Downtime

As most of you noticed, we had quite some problems this weekend. (Due too some bugs in “3rd party software”)

We are now busy changing to another caching library and (hopefully) everything will be fixed :).

UPDATE 16-11-05 by erik

The new caching library works great. We have also updated our version of eaccelerator and there are no errors anymore.

We have also written some new load balancing features which automatically change caching times and search result set sizes based on the load on the sql server.

We are planning to update mysql to version 5 in some days. We are looking at compiling it with the intel compiler which should enhance it’s performance.

57 Responses to “Downtime”


  1. 1 femi

    Site was down this morning..first time i will notice it..thought you were the latest victim of the RIAA/MPAA killing machine…guess not..thank God!! Keep up the good work..

  2. 2 Bhav

    i really glad there’s a blog for this kinda of information.

    really helps us users feel assured mininova’s ok.

    when the blog suddenly disappears will be when we have to worry lol

  3. 3 Jess

    Maybe not the place for this but hey, gotta break in the new blog somehow right?

    Saw a torrent today under books that said “Banned by Mininova! Grab it while you can!” and it was labeled something like Freedom Newspaper or such. Of course I wrote it off as a cheap ploy to get hits, but then later the torrent disappeared! What’s going on? It seems kinda silly for a website which aggregates so many torrents to censor content.

    Thanks for all the hard work and such. I still wear my Mininova shirt with pride =D

    Private replies OK.

  4. 4 Matthijs

    Jess: Because mininova was flooded with that torrent (and we are not here for promoting your religion/believes/websites) we deleted it and they kept uploading it.

    After a while they started putting the “BANNED BY MININOVA” tag on there. So just some kids being annoying using proxy’s and stuff. Just ignore them ;).

  5. 5 sidcruise

    hey I love miniova, I was able to get all the movies I ever wanted and most importantly in good health so having a blog is very sensible …

    So keep on goin ;)

    Cheers

  6. 6 Darkerson

    Just like to say that mininova rocks harder then any other torrent site out there and i hope it stays that way

  7. 7 Nellycappello

    Keep up the good work guys :-)

  8. 8 billy the kid

    thanks for a great site, seems to be faster and up more than other

    keep it up (the site that is) :p

  9. 9 netadmin

    haha
    someone plugged the same fibre cable into the switch twice lol i hate when that happens

  10. 10 hotemetoot

    more sites having trouble with clusterdownloads or hacker bots.
    but nice site keep them coming, love this show.

  11. 11 Josh

    Mininooooooova!

  12. 12 maz2390

    tut tut nova guys! lol oh well…as long as we can still d/u load and chat it dont matter too much eh?

  13. 13 stuartelliot2005@blueyonder.co.uk

    I looked for two days and mininova was down.. never mind. its working now..

    MiniNova Rocks..

  14. 14 Andy

    Thanks that u’r back to us.

  15. 15 Manic

    Well, i wont complain. Mininova Rocks, i feel bad when its down, i love it when its online :)

  16. 16 Stuart Elliot

    I LUV MININOVA

  17. 17 kyle

    :( That’s sad.

    This is a sad, sad, day. :(

  18. 18 coop

    not a brob my frends this is the best ther is so will be only to happy when its up and runing i now how hard u boys work

  19. 19 xenonive

    great site first place i look for anything

  20. 20 bo80

    Those Federal Pigs had been posting Torrents under must read(mininova)then when you open it ,it states your busted we have your ip address,i am not concerened about myself but for you people i am so be careful!

    yours,
    bo80

  21. 21 MOD

    minova is the bomb..but still there is little lack in variety of files…even then this is the best site out there..
    one more thing.. can anyone tell me how to burn perfect DVDs..just like the ones you buy from the store…

  22. 22 joe

    miniova rocks thats why i dontate, all of u people r like ya its cool when its up then when its down ur like ahh f it, this blows, well u sux, fkin donate, they need it

  23. 23 null

    naw, i dont donate, but this site is the only site i go to for torrents..well, and raphustle, but that’s for mixtapes, but they too eventually come here….mininova beats out any other site i’ve tried…

  24. 24 KaMeKaZe

    MOD u were askin about dvds, use DVDFAB Express, it gives u a 30 day trail, but they are perfect. and Mininova is the best!

  25. 25 cvmatt

    Thanks for the post!

    You guys are the best and appreciate all your hard work.

  26. 26 Kuhl

    well at least i know why i cant get anythgin done . . . just keep up the good work and fix it asap guys . . . unless it is fixed and my cpu hates . . . you guys still rock my cpu hating me aside

  27. 27 Kuhl

    well at least i know why i cant get anythgin done . . . just keep up the good work and fix it asap guys . . . unless it is fixed and my cpu hates . . . you guys still rock my cpu hating me aside

  28. 28 Bananaman

    You guys scared me… I thought it was gone or something… now that felt horrible…

  29. 29 D'Hoffryn

    A bit of downtime every now and again reminds us how much we love and rely on MiniNova. Miss it, obviously, complain about it NEVER.

  30. 30 Junkie

    Bananaman, it really is scary to think of a world without Mininova. Living in a foreign country means you’re subject to missing many TV shows from you’re home country, but with Mininova (along with VTV and eztv) I can watch Lost, Prison Break, and other shows, instead of the drivel that is broadcast in Japan. (TV on the weekends is the worst here) Everytime I notice downtime here, that thought “Were they shutdown?” always comes to mind, and I start getting depressed thinking about how long it will take for all the current TV shows to be released on DVD for me to finally watch….alas, Mininova will never be shut down!! Long live Mininova! (and P2P technology)

  31. 31 null

    can you guys fix the quick download link it still doesnt work properly!

  32. 32 Venom

    This site is amazing… I’m using it for 3 months now and it rocks!
    Here I’ve found many things that I’ve beleived to be lost forever. Thanks to you guys my life is better now.
    Keep up the good work. :)

  33. 33 dick dastardly

    Hoorah!!!

  34. 34 mbmrotterdam

    Ive dl 756GB till now and i will never stop thanks. mininova

  35. 35 Jos

    @null: Why doesn’t the quick download link (green image with arrow?) work properly?

    Please explain :)

  36. 36 ahm

    lol i already almost downloaded around 2TB i have 4* 400GB external hard drives just to keep sharing alive …P2P is going better keep improvin people and dont get scared to get sued the more downloading the more they will stop suing people ive been doin it for almost 6 years i have the experiance how to block them looool they suck big time ….

  37. 37 MOD

    nice job ahm.. LOL..

  38. 38 Linkin

    this is getting worse, we need some kind of proxy file sharing network, read this:

    The global recording industry has launched its largest wave of legal action against people suspected of sharing music files on the internet.
    The latest move targeted 2,100 alleged uploaders using peer-to-peer (P2P) networks in 16 nations including the UK, France, Germany and Italy.
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4438324.stm

  39. 39 null

    mininova ROX forever no problem if it’s down for a couple of hours but not forever huh ?!

  40. 40 assassinas

    Haha. Chaps. Mininova Rocks. But I sure as hell hope theres a backup plan for the sake of my sanity! You know. Just in case.

  41. 41 cyphe

    NEW MATRIX!!

  42. 42 Kuhl

    wait so is mininova fixed ? because im getting download occassionally for short periods of time but nowhere near what id normally get . . . is it up and i missed somethgin or what ?

  43. 43 Mats

    Thank you to all those uploading the NHL games (especially the maple leafs ones) Your a saint. Please keep em comin’.

  44. 44 roeles

    Could some mod please rename this blog article to “Worthship the Mininova crew here”?

  45. 45 null

    argghh i really cant cope without mininova. you guys are great i have found music here that i would never be able to find anywhere so cheers!!! has anyone got any dogs d’amour,junkyard,circus of power,dread zeppelin to upload??? thanks to someone for putting un-led-ed on and the kiss solo albums.

  46. 46 me

    mininova rocks i just wish i had more bandwith to download lol,
    ive also noriced thatsome of the trackers are down, so the donloads wont work, but i was wondering if anyone knows ofany other good sites that i could look for stuff thanks :)

  47. 47 null

    does any one have episodes of VH1,about the stars and their wealth,or 80’s episodes of LIFESTYLES OF THE RICH AND FAMOUS WITH ROBIN LEACH.IF SO PLEASE POST.THANK-YOU.LONG LIVE MININOVA

  48. 48 ebichuman

    Ebichuman loves

    camelbert cheese abit more than mininova

    but loves mini nova ALOT

  49. 49 ronnie

    when Mininova goes down, everyone panics…..is this the end? Where will I get my shit? Thanks for coming back, puts all our minds at rest. P2P here in the UK seems good at the mo due to these unclear copyright rules (personal and private use)but it seems even better with Mininova around.

  50. 50 animepunk217

    Mininova makes me happy.

  51. 51 null

    I was wondering if there is a way I can find Lenny Kravitz song called Again….I really want to find it…how might i do that?

  52. 52 Brainwashed4Life

    Great job guys! Love the updates.

  53. 53 Lyrics-Fan

    Excellent news guys :) and thanks for the update.

  54. 54 null

    keep up with the good work.

  55. 55 oLfErNaToR[GER]

    Hey, yo!
    I think Mininova Rocks!
    It’s the best Bittorrentsource in the www!!! So still, mininova is my welcome-page.
    I Love you, because there is a german-version of “The Movies”!!!
    !GERMANY!

    Ich find Mininova extrem cool! Vor allem weil es hier sogar mal ne deutsch Version von “The Movies” gibt!!!

  56. 56 raoul

    isnt the intel compiler for intel processors? you have one xeon server and two opteron servers, right?

  57. 57 null

    hnlhçknhkgl

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