I updated the Icecast server a couple weeks ago with all shiny new operating system and software packages. So far, so good; better, even.
Showing posts with label colo news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label colo news. Show all posts
2025-02-21
2020-05-15
CUTOVER
Please refresh your DNS or restart your player to pick up the new DNS entry pointing to listen.trackstreamer.com (which is the same as listen.botecomm.com now).
It might be a little bumpy the nexty day or two, but it should even out once I get everything settled down. I'm trying something that might not work.
UPDATE 1: 2020.05.15 11:35 EDT - Well, that didn't work. Still more configurururing to figure out. Computers, huh?
UPDATE 2: 2020.05.16 10:17 - So far, so good. Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
It might be a little bumpy the nexty day or two, but it should even out once I get everything settled down. I'm trying something that might not work.
UPDATE 1: 2020.05.15 11:35 EDT - Well, that didn't work. Still more configurururing to figure out. Computers, huh?
UPDATE 2: 2020.05.16 10:17 - So far, so good. Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
2019-09-14
Fiber Optic Cut
The data carrier that provides upstream service to the server's I.S.P. has suffered a fiber optic cable cut that is affecting a broad swath of customers. This is why all the feeds are intermittently playing the "no uplink" music as bandwidth is congested on their backup link.
This is a major outage that will take some time to repair so we just have to live with it until it is back to normal.
This is a major outage that will take some time to repair so we just have to live with it until it is back to normal.
2017-11-02
Moving to Listen.Trackstreamer.com
I'm pointing my feeds to a different feed server at
http://listen.trackstreamer.com:8000
This means that any sites that glom off my colostreaming.com feeds will go silent after the cutover. This includes TuneIn Radio, which could never seem to get my feed detail listings correct.
You can either plug the new links into your WinAmp player or if you don't care about the channel tags or features of a real player you can listen to the HTML5 players on my personal web site (see the pane to the right under Listen).
The "Web Players and Details" page on my site has HTML5 players embedded in it that kind of work, plus detailed info on each feed that doesn't change often.
I'll post here when the cutover happens.
http://listen.trackstreamer.com:8000
This means that any sites that glom off my colostreaming.com feeds will go silent after the cutover. This includes TuneIn Radio, which could never seem to get my feed detail listings correct.
You can either plug the new links into your WinAmp player or if you don't care about the channel tags or features of a real player you can listen to the HTML5 players on my personal web site (see the pane to the right under Listen).
The "Web Players and Details" page on my site has HTML5 players embedded in it that kind of work, plus detailed info on each feed that doesn't change often.
I'll post here when the cutover happens.
2016-04-29
ColoStreaming Changes
My streaming host, colostreaming.com, is undergoing some changes. There WILL be an interruption of service of the Key West feed which is the only one that is currently operating. When it returns there WILL be some bumps and outages.
PLEASE do not pepper me or the support e-mail address with questions that nobody can answer. When it comes back I will announce it here. If it's not back, that means we are still working on it and don't know when it will be back.
This is a hobby, not a job. I put up these feeds for my own use and share them with the world because I'm just a nice guy. If you paid for an app to listen to my streams then you got duped. I don't know what to tell you. There's a big beautiful world out there, it's Spring time in the northern hemisphere; turn off your computer or your ever-present "mobile device", go out and enjoy the real world for a bit.
PLEASE do not pepper me or the support e-mail address with questions that nobody can answer. When it comes back I will announce it here. If it's not back, that means we are still working on it and don't know when it will be back.
This is a hobby, not a job. I put up these feeds for my own use and share them with the world because I'm just a nice guy. If you paid for an app to listen to my streams then you got duped. I don't know what to tell you. There's a big beautiful world out there, it's Spring time in the northern hemisphere; turn off your computer or your ever-present "mobile device", go out and enjoy the real world for a bit.
2012-06-05
Service interruptions
The co-location host claims that they have been doing some upgrades to the machine hosting my streams. That is the reason for the numerous outages today, in addition to effects from one of their peer ISP going out completely for a couple hours this morning.
The weird part is that today they said they were converting my server over to the same ESXi virtual platform to which they said they moved me back in November. Verrrrrrrrrrrry interesting, but stoooopid.
Hopefully, things will stabilize soon. If not, just check back every hour or so to see if the stream is back online.
The weird part is that today they said they were converting my server over to the same ESXi virtual platform to which they said they moved me back in November. Verrrrrrrrrrrry interesting, but stoooopid.
Hopefully, things will stabilize soon. If not, just check back every hour or so to see if the stream is back online.
2011-11-11
Server move
UPDATE: 12:03 - it must have returned to service while I was on the road because everything is online now. It turns out that one of the hard drives had failed and the other in the RAID array was not rebuilding properly, so they moved us to their ESXi platform which is newer and better anyway.
The SuperBoat races have resumed and I have opened up group 3 in the Marine bank since that contains channel 78 which is the race coordination channel. Enjoy.
14:50 - a boat wrecked and capsized at speed. 2 adult males were transported to Lower Keys Medical Center, one with c.p.r. in progress, the other is alert and talking.
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Our collocation host have taken it upon themselves to move our server without prior notice. As a result, all my scanner streams will be down until that is complete. No estimated time to repair, just keep trying back every few hours I guess.
The SuperBoat races have resumed and I have opened up group 3 in the Marine bank since that contains channel 78 which is the race coordination channel. Enjoy.
14:50 - a boat wrecked and capsized at speed. 2 adult males were transported to Lower Keys Medical Center, one with c.p.r. in progress, the other is alert and talking.
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Our collocation host have taken it upon themselves to move our server without prior notice. As a result, all my scanner streams will be down until that is complete. No estimated time to repair, just keep trying back every few hours I guess.
2011-09-21
Data center routing trouble
All of my feeds, and a whole bunch of other stuff, are unreachable on account of a routing problem in the data center hosting these feeds. They're working on that now, 11:04
When the feeds come back, you will know things are back to normal.
When the feeds come back, you will know things are back to normal.
2011-01-13
Host down
The host where our server sits in Dallas is down. No reason nor e.t.r. published.
They posted a note on their Twitter feed about a maintenance window last night, but this unexpected outage started after midnight this morning. It's not just colostreaming.com that is down, I mean the host's own support and main sales web site is kaput! So it's safe to assume that they know about it and are running around like crazy trying to put out the fires to get things back up and running, no need to tell them the obvious.
All of my feeds will return when the host comes back up. Stay warm out there!
UPDATE: VirtBiz had a power main that supplies electricity to part of their colo facility fail on them overnight. It was restored by that afternoon and all our feeds came back up normally. I think they need to give Emerson Liebert a call about a big-ass u.p.s. for their facility; this keeps happening too frequently it seems.
They posted a note on their Twitter feed about a maintenance window last night, but this unexpected outage started after midnight this morning. It's not just colostreaming.com that is down, I mean the host's own support and main sales web site is kaput! So it's safe to assume that they know about it and are running around like crazy trying to put out the fires to get things back up and running, no need to tell them the obvious.
All of my feeds will return when the host comes back up. Stay warm out there!
UPDATE: VirtBiz had a power main that supplies electricity to part of their colo facility fail on them overnight. It was restored by that afternoon and all our feeds came back up normally. I think they need to give Emerson Liebert a call about a big-ass u.p.s. for their facility; this keeps happening too frequently it seems.
2010-06-10
Server replaced
Well, that was certainly easier than I anticipated!
The failing server has been replaced with zero effort on my part. Much props to the co-location facility that hosts our streams, VirtBiz Internet Services who can be reached at +1 972-485-4125 or +1 866-485-4125 . They sure made it easy for me, as I did not at all relish the prospect of re-installing Icecast one little bit!
The failing server has been replaced with zero effort on my part. Much props to the co-location facility that hosts our streams, VirtBiz Internet Services who can be reached at +1 972-485-4125 or +1 866-485-4125 . They sure made it easy for me, as I did not at all relish the prospect of re-installing Icecast one little bit!
2010-06-08
Server failure
It never fails: as soon as I gussy up the Key West feed, the streaming server takes a dive.
We're told that the server hardware at the co-lo facility is an older box and has several failures creeping up on it. So, over the coming days I will be getting a new server ready. No adjustment to your set is necessary, it will just start working reliably again once the cutover is complete and the DNS entry is updated.
In the meantime, expect more downtime than uptime based on the fact that they got it running a few hours ago, but it's back down again.
We're told that the server hardware at the co-lo facility is an older box and has several failures creeping up on it. So, over the coming days I will be getting a new server ready. No adjustment to your set is necessary, it will just start working reliably again once the cutover is complete and the DNS entry is updated.
In the meantime, expect more downtime than uptime based on the fact that they got it running a few hours ago, but it's back down again.
2009-01-30
New life for the co-lo
It seems that my feeds will be staying put at the Dallas co-location facility after all.
Unfortunately, they had a major fiber router failure today which is the cause of the occasional interruptions in the stream. Oh well, you get what you pay for, folks.
I have no e.t.r. on the D.C. area feed, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna head up there when it's 20 degrees Fahrenheit with ice and snow all over the place. No sir! It'll get repaired when it gets repaired.
That is all.
Unfortunately, they had a major fiber router failure today which is the cause of the occasional interruptions in the stream. Oh well, you get what you pay for, folks.
I have no e.t.r. on the D.C. area feed, and I'll be damned if I'm gonna head up there when it's 20 degrees Fahrenheit with ice and snow all over the place. No sir! It'll get repaired when it gets repaired.
That is all.
2009-01-04
Dallas Shoutcast server going buh-bye
Now I have been informed that the Shoutcast server that you hit to listen to the various streams will be moving out of the Dallas co-location facility by the end of January. No home for it has been located yet.
This also means that there is no point in me going to great lengths to get the McLean Relay Station back online only to have everything go away a couple weeks later. This is a hobby, after all.
I have an idea and my buddy Lu has an idea, so if he ever gets back from traveling he can try out his idea. In the meantime, I need to investigate my idea to see how it goes.
If Lu's idea works, then your bookmarks should stay the same. Any other way will require a change to the address for the streams.
So when the colostreaming.com does not respond on any known port, you will know that dark day has come. I will update here as we make progress.
This also means that there is no point in me going to great lengths to get the McLean Relay Station back online only to have everything go away a couple weeks later. This is a hobby, after all.
I have an idea and my buddy Lu has an idea, so if he ever gets back from traveling he can try out his idea. In the meantime, I need to investigate my idea to see how it goes.
If Lu's idea works, then your bookmarks should stay the same. Any other way will require a change to the address for the streams.
So when the colostreaming.com does not respond on any known port, you will know that dark day has come. I will update here as we make progress.
2008-01-03
Server out of service
The server at the Dallas co-location facility has died, so until a replacement can be procured this feed will be unavailable. I will post here when it returns to service.
Happy New Year!
Happy New Year!
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