Yes the server is down.
Volt-Host hasn't said why the server is down. Neither admins nor moderators know when the server will be back online.
Do not post help or complaint topics about it. They will be deleted.
Do not flood the shoutbox asking for the server to be "turned on". We can't magically turn it on.
Do not annoy staff about the server being offline. We want to play too.
An admin will be able to update this to provide more information. As of right now, the server has been down for at least 8 hours.
Be patient and enjoy some fresh air while we wait for the server to come back online.
/me has opened a backup server at
198.24.160.66:9500
Fuu, me want play, admin make the server good, me want play!!! :herpderp:
Hey, Looks like many other servers is down too! :o Becouse of this, website is down too?
An American got the date format correct :o
Quote from: voltThe host node is currently reachable with a local ping of 67ms. This issue is only affecting servers hosted on your IP address. This is probably due to a attack or network outage.
Quote from: voltThe host node is currently reachable with a local ping of 67ms. This issue is only affecting servers hosted on your IP address. This is probably due to a attack or network outage.
where is this DDoS protection they've promised to their users ? anyway I've checked and currently volt has 4 servers based in US, no other places..
Quote from: $nake on February 20, 2013, 12:43
Quote from: voltThe host node is currently reachable with a local ping of 67ms. This issue is only affecting servers hosted on your IP address. This is probably due to a attack or network outage.
where is this DDoS protection they've promised to their users ? anyway I've checked and currently volt has 4 servers based in US, no other places..
WRONG my server with volt and is hosted in Kent(uk) and its up and running
Do not flood the shoutbox asking for the server to be "turned on". We can't magically turn it on.
ITS possible to turn it on XD just step over to a other hosting company :D then you turn it magically on xD
If Mick "stepped" over to a hosting company, he'd loose out on the money he payed to Volt, doesn't he pay in advance too?
For the server to be down this long the data center probably disabled the IP (Black-hole) to protect the rest of the servers on the box, this is not uncommon for them to do during a large DDOS attack to protect all customers on the box rather than risk many customers servers to help one. A black hole usually lasts 24 hours but can be shorter or longer depending on whether the DDOS is still going, The size of the DDOS, and whether or not they have found a way to block it in their hardware firewall (Some are pretty damn hard to block). What I am trying to say is that this is probably why the server is down at the moment so just be patient, Volt-Host is just doing their job to protect their customers as best as they can. After all you wouldn't want a random server on the box getting attacked and taking you guys and hundreds of other servers out with it right? This is why they do what they do, inconvenience one community to protect all the others they are hosting. Although many do not like this it can be the best solution to the problem.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that volt may not even know that an IP is black-holed because the tech's at the data-center can disable it at their own free will if they feel it is risking other servers on the box or any other boxes in the data-center as well. This is more common when servers are monitored to allow quick DDOS mitigation for minimal headache for the clients on the box.
Quote from: BobWho on February 20, 2013, 15:26
For the server to be down this long the data center probably disabled the IP (Black-hole) to protect the rest of the servers on the box, this is not uncommon for them to do during a large DDOS attack to protect all customers on the box rather than risk many customers servers to help one. A black hole usually lasts 24 hours but can be shorter or longer depending on whether the DDOS is still going, The size of the DDOS, and whether or not they have found a way to block it in their hardware firewall (Some are pretty damn hard to block). What I am trying to say is that this is probably why the server is down at the moment so just be patient, Volt-Host is just doing their job to protect their customers as best as they can. After all you wouldn't want a random server on the box getting attacked and taking you guys and hundreds of other servers out with it right? This is why they do what they do, inconvenience one community to protect all the others they are hosting. Although many do not like this it can be the best solution to the problem.
I don't mind the server being down, but then I think to myself... I've never ever seen a host get DDoS'ed so many times as Volt-Host.
QuoteI don't mind the server being down, but then I think to myself... I've never ever seen a host get DDoS'ed so many times as Volt-Host.
For them to Black Hole an IP that means its that specific IP getting hit, the target would have to be the specific IP not the host. The host being targeted will often result in multiple nodes being hit off random IP's as well as their website. The people who target CVT can be banned people, other communities, and just people who hate the community or people in it.
This dude knows what he's talking about too.
Quote from: DemonicPankake on February 20, 2013, 20:04
This dude knows what he's talking about too.
At least he's not complaining :D Bob's epic.
Quote from: BobWho on February 20, 2013, 15:26
For the server to be down this long the data center probably disabled the IP (Black-hole) to protect the rest of the servers on the box, this is not uncommon for them to do during a large DDOS attack to protect all customers on the box rather than risk many customers servers to help one. A black hole usually lasts 24 hours but can be shorter or longer depending on whether the DDOS is still going, The size of the DDOS, and whether or not they have found a way to block it in their hardware firewall (Some are pretty damn hard to block). What I am trying to say is that this is probably why the server is down at the moment so just be patient, Volt-Host is just doing their job to protect their customers as best as they can. After all you wouldn't want a random server on the box getting attacked and taking you guys and hundreds of other servers out with it right? This is why they do what they do, inconvenience one community to protect all the others they are hosting. Although many do not like this it can be the best solution to the problem.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that volt may not even know that an IP is black-holed because the tech's at the data-center can disable it at their own free will if they feel it is risking other servers on the box or any other boxes in the data-center as well. This is more common when servers are monitored to allow quick DDOS mitigation for minimal headache for the clients on the box.
You deserve a cookie.
Volt has had so much trouble in the past, i dont even bother anymore. I lost my faith in Volt especially when you have to wait fucking 24 hours to receive a reply from customer support. I know they only try to help us, but their customer service is a joke, and i just am fed up with Volt.
They dont even bother trying to help out players like sandman, twido, dr_hax , joshy. Volt changed something and since then those players are not able to connect to the forum properly, volt responded by saying, it must be you bai thx...
My $0.02
ServerFFS come back!! We need you!! :(
I think we are spending a lot of money in Volt-Host WHILE you nesesita customer care and must wait 24 hours, I recommend to see spending on Volt can hire better dedicated and have a better quality and better customer service.
It is my opinion, nose angry by this but it is an opinion
Server down = Volt getting DDos'd = Because CT is a badass server and everybody else is Jelly
O0
Quote from: ezepibe on February 21, 2013, 00:40
I think we are spending a lot of money in Volt-Host WHILE you nesesita customer care and must wait 24 hours, I recommend to see spending on Volt can hire better dedicated and have a better quality and better customer service.
It is my opinion, nose angry by this but it is an opinion
They did, last month they more than tripled their staff and completely reorganized their management staff... That's why their average response time is down from 24 hrs to 2 hrs now... not a great response time but much better than before.
QuoteThey did, last month they more than tripled their staff and completely reorganized their management staff... That's why their average response time is down from 24 hrs to 2 hrs now... not a great response time but much better than before.
Ahh good knew nothing. thanks for informing me
mm i hope the server will be back soon :D
Me boring Me whanna play CVT :D
Quote from: Matias. on February 20, 2013, 23:07
ServerFFS come back!! We need you!! :(
You have frankly no idea how bad ServerFFS really was.
Yet this is only affecting CT, all other Volt hosted servers are fine.
Quote from: Konali on February 20, 2013, 22:45
Volt has had so much trouble in the past, i dont even bother anymore. I lost my faith in Volt especially when you have to wait fucking 24 hours to receive a reply from customer support. I know they only try to help us, but their customer service is a joke, and i just am fed up with Volt.
They dont even bother trying to help out players like sandman, twido, dr_hax , joshy. Volt changed something and since then those players are not able to connect to the forum properly, volt responded by saying, it must be you bai thx...
My $0.02
I figure this is going to be another week or 2 down. Once I heard it went down I knew we wouldn't hear anything for atleast a day. At least an admin here made a topic saying we have no idea what's going on either.
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Server is down?!?
If Barney does not know when it will open as can be 1 day to 1 almost what is volt-host is the worst host.
Quote from: Marvin on February 21, 2013, 12:33
Quote from: Matias. on February 20, 2013, 23:07
ServerFFS come back!! We need you!! :(
You have frankly no idea how bad ServerFFS really was.
Yet this is only affecting CT, all other Volt hosted servers are fine.
ServerFFS was 10000000x times better than Volt and who cares about customer services, they never used to turn off for ddos attacks.
Seems like that whole samp is crashing now.. Most of servers are down.. As it have been said "Human is worst enemy of another Human"
hahah, found this from another server´s website:
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Quote from: Matias. on February 21, 2013, 15:11
ServerFFS was 10000000x times better than Volt and who cares about customer services, they never used to turn off for ddos attacks.
If you really believe that Volt has a bad customer service, you never really had to do with ServerFFS.
They simply didn't shut down during a DDoS attack because nobody was really looking after the system.
Quote from: Matias. on February 21, 2013, 15:11
Quote from: Marvin on February 21, 2013, 12:33
Quote from: Matias. on February 20, 2013, 23:07
ServerFFS come back!! We need you!! :(
You have frankly no idea how bad ServerFFS really was.
Yet this is only affecting CT, all other Volt hosted servers are fine.
ServerFFS was 10000000x times better than Volt and who cares about customer services, they never used to turn off for ddos attacks.
Quote from: Marvin on February 21, 2013, 15:25
Quote from: Matias. on February 21, 2013, 15:11
ServerFFS was 10000000x times better than Volt and who cares about customer services, they never used to turn off for ddos attacks.
If you really believe that Volt has a bad customer service, you never really had to do with ServerFFS.
They simply didn't shut down during a DDoS attack because nobody was really looking after the system.
matias, marvin aka drebin is right here, serverFFS was a total joke, i admit Volt has not been great either, but serverFFS had no support at all and didnt care much about their customers.
My question is what did we do to cause this/these person/people to hate us enough to ddos us like this all the time? :( I mean if they got banned and they were mad I could see some dumb scriptkiddies doing it once but just keep coming back and doing it over and over? WHY?
My point is that ServerFFS has much better connection than Volt and never used to be offline. BTW who cares, they are closed now, and now all we have is this piece of shit Volt, there isnt any more hosts to compare with. That's sad.
And ServerFFS used to be the best host untill VOLT appeared on market and as all companies: offered services that they will never accomplish.
Now this is a joke:
- Powerful Hardware
We run only the latest Intel Xeon and Intel Core series hardware with DDR2 and DDR3 memory on SSD / SATAII disk drive mixes for optimal performance for your server. Lie. Their server outages are a shame. - Superhero Support
We provide all of our customers, prospective and current with progressive support solutions to fit their needs, not ours.Lie again. Why they cant find a solution to joshy, sandman, twido connection problems and argue that its not their problem? - Kicka** Network
We host our servers only on the best network. This means better pings, better connections, and no packet loss. Check out our track record if you don't believe us.Lie one more time. Their network uses to have always packetloss.
Apart from their shameful customer service, the server outages, and other stuff, their promised DDos protection, where is it now?
Atleast ServerFFS never promised you stuff they would never accomplish.
I prefer a customer service that never answers instead of an customer service full of ignorant people that cant find you a solution to your issues.
But well, i am not the one hiring Volt. Its just my opinion, take it or leave it.
I by myself would never hire Volt.
Quote from: Bensawsome on February 21, 2013, 16:04
My question is what did we do to cause this/these person/people to hate us enough to ddos us like this all the time? :(
I probably banned them lol. Or they're just jealous that mick's gamemode is so good.
Volt-Host is a decent host when they're not being attacked. There are probably better hosts though.
Quote from: The_Hobo on February 21, 2013, 16:10
Quote from: Bensawsome on February 21, 2013, 16:04
My question is what did we do to cause this/these person/people to hate us enough to ddos us like this all the time? :(
I probably banned them lol. Or they're just jealous that mick's gamemode is so good.
They cant even track the ips where the attack is coming from... what a shame
And yes the people ddosing are jelous people and banned ones. Thats what makes every attack funny, it makes you know how famous CT is to be target of attacks xD
Quote from: Matias. on February 21, 2013, 16:06
BTW who cares, they are closed now, and now all we have is this piece of shit Volt, there isnt any more hosts to compare with.
Ummm pretty good list of hosts right here... just saying... I haven't tried any myself but they can't be much worse then volt xD
http://forum.sa-mp.com/showthread.php?t=189169
Quote from: Bensawsome on February 21, 2013, 16:12
Quote from: Matias. on February 21, 2013, 16:06
BTW who cares, they are closed now, and now all we have is this piece of shit Volt, there isnt any more hosts to compare with.
Ummm pretty good list of hosts right here... just saying... I haven't tried any myself but they can't be much worse then volt xD
http://forum.sa-mp.com/showthread.php?t=189169
The fights used to be Volt vs ServerFFS untill ServerFFS closed. Now its just Volt vs some bunch of hosts that are not so known as Volt. If Volt, the most known host for SAMP is target of attacks and cant even be able to reject that attacks without turning off the servers what can you expect of the rest of hosts on that list? lol
Well, the server is down because the volt host are on a mars mission. They're setting up a host on Planet Mars & Jupiter (planned). I'm on a mars mission too. I'm sure that server will be back by 9th March 2013 :)
But, one question..only volt host is the way to host a SA-MP Server?
Quote from: Undercover on February 21, 2013, 16:32
But, one question..only volt host is the way to host a SA-MP Server?
Not the only one, but its the "best" one.
If volt is down imagine how would the other hosts will be with a ddos attack.
Quote from: Undercover on February 21, 2013, 16:32
... I'm sure that server will be back by 9th March 2013 :) ...
PLS NO! I'm in Greece :(
But me wantz play, please start play the server, please please, mick do something, me wantz play, NOW! Volt host sucks :herpderp:
You Know What I Find Funny Is How You Guys Just open New Island Sombody Got jealous and decides to take it out on everyone else cause we have Really good mappers and they dont were successful and there not.....
Quote from: UnReal_Froggy on February 21, 2013, 19:49
You Know What I Find Funny Is How You Guys Just open New Island Sombody Got jealous and decides to take it out on everyone else cause we have Really good mappers and they dont were successful and there not.....
There are always haters with sore bottom :P 8) :biggrin: :lol:
This is preaty fucked up right hea.
If the server won't be online tomorrow, volt will get a load of shit from me.
Where is that 30/30 server of december lol.
Quote from: Matias. on February 21, 2013, 16:06
My point is that ServerFFS has much better connection than Volt and never used to be offline. BTW who cares, they are closed now, and now all we have is this piece of shit Volt, there isnt any more hosts to compare with. That's sad.
And ServerFFS used to be the best host untill VOLT appeared on market and as all companies: offered services that they will never accomplish.
Now this is a joke:
- Powerful Hardware
We run only the latest Intel Xeon and Intel Core series hardware with DDR2 and DDR3 memory on SSD / SATAII disk drive mixes for optimal performance for your server. Lie. Their server outages are a shame. - Superhero Support
We provide all of our customers, prospective and current with progressive support solutions to fit their needs, not ours.Lie again. Why they cant find a solution to joshy, sandman, twido connection problems and argue that its not their problem? - Kicka** Network
We host our servers only on the best network. This means better pings, better connections, and no packet loss. Check out our track record if you don't believe us.Lie one more time. Their network uses to have always packetloss.
Apart from their shameful customer service, the server outages, and other stuff, their promised DDos protection, where is it now?
Atleast ServerFFS never promised you stuff they would never accomplish.
I prefer a customer service that never answers instead of an customer service full of ignorant people that cant find you a solution to your issues.
But well, i am not the one hiring Volt. Its just my opinion, take it or leave it.
I by myself would never hire Volt.
you know that SERVERFFS Dead is :P they takked over by a other company :D
just do Onlygaming
Great support
Never offline
Fast internet :D Glass fibre mm :D
Onlygaming doesn't support SAMP as i saw
Quote from: voltHello,
We are currently working to fix this issue, please bare with us.
Regards,
Callum G.
Any questions? support@volt-host.com
If they don't fix it by the end of week, I'll do it myself.
Quote from: mick88 on February 21, 2013, 22:39
Quote from: voltHello,
We are currently working to fix this issue, please bare with us.
Regards,
Callum G.
Any questions? support@volt-host.com
If they don't fix it by the end of week, I'll do it myself.
Thank you Callum for your extensive explanation as to why the server is down.
Quote from: The_Hobo on February 21, 2013, 22:42
Quote from: mick88 on February 21, 2013, 22:39
Quote from: voltHello,
We are currently working to fix this issue, please bare with us.
Regards,
Callum G.
Any questions? support@volt-host.com
If they don't fix it by the end of week, I'll do it myself.
Thank you Callum for your extensive explanation as to why the server is down.
Plus one Mick and Hobo. i wonder if i should send them a little message regarding this issue in my own way. Maybe they dont know what they are doing.
this is taking forever -.-
:)
But, i am lil confused... I don't understand much these things so, but how the heck CT test server works with no problem? -.-
Quote from: brane on February 22, 2013, 09:03
But, i am lil confused... I don't understand much these things so, but how the heck CT test server works with no problem? -.-
Because CT Map Testing is not hosted by volt, mick is "hosting" it by him self.
Will Mick also host the server at home this time?
Just a 30slots Vip/admins server?
I hope so.
I wish mick start server fixingand not wait Volt do something !
I want play Convoy Trucking :D
Quote from: zwartepietNL on February 22, 2013, 11:25
Will Mick also host the server at home this time?
Just a 30slots Vip/admins server?
I hope so.
Would be stupid, we need an VPS (Doesn't need to cost much, its like 6 €ur) and not use these shared gamehostings.
Quote from: TruckLover1337 on February 22, 2013, 16:51
Quote from: zwartepietNL on February 22, 2013, 11:25
Will Mick also host the server at home this time?
Just a 30slots Vip/admins server?
I hope so.
Would be stupid, we need an VPS (Doesn't need to cost much, its like 6 €ur) and not use these shared gamehostings.
For 6 euros that kinda VPS wouldn't be able to handle a 100 slot server.
Quote from: Shane0 on February 22, 2013, 19:45
Quote from: TruckLover1337 on February 22, 2013, 16:51
Quote from: zwartepietNL on February 22, 2013, 11:25
Will Mick also host the server at home this time?
Just a 30slots Vip/admins server?
I hope so.
Would be stupid, we need an VPS (Doesn't need to cost much, its like 6 €ur) and not use these shared gamehostings.
For 6 euros that kinda VPS wouldn't be able to handle a 100 slot server.
Then he (mick) needs to upgrade to larger vps, he earns enough money from CVT Vips to afford it :)
Quote from: Mr.Benny on February 21, 2013, 21:19
Onlygaming doesn't support SAMP as i saw
o yes it support
and its much cheaper then voltz :D
only 0.10 cent per slot :D
on website standing something different but i know the owner :P >:D >:D >:D >:D
come back server :(
Quote from: thojas on February 22, 2013, 23:41
Quote from: Mr.Benny on February 21, 2013, 21:19
Onlygaming doesn't support SAMP as i saw
o yes it support
and its much cheaper then voltz :D
only 0.10 cent per slot :D
on website standing something different but i know the owner :P >:D >:D >:D >:D
The number of possible slots is 64 only and for that, you would need to pay €32.00
by volt you would pay pay that much for 120 slots
0.10cent * 64 = 6.4 dollars not €32.00
(http://i.imgur.com/YiiWdQF.png)
Quote from: Mr.Benny on February 23, 2013, 13:38
(http://i.imgur.com/YiiWdQF.png)
know but if you do it ny the owner off onlygaming then he can do the more slots its 64 max on the website and if you do it by the owner ulimeted slots :P he only need to make a code for it
and the price is outdated :P
owner off onlygaming sad that he lowering the price off it
I just opened a backup server at 198.24.160.66:9500
You can join and play, I will copy the database back to the main server when it's up.
Quote from: mick88 on February 23, 2013, 15:27
I just opened a backup server at 198.24.160.66:9500
You can join and play, I will copy the database back to the main server when it's up.
Thank you, mick!
Quote from: mick88 on February 23, 2013, 15:27
I just opened a backup server at 198.24.160.66:9500
You can join and play, I will copy the database back to the main server when it's up.
thanks dude, really appreciate your work!
Thanks mick,
backup server is better than the main :D :P.
you guys at all looking to switch hosts?
The main server is back online but is not connected to the database so don't use it yet. None of your stats will save. When mick copies the database over to the main server everything should be back to normal.
I was expecting to see "backup server has gone offline" :) at least we've had the backup server this time around, and it seemed more stable than the regular server.
Quote from: Dobby on March 02, 2013, 05:35
I was expecting to see "backup server has gone offline" :) at least we've had the backup server this time around, and it seemed more stable than the regular server.
True.