Brian’s MovableType install blew up pretty badly last month, when the BerkeleyDB database that was serving as the back end basically crumbled under increasing spam crapflood attempts.
Thanks to the heroic efforts of Brian’s team (especially Ken Pratt and Michelle Chua), they were able to resurrect the misbehaving database and migrate it safely to MySQL. Now, it should perform much better, and be easier to backup and repair if needed. I’m hoping Ken can be persuaded to document the process he concocted to help save future victims of the same problem.
Anyway, the weblogs at UBC are back on the air!
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You forgot to mention that without your guidance, we would be stuck back at square one!
I do indeed plan on documenting the process, just as soon as I have an evening without a dozen other things to do.
My sincerest thanks for all your help, D’Arcy — we could have never done it without you.
But… I didn’t do anything… All I did was provide moral support. Essentially a chubby, hairy cheerleader… <shudder />
So much modesty … I did nothing to help, but on that happy day when I get to meet you all f2f, the first round’s on me!
It isn’t modesty – Ken did everything. I just pointed him in a couple of directions and cheered him on from the cheap seats.