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[inspirit]

Originally Posted by SeaZen

Will the admins consider switching to a different web hosting service? A service that doesnt have a back up server for these types of situations doesn't seem reliable and something like this could easily happen again. All joking aside about the "I AM" threads being thankfully gone, there was alot of good useful information that has possibly been lost forever.

We signed up for a new web host when we put up this new version of the site yesterday. The old site was hosted on Easyspace in the UK and they were a real pain to deal with because you had to pay international long distance rates and they only answered phones during business hours and the 8 hour time difference meant you could only reach them in the early morning. Now they've told us that they can't even give us a backup of the data that they lost. Sometimes data corruption is unavoidable but they've just been really difficult so we're excited to have switched to a managed VPS located in the US. This new server has 24/7/365 telephone/chat/email assistance and they do weekly backups. And the price is about the same as the other one.

[*whitefeather]

That's a shame about the lost data.

Initially, I wondered if SF had collapsed under it's own weight but then considered the Giant that is facebook which certainly experiences problems and goes off line too.
I think on balance, despite what has been apparently lost we should be thankful that SF survives :)

[Falling Star]

I am so glad you are back. I may not have been a member that long, or posted much, but i do love this forum and the people are just wonderful!

[norseman]

In my opinion, the BIG loss are all the excellent postings of Calentiriel.

[Emmalevine]

Regardless of what is lost, I am just really happy the site has come back. We are a community and I'm sure we will pull through this.

Dear Admin,

thank you so much for what you have done to get things back and running. I am afraid that I panic and I thought that the Forums was lost forever and that would have been a real, real tragic disaster.

It is such a wonderful site, such a wonderful community with so much love here. We are so lucky to have it and must all thank Matt for starting it and building it.

It is a shame that such a lot was lost - but don't worry things will soon be back and running as it was. You will be guided. I am sure that everyone will be able to restore or bring back some of the information and get the ball rolling again - get the discussions running again.

We all have to pull together.

Thank you once again.

God Bless you all, Staff and community.

In Peace, Love and Light

grazier

I was so lost without my new family!! I am sad that so much great information was lost but like others have said it is just such a real blessing that SF is back up and running. I dont know about the rest of you but I prayed for SF to return. It is such a wonderfully loving Board and the friends I have made have been invaluable.

I had a young woman PM me the day SF went offline in real need of guidance and all I can do is pray that she returns to the board...

HI,

I really missed this forum; I just now registered again; i am only worried about the previlages i had with respect to the number of posts and threads of mine posted earlier.

Can something be done?

Thanks
Sunny

[Mother Goose]

I feel like I'm in the twilight zone dedededede.... lol. It's really strange to see what it all looked like 3 years ago.

I would just like to remind people that sometimes a 'loss' is really a blessing that we haven't come to appreciate yet.