Is it possible that b/c of all the people on the court website, they are having trouble updating it?
Yes, ellenhawkeye, they may have had to take the server offline, enter the pertinent data, and then place the server back online.
The other possibility is that the server simply is not designed to handle the amount of web traffic (hits) that I'm certain it is receiving at the moment.
Web servers (file servers, or any server for that matter) can only handle what they can handle. It's the weekend, and if they don't have tech support in house, and on staff, they have to make that call. It then must be escalated to the proper people in order to process the trouble ticket, in order to handle the issue expeditiously.
They had to have known this was going to happen on Friday afternoon, so hopefully, it's something small, and they will have the server back online ASAP. Any IT person worth their salt should have seen this coming far in advance.
ETA: they likely do their server updates (and take them offline, if need be) overnight, which would explain why they update everything at 0600. This is Standard Operating Procedure in the IT field. It is preferred that you NOT take your server offline for any reason, if you can avoid it. However, if you must, you do so when it is needed the least, i.e., the middle of the night, or 3rd shift. Those who have access to RAID systems (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Drives) are able to link drives on servers in order to balance performance and fault tolerance. This keeps systems online continuously, and decreases and/or eliminates memory failure on servers
(downtime) (
http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/R/RAID.html ).
As this case progresses, maybe Horry County will look into upgrading their systems. The public will not stop wanting to know about Heather's case, and this problem will not go away anytime soon :moo:
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