this server.
This means that we will need to raise $1200 more to restore this drive to a working condition. If you already donated to help me fix my personal compute, thank you! and you don't need to donate again. However, if you didn't previously donate and you've got the means, please consider making a donation. Even the smallest amount will help -- it all adds up.
We are sending the drive in for repairs tomorrow, and we'll get a better idea about how long it will take to repair once DriveSavers has received the disk and can inspect it for physical damage. In the meantime, you may wish to browse the Diary-X Community at LiveJournal, where a bunch of people are congregating to discuss these events.
Thank you for your understanding and your support.
--Stephen Dekenstephen.deken@gmail.com "
$14.99 per year.
She told me she JUST paid her annual premium...
The question arises...
If the owner of diary-x charges $15.00 for such sevice...
Why is he asking for donations to help pay for the restoration of the server???
And where is all that Money going?
Why did he not back up the server?
He asked for donations to help buy a lap top and got it...
http://diary-x.com/
"Massive Drive Failure
Monday, February 14th, 7:43 PM CST (GMT - 8:00)
This server (which hosts Diary-X among other sites) has undergone a massive drive failure. What this means is that the drive, while in good physical condition, is unable to read or write data. This could be because its logic board has shorted out, or because the read/write head is unable to move. I have been informed that there appears to be no physical damage to the platters, that the drive spins up normally and does not make any unusual sounds. Due to the nature of the failure, the technicians at our data center were unable to restore the drive to a working condition.
In order to repair this drive, we must send it out to a third-party data recovery service called DriveSavers. They will open the drive in a cleanroom, inspect the platters for physical damage, use specialized equipment to read the surface of the disk, and then reconstruct the disk image onto a new hard drive, which will then be shipped back to us.
As you can imagine, this is an expensive proposition. Diary-X was running from an 80GB SATA drive, and recovery of such a drive is priced out at $2700. I recently collected donations to repair my personal computer, and your generosity provided $1500 which I had used to purchase a new computer. I intend to cancel this order, however, and put this money toward repairing the failed drive on this server.
This means that we will need to raise $1200 more to restore this drive to a working condition. If you already donated to help me fix my personal compute, thank you! and you don't need to donate again. However, if you didn't previously donate and you've got the means, please consider making a donation. Even the smallest amount will help -- it all adds up.
We are sending the drive in for repairs tomorrow, and we'll get a better idea about how long it will take to repair once DriveSavers has received the disk and can inspect it for physical damage. In the meantime, you may wish to browse the Diary-X Community at LiveJournal, where a bunch of people are congregating to discuss these events.
Thank you for your understanding and your support.
--Stephen Dekenstephen.deken@gmail.com "
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