I'm a strong believer in accepting mistakes and learning from them.
One of those mistakes was the fact that I didn't have a backup witness-server ready for the time my main server would miss blocks. (my old one ran out of RAM due to the ever-increasing size of Steem - which is not an excuse because I should have ordered a new one)
The mistake got triggered 7 days ago when my main server started to behave weirdly and crashed 3 days in a row - once per day.
The last time was even on a Sunday at 6 am, which was not the most fun thing that could have happened.
Now - 2 days ago, I received a replacement server from my provider @privex.
The specs are as follows:
Main Server
i7 Quad-Core
64GB DDR4
2x 240 GB SSD
Based in Germany
(shoutout to @someguy123 for supporting me every time - even on a sunday!)
That server has been producing blocks for the last 48 hours straight - which is a wonderful feeling after so much trouble.
And because I told you that I've learned from my mistake - the new Backup Server is now running as well.
Backup Server
i7 Quad-Core
64GB DDR3
2x 240 GB SSD
Based in Finland
Both of the servers are provided by privex.io who are accepting crypto-currency as payment (incl. SBD & STEEM)
In addition - I have also 2 other servers in place which are running my own witness-failover script and conductor kill-switch to failover to my backup server or in the worst case to disable the server - in addition with notifying me via SMS.
All in all, I'm confident in having made the right procedures now to make sure that my witness is producing blocks non-stop
Very impressive corrective measures. You have my up vote, my witness vote and I will resteem this post.
Wow Sounds great
So let's hope for the best. These ones should do for a while.
You are only showing 4 missed blocks on Steemian.info, so one could say you dodged that bullet. 😎
back up is the must...
after that everything will be better.
@smartsteem i was setting up a bot and it send you money by mistake please will you be so kind to refund me back please . its
please refund brother
At least, you can learn from it. Thanks for making the community a better place, even though it's a win-win for all parties.
Great. Almost all the servers are in Germany. If anything happens there we all black out.
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Dear @therealwolf,
very great post.I also read this blog.best of luck.
I have a question regarding Smartsteem - where to ask ?
It's nice to see someone accepting their mistakes and doing something about it. You have my witness vote!
good job to you @therealwolf. I've been a witness for two months now almost 3 and have written a total of 2 blocks successfully with no missed blocks :) yay