Ralp posted:

I don't think any of it is that old, but the drives that failed were likely past their end of life. But I don't know, I don't deal with the hardware and just have a rough idea of the server layout. The forums are (mostly but not entirely) separate from the front page site, and search and archives run on their own server as well. I believe the secure purchasing system is locked down completely separately too. I might be wrong about any of this but that is my understanding!