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08-28-2010, 10:24 PM #1Newbie
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WTF hostv.com...
I dont know whats going on, my site been down for 24 hours, support NOT reponding, now the they close the main thread in the forum, I WANT SOME ANSWER PLEASE...I DONT HAVE A BACK UP FOLDER. GIVE US SOME UPDATE, I AM VERY F*&^%$%$ BARRRHHHH
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08-28-2010, 10:26 PM #2WebHostingTalk Lover
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Please note we had few vps customers affected by data loss and are working on restoring service for everyone. We will help you restore any backups you have and try to restore the data at the same time but as of now the affected vps clients some have large data loss.
Please contact our billing dept for either REFUND of your payment or Free 3 months of vps hosting extension.
We truly apologize for this inconvenience caused in this rare event.
Please private message me your account or ticket id if you need urgent assistance.
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08-28-2010, 10:46 PM #3Web Hosting Master
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From hostv homepage
"All VPS are backed up daily onto external backup storage space using ServerSnapShot powered by R1Soft. "
Does HostV have a working R1Soft backup for you?0
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08-28-2010, 10:47 PM #4WebHostingTalk Lover
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08-28-2010, 11:32 PM #5Poooooonnyyy :*
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I kinda feel sorry for Citrex in this....
It sounds like he's gonna wake up with a horse head in his bed
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10 years worth of data, shouldn't you have a copy backed up somewhere (perhaps locally?) anyway seeing how it's of such high value?
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08-28-2010, 11:45 PM #8Snoork Hosting
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antihero2005, I don't think they have any backup files of your data since they have mentioned they will restore any backups that you have. I think you will need to send them your backup files in order for them to restore your data.
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08-28-2010, 11:54 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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True and I agree.
However, I can also see this from the clients' point of view that since daily backups is a feature included with the VPS, why do personal backups? You're simply relying on something you paid for.
It could very well be that a client would purposely seek out hosts that offer some kind of backups so he/she won't have to do them.0
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08-29-2010, 12:15 AM #10Web Hosting Master
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You didn't have any backups what so ever in this (10) year tender? Even if your with a provider that's stable for 20 years and running data loss is always a possibility. There are a lot of things that can go wrong software or hardware wise that can make you lose your data.
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08-29-2010, 12:30 AM #11Newbie
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Yes i know i read that, But you do know that there are tons of providers that say this but do not really hold up to the agreement (not saying this is the case).
It is always good to have your own local/offloaded backups in the event something does go wrong, I hope they can find a backup of some sort if they do keep backups so that you didn't just blow (10) years of hard work. I kind of see where you are coming from though, If i just lost 10 years of data i would be pretty upset as well.
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08-29-2010, 12:44 AM #13Junior Guru
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I don't know what's so hard for both hosts and users to create backups..
I'm not even a webhost and yet I somehow manage to create nightly local backups and weekly remote backups. At the very least, a separate local drive isn't going to break the bank.
End users aren't getting off that easily though, seriously, is it really that difficult to take 30 minutes out of your life per week to make a backup? Isn't it worth the peace of mind?
I don't understand people.. It's like they just look for someone to blame for their own incompetence.0
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08-29-2010, 02:52 AM #14Junior Guru Wannabe
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Why the hell do hosts do not understand its not about the money. Sure we try to shop around for the best price/features initially, but when we set in and pay for something that is offered, in this case daily backups. We expect it.
I don't give a rats ass about a refund. I expect my data, which was supposedly backed up every day to be restore. End of question. While the official statements mention only some accounts were affected, from talking to others affected they were all told that their account was one that was affected. Kind of sketchy.
This thing has happened to me three with HostV/Cirtex now over the last three years. I am guessing they don't backup data, so if that is the case I would like a refund for the last three years of hosting for the lies. If you do backup daily, then I expect all the customers will have their sites back up with NO data loss. No experienced webhost could possibly allow their infrastructure to be so interconnected that everything simultaneously failes.• ZunePoint <-- Click
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08-29-2010, 02:55 AM #16Junior Guru Wannabe
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This is the message I am getting from one of the high level guys at HostV/Cirtex
Really we don't have words to explain about this crisis. Unfortunately
both of the data in server and backup server is no more with the hardware
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08-29-2010, 02:58 AM #17WebHostingTalk Lover
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I understand your frustration, please email us for further help and also feel free to contact me directly. Again we're issuing 3 months free credit for the few that are affected by this and will also be giving refund if requested.
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08-29-2010, 06:25 AM #19Newbie
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For one even if you lose a hard drive, you should have Raid. Are you telling me you doin't use RAID. I want specific details on why this occurred...
I hope Cirtex Corp have a lawyer on speed dial..I need a fkin lawyer to explain this me...wait til fkin monday dude, I am going to give my brother a call somebody or someone at Cirtex Corp going to answer this"All VPS are backed up daily onto external backup storage space using ServerSnapShot powered by R1Soft."If this is a lie.Cirtex Corp will now on (ONLY)speak to him(my lawyer).since company is base in New Jersey...you will hear from me in Freehold, county supreme court.Last edited by antihero2005; 08-29-2010 at 06:29 AM.
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08-29-2010, 07:02 AM #20Web Hosting Master
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What reasonable steps have you taken to protect your data? What are your actual financial losses? You will probably want to read the hostv.com TOS
5.) Backups and Data Loss
Your use of the service is at your sole risk. HostV.com is not responsible for files and data residing on your account. You agree to take full responsibility for files and data transferred and to maintain all appropriate backup of files and data stored on HostV.com servers.Russ Foster - Industry Curmudgeon
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08-29-2010, 07:31 AM #21Newbie
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08-29-2010, 08:26 AM #22Junior Guru Wannabe
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Cirtex - a similar incident happened before only a few months ago with HostV -- Please respond to "ServerSnapShot is powered by R1soft Enterprise Continuous Data Protection & Backup. Your server will be FULLY backed up to our external backup storage server on a daily basis through ServerSnapShot to ensure your data is safe and protected."
My VPS has been affected by this as well - I've just responded in a support ticket:
That's what I've been told - to which I responded: Please tell me that this is a GD JOKE!
I have 11 sites including a recent clients site that was running on the HostV server. I don't generally backup site to my pc - THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BE HOSTV RESPONSIBILITY TO KEEP CLIENTS' DATA SECURE.
You cannot be telling me that my forums and sites which I've been constantly developing for some 6+ years is gone because of some HostV screwup! I've spent 1000s of manhours on these sites. And to loose the data...
That's totally unacceptible and certainly grounds for a lawsuit!
"All VPS are backed up daily onto external backup storage space using ServerSnapShot powered by R1Soft."
That's quoted from info regarding HostV VPS? So is that a load of BS???? What happened to the external backup????
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How the hell am I to get my sites back online. And why has the data not been backed up on external backup storage space as ADVERTISED!?
And I agree with antihero2005 -- It's not about money! How can you value 1000+ manhours of web development? The 3 month credit you guys are offering is laughable and an INSULT! I'd have expected HostV to have prepared for such issue after that last incident. WTH is going on.
@antihero2005 - are you consulting an attorney? This may be grounds for a class action suit, as I suspect there are many who are absolutely FURIOUS because of this BS.0
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08-29-2010, 08:31 AM #23Junior Guru Wannabe
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It's easy to say calm down when it is not your hardwork that's threatened and possibly even GONE! So please - spare us the chiding.
At anyrate - HostV has not really given much in the way of explanation for this HORRID ISSUE! It might even make it a bit better for the affected customers if they were a bit more vocal about the issue - but we've only been given a canned response BS:
Dear customers located on nodes 21-24,
It has come to our attention that there has been a rare hardware failure affecting some vps clients and attached backups for few affected vps customers on the nodes above. We are in the process of recreating those accounts that were affected and resending welcome emails with all login information. Please be assured that not every vps is affected by this failure and we're still trying to recover data as much as possible.
This was very rare scenario, we truly apologize and we're trying everything to recover all customers' affected, and re-creating affected customer vps asap. We are significantly improving our reporting and redundancy infrastructure to ensure that it does not happen again and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience to our affected customers.
As compensation, we are giving 3 months free service to all those affected by this failure, please email billing@hostv.com to receive this free 3 months credit. If you have any questions about your account please contact us at billing@hostv.com and we will be happy to assist you. Again we truly apologize for this incident and we'll do everything to help customers restore data to fullest along with improving our existing backup infrastructure to make sure there is more redundancy.
If there are further updates we will update in this thread. Alternatively if you wish for full refund of your VPS instead of free 3 months credit, please contact us as well via billing@hostv.com, we'll do refund on last month or full credit if you wish to cancel. We hope you will stay and continue to be part of the HostV family!
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08-29-2010, 09:14 AM #24New Member
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enormous damage
I write from Italy sorry my English.
I have a vps with HostV and I suffered enormous economic damage.
all my communities have been lost.
lost all my email.
characteristics of vps I bought it says:FREE Backups / Restores
HostV wants to pay the damage with only 3 months of rent.
I HostV abandonment and step to another provider.
VPS pay a little then you have these problems
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08-29-2010, 09:23 AM #25Junior Guru Wannabe
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John - I think all of us affected by this issue will require urgent assistance! I'm not a server Admin - That's why I purchased MANAGED VPS, and did so under the assumption that HostV adheres to what it advertises: All VPS are backed up daily onto external backup storage space using ServerSnapShot powered by R1Soft.
Help please. My ticket ID is DGJ-7911760
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