Blu-ray.com *UPDATE*

[John Johnson]

Unexpected downtime

Update

Update 2021-04-18:
Since we are offline anyway we are going to take the opportunity to upgrade to a new supported OS which is the better long-term decision. However, it will mean some more days offline since many things needs to be re-installed/configured manually.

Update 2021-04-16:
Hello everyone! We have a faulty OS hard drive which didn't want to be replaced in an easy way, which has caused the unexpected downtime. The site and your data is on other hard drives and we also have mirrored backups in several geographical locations so you don't need to worry about data loss.

The server ran CentOS which was abruptly discontinued recently, therefore we are evaluating our options on whether to try to go back to the OS we have now, or install a new OS.

Because of Covid and that it's Friday night, things will take longer than usual to fix, unfortunately it will probably take several days. We will be working non-stop to get the site back online.

We deeply apologize about this, Blu-ray.com is not run by a large corporation therefore our mirrored backup sites aren't powerful enough to simply switch over the complete site immediately.

// Blu-ray.com team

Blu-ray.com Facebook page

http://www.blu-ray.com/

[Monterey Jack]

[Edmund Kattak]

What is this run out of somebody's basement?

They do know that they could host on AWS or other platforms.

[Monterey Jack]

What is this run out of somebody's basement?

This is unacceptable.

[AndyDursin]

What is this run out of somebody's basement?

They do know that they could host on AWS or other platforms.

It's hard to believe, lol. People thought the site was owned by the "Blu-Ray Conglomerate" or something, but it's really a privately owned site that does seem to be run out of someone's basement.

[Monterey Jack]

[Monterey Jack]

[Edmund Kattak]

What is this run out of somebody's basement?

They do know that they could host on AWS or other platforms.

It's hard to believe, lol. People thought the site was owned by the "Blu-Ray Conglomerate" or something, but it's really a privately owned site that does seem to be run out of someone's basement.

I've never been to the site, but I hope they don't have sponsors or any kind of monetization. If I were an advertiser, I'd pull out. They're not demonstrating any form of competence here. No backup plan or redundancy? Idiots.

[Monterey Jack]

[AndyDursin]

Lol I've never seen someone so upset by a site being down that repeatedly suspends them over and over again.

[Monterey Jack]

Lol I've never seen someone so upset by a site being down that repeatedly suspends them over and over again.

Regardless, it's a site I "need" for selling digital copies, info on sales, etc. No website with this much member traffic should be down for this long.

[Monterey Jack]

[AndyDursin]

What is this run out of somebody's basement?

They do know that they could host on AWS or other platforms.

It's hard to believe, lol. People thought the site was owned by the "Blu-Ray Conglomerate" or something, but it's really a privately owned site that does seem to be run out of someone's basement.

I've never been to the site, but I hope they don't have sponsors or any kind of monetization. If I were an advertiser, I'd pull out. They're not demonstrating any form of competence here. No backup plan or redundancy? Idiots.

They say they have backups "around the world" but need to "change the OS". It's kind of baffling.

[Monterey Jack]

Un-freaking-believable.

[Eric W.]

It's hard to believe, lol. People thought the site was owned by the "Blu-Ray Conglomerate" or something, but it's really a privately owned site that does seem to be run out of someone's basement.

Correct. This has never been any kind of official outlet.