Thread: Demonoid Warns Of Severe Torrent and User Data Loss

Demonoid Warns Of Severe Torrent and User Data Loss

Written by mad. on September 27, 2009 Earlier this month we warned that there could be extended downtime at Demonoid, one of the Internet’s most popular BitTorrent trackers. Worried users are keen to see the site return soon, but staff at the site are warning that not only will it take time but months of data could be lost in the process.

There are many popular BitTorrent sites on the Internet that are sorely missed when they go offline, but of course, the larger the site, the larger the disappointment.
One major site having serious technical issues at the moment is Demonoid downtime due to some hardware problems.
“We are experiencing power outages that have caused some ram and hard drive issues,” site staff sad in a statement. “We might have to shut down everything to fix and prevent further damage,” they added, while warning that the site could disappear for days while the site’s power circuit received maintenance.
Since we receive questions daily from worried users on the situation at Demonoid, an update seems in order. Unfortunately, at this stage it doesn’t seem like good news.
Although staff at the site say they hope Demonoid will return as soon as possible, they have confirmed that the hardware issues have caused severe data loss. This problem is compounded by the fact that the person who can get the data back is unavailable to assist at the moment.
“A loss of a some months worth of activity including registered users and torrent submissions is to be expected because the backup we are hoping to get back is not up to date, so please be prepared for it,” Demonoid staff said in a statement.





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cheerz

I read this too and since I just joined the site in the last 2 months I am wondering what they are going to do about my account as it will probably be lost :(

Yeah i'd say that new users are at risk for account loss.
I go quite the many years back, so i'm not worried :laugh:

Luckily I've had an account there for a while and haven't uploaded any torrents recently.

Originally Posted by konVILEuted

Yeah i'd say that new users are at risk for account loss.
I go quite the many years back, so i'm not worried :laugh:

Me too. Me and Demonoid go waaaaaaay back.

Demonoid's downtime has been irritating, although, like a lot of members, I've been there for a while and haven't uploaded any torrents recently.

I guess the bright side of the situation is that, after massive downtime and server problems, the stability of the server is usually increased, meaning that we won't have the same problem for a while. Plus, this way, I won't go over my download quota this month ;).

Cheers,
Tang

I'm going to likely need an account again, but hopefully they give out enough invites to account for all of this. If the last backup is a few months back, they really need to rethink their backup strategy. Perhaps they do not care enough, but I hope they have learned the lesson and can make a good comeback.

Originally Posted by VladTheRipper

I'm going to likely need an account again, but hopefully they give out enough invites to account for all of this. If the last backup is a few months back, they really need to rethink their backup strategy. Perhaps they do not care enough, but I hope they have learned the lesson and can make a good comeback.

I'll hook you up if need be. Just let me know.

Yeah, I've been a Demonoid member for a couple years now myself, and I haven't uploaded anything since late last year. So I think I'm pretty safe. I do hope they come back relatively soon though, I actually miss em...