Monkey Man
Super Moderator
I think it was down a bit on what it was a few years ago, but that makes sense when you think about it. As the user base becomes more-familiar with the gear's way of doing things, you'd expect it to drop off a bit.
Warmart
Active member
i sold my Kemper last year and their forum wasn't very active then. I guess their new liquid profile stuff was causing a bit of excitement though.
Regardless, any company with an internet presence and especially one with a background service like Rig Exchange should have a disaster plan that gets them restored within a couple hours, max.
Pretty pathetic and obvious that they didn't take their systems very seriously. Hopefully they learned a lesson, but it makes them look really amateurish.
Regardless, any company with an internet presence and especially one with a background service like Rig Exchange should have a disaster plan that gets them restored within a couple hours, max.
Pretty pathetic and obvious that they didn't take their systems very seriously. Hopefully they learned a lesson, but it makes them look really amateurish.
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Fair, seemingly-logical point mate. IMHO. 
I wouldn't conclude that they "didn't take their systems very seriously" 'though; who knows what contingencies they had in-place and how-tricky the problem/s was/were to solve and prevent??
I wouldn't conclude that they "didn't take their systems very seriously" 'though; who knows what contingencies they had in-place and how-tricky the problem/s was/were to solve and prevent??
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Still down:
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Warmart
Active member
Of course, all conjecture on my part and I don't know the exact issues they faced.Fair, seemingly-logical point mate. IMHO.
I wouldn't conclude that they "didn't take their systems very seriously" 'though; who knows what contingencies they had in-place and how-tricky the problem/s was/were to solve and prevent??
But, they could've taken nightly "images" of their infrastructure servers and restored them all quite easily.
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Way above my pay grade mate. 
Forum's still-down...
Forum's still-down...
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Still down.
Warmart
Active member
Seems they need some French maids to come over to Germany to help them get it up?
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Still down. Yikes.
M
MusicIsLife
Well-known member
I think this is the last statement they've made about it on their FB page, which was a couple weeks ago:
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Yup, and it's still-down.
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Still down.
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Amazingly, still down.
Warmart
Active member
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
I think I get where you're coming from mate.
Na, I don't have any inside info. Just becoming more-surprised as time goes on is all.
Still down.
Na, I don't have any inside info. Just becoming more-surprised as time goes on is all.
Still down.
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
... and still down.
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
Still down.
Ben Waylin
Banned
Well-known member
That sites goes down more than a drag queen during Pride Month.
Monkey Man
Super Moderator
In my experience, it's only gone down whilst admin installed new software.
Other than that, it occasionally gives 404 errors and one has to reload pages. No biggie.
This is a different kettle o' fish 'though.
Other than that, it occasionally gives 404 errors and one has to reload pages. No biggie.
This is a different kettle o' fish 'though.
TotallyRadGuitars
Well-known member
I work in tech. This is an embarassingly long down time. Somebody seriously screwed up.