User:Interiot/FAQ/20060411 enwiki down

Toolserver is effectively down
So, last night, there was an architectural change to make en.wikipedia.org faster. As a side effect, the toolserver currently no longer receives replication updates from enwiki. Some admin work on the toolserver will be needed to allow the toolserver to receive updates from enwiki again. Kate (consanguinity on #wikimedia-toolserver) is the primary admin on the toolserver. I'm not personally able to do anything to fix this, though I'll pass along any status updates I get. Note that the kowiki_p, mswiki_p, thwiki_p, and jawiki_p servers have long been in the same position enwiki_p is now in, and a technical solution hasn't been found for those yet, so it's possible that the toolserver will be down for some time, at least for enwiki.

There are various people who may be able to speed resolution of this issue (Wikimedia Deutschland owns the server, and have a final say in what happens on it; the Mediawiki developers, and possibly a few other people, may have some suggestions about possible technical solutions). But it still may be some time before the toolserver is available for enwiki, given how long the asian servers have been unavailable. --Interiot 13:56, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Kind of you to update us Interiot, thanks. Is there any one particular spot (on wiki) that this matter is being discussed? Regards — Encephalon 19:42, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I haven't seen much discussion of it. There's a little (and hopefully will be more here, fwiw.  --Interiot 20:23, 12 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Aha, very good news indeed. DaBpunkt anticipates having enwiki replication working soon.  --Interiot 09:26, 18 April 2006 (UTC)