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IRC servers go down, too

by nso95 11y ago

ossreality 11y ago
You're the third person I've seen make this remark. Are you trying to be annoying or are you really missing the point this extremely?
nullrouted 11y ago
Thats why you have multiple hubs and multiple client servers....redundancy!
thescriptkiddie 11y ago
IRC is decentralized, so a few severs going down is no problem.
- msbarnett 11y ago
  netsplit isn't exactly what I'd call "no problem".
- nso95 11y ago
  I suspect most internal IRC nets just consist of a single server
  - thescriptkiddie 11y ago
    That's not exactly a point for slack, since internal slack nets don't exist. I call this "downtime as a service": you get all of the satisfaction an interrupted work day without any of the annoyance of being able to fix it yourself.
    - msbarnett 11y ago
      The flip side of that is with Slack, you have all the same problems as when your internal IRC server going down, but without the additional productivity loss of internal resources having to drop what they're doing to fix the damn thing.
      - thescriptkiddie 11y ago
        I wasn't being 100% sarcastic. It's sometimes actually nice to use saas downtime as an excuse to take the day off without being the guy who has to fix it.
      - iamsohungry 11y ago
        sudo service ircd-irc2 restart I'm pretty sure SSH-ing into the server and executing that command costs less in productivity than waiting for Slack to fix their issues.
- mechazawa 11y ago
  A netsplit is just as annoying
  - iamsohungry 11y ago
    Yeah, I don't see a need to have more than one server. Even at gigantic companies, you only need single servers per team. It takes very little to restart a server: sudo service ircd-irc2 restart
- iamsohungry 11y ago
  Meh, I'd rather have one server, honestly. It takes two seconds to restart an IRC server.
revelation 11y ago
If you run your own, hardly. If theres a netsplit, it just means you'll have to wait a second until you're connected again. But really, if you run your own IRC server in your own internal network, there will be no netsplits.
- madeofpalk 11y ago
  Instead, it goes down just like Slack.
therein 11y ago
But you can just go ahead and restart them, and they don't cost $5+ per person per month.
iamsohungry 11y ago
sudo service ircd-irc2 restart Fixed it.

IRC servers go down, too

by nso95 11y ago

IRC servers go down, too

You're the third person I've seen make this remark. Are you trying to be annoying or are you really missing the point this extremely?

nullrouted 11y ago

Thats why you have multiple hubs and multiple client servers....redundancy!

thescriptkiddie 11y ago

IRC is decentralized, so a few severs going down is no problem.

msbarnett 11y ago
netsplit isn't exactly what I'd call "no problem".
nso95 11y ago
I suspect most internal IRC nets just consist of a single server
- thescriptkiddie 11y ago
  That's not exactly a point for slack, since internal slack nets don't exist. I call this "downtime as a service": you get all of the satisfaction an interrupted work day without any of the annoyance of being able to fix it yourself.
  - msbarnett 11y ago
    The flip side of that is with Slack, you have all the same problems as when your internal IRC server going down, but without the additional productivity loss of internal resources having to drop what they're doing to fix the damn thing.
    - thescriptkiddie 11y ago
      I wasn't being 100% sarcastic. It's sometimes actually nice to use saas downtime as an excuse to take the day off without being the guy who has to fix it.
    - iamsohungry 11y ago
      sudo service ircd-irc2 restart I'm pretty sure SSH-ing into the server and executing that command costs less in productivity than waiting for Slack to fix their issues.
mechazawa 11y ago
A netsplit is just as annoying
- iamsohungry 11y ago
  Yeah, I don't see a need to have more than one server. Even at gigantic companies, you only need single servers per team. It takes very little to restart a server: sudo service ircd-irc2 restart
iamsohungry 11y ago
Meh, I'd rather have one server, honestly. It takes two seconds to restart an IRC server.

revelation 11y ago

If you run your own, hardly. If theres a netsplit, it just means you'll have to wait a second until you're connected again. But really, if you run your own IRC server in your own internal network, there will be no netsplits.

madeofpalk 11y ago
Instead, it goes down just like Slack.

therein 11y ago

But you can just go ahead and restart them, and they don't cost $5+ per person per month.

iamsohungry 11y ago

sudo service ircd-irc2 restart Fixed it.