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Today we experienced an epic failure.  It came down to poor judgement and just not paying attention.  Our /tmp partition became 100% used and therefore mysql had no where to write cache.

Basically, we stopped processing indexes around 4:00AM CST (-6:00GMT) on December 17, 2012.  It was a nightmare.  Unfortunately, I do not have any alerts notifying me of downtime or maintenance, because this is not an urgent service.

Because so many of us rely on our indexing services to provide us with an easy method of accessing desired files, having that index offline becomes a problem.  Around noon, I started exporting the massive database of NZB files.  It is a huge quantity of files and a very large set of data.  I moved mysql from /var/lib/mysql to another partition with plenty of free space.  Updated my.cnf, Ubuntu's App Armor and I created symbolic link between the old database and the new location and started to fire everything back up.

Things appeared to be okay, until I realized that some where down that path the entire database had become corrupt.  I exhausted every resource available to recover as much of the data as possible.  In the end, I salvaged the database as a backup for reference and started over again.

Luckily, we have all the NZBs exported and ready for import.  I have all the user information necessary to recreate new accounts for everyone.  In the end, we started a bit fresh.  

Now we have a much larger stream of usenet service providers for indexing.  These are listed in no particular order:

giganews

newshosting

tweaknews.eu

euroaccess

astraweb

usenetserver

Basically, I have discovered flaws and stability issues with every single one of them.  Giganews has an extraordinary retention rate.  Newshosting is always available and has proven to be a solid USP for downloading the binaries a nzb file points to.  Tweaknews and EuroAccess were recommended to me from another fellow index operator and I believe they provide excellent service, but the overall throughput loss from moving the source overseas has proven to be a challenge in keeping everything updated.  Astraweb is absolutely phenomenal for performance, because their compressed header support is solid.  However, I have been experiencing endless problems with their authentication servers and the fact that tons of binaries belonging to a release are missing.

Right now, I am using usenetserver as the primary source with tweaknews.eu as the backup for it.  Seems to be running pretty solid at the moment.  Usenetserver also seems to be highly recommended and the price for access is extremely competitive.

Currently importing the old nzb database, which is proving to take quite a while.  Additionally, we are indexing current releases.  At this exact moment there are 5,469 nfo files to be processed in addition to releases without nfos.

The last few months have been a rollercoaster ride for the Usenet ecosystem. Under heavy pressure from Hollywood lobbyists and the promulgation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) in the United States, two of the largest Usenet archives, NZBMatrix and Newbin, have been shut down. Perhaps this isn’t a surprise to many since these archives have been under pressure from the Motion Picture Association among other entertainment organizations for several years now. Nevertheless, their closure symbolizes a drastic change in the way we share data and collaborate. Without Usenet archiving services, much of the data and content that circulates through the Usenet ecosystem can, and probably will be lost forever.

Usenet was created in 1979, well before the rise of the World Wide Web. It was largely used to circulate news in an era of slow Internet connectivity, and served as the predecessor to online public forums. It’s historical value may appear to be insignificant today, but much of what became standard on the World Wide Web, particularly in its earlier years, was actually based on Usenet features - think of threads, FAQs, discussions, etc.

One of the major advantages of Usenet to more sophisticated users includes the free or paid access to information via archive services including text, documents, entertainment, etc. through a decentralized system. We lament what may be the decline of such a historically important technology, but as is the case with most web-based tools, paradigm shifts in usage are inevitable, regardless of how they are brought on. In the case of Usenet, the end result is that by removing archiving services, the system has very little chance of surviving.

In recent years, piracy has been a major concern for monopolistic content creators, whose interests are advanced by governments. The vast spread of pirated content across the Usenet ecosystem and its retention by searchable archive services like Newzbin has only aggravated the situation. Many questions can be raised regarding how owners of these services handled content, as well as how governments and judicial systems treated the demands of content creators. One thing is sure – net neutrality is still far from being actualized. Money and power still have a significant influence on internet policy and internet freedom.