It's been 6 years! More importantly, YouTube is removing all unlisted videos from 2017 and before and they will become inaccessible after July 23rd.
What a non-gift for our 6 year anniversary!
It has been 6 awesome years though, and there are dozens of active users with TPA that make sure we can archive as much as we can find in o...
2021-07-15 00:07:05 +0000 UTC View PostMost folks know, but in case you don't follow the discord Z+ has now racked a new server and is awaiting hookup before going online with new service offerings.
We're getting closer to upgrading the Z+ network. Some cute pics will be posted on our Subscribe Star.
Thanks again, your support is valuable.
I've been quite busy lately but we're finally moving forward (and nearing a foreseeable end) with the new server build and deployment for our continued expansion.
There's a lot more in discord, and those of you who were around for Ponyville Ciderfest Online would be quick to note that I've made some changes to Spikebot and have worked a bit on the actual site page, granted not ...
2020-12-08 00:49:34 +0000 UTC View PostTPA has grown considerably over the years. I just want to tell everyone thanks for putting up with myself in building up TPA to this level.
First I'd like to take a moment to thank an anonymous donor that made much of this possible, at least to happen this fast.
Change #1 - All EU servers are being decommissioned.
TPA has maintained a network of 3 EU servers for ove...
Besides me being lazy, there's a few things that'll be changing.
- The website will get an update eventually removing the banner at the top
- I'm moving away from Patreon.
The first is overdue, by like a year.
The second is because I don't agree with Patreon's removal of several friend's accounts.
I will (eventually) be moving to Liberapay. I've alrea...
We've been in this together for quite some time, and I don't plan on stopping anytime soon.
I have had a few people question if we would cease operation, the answer to that at this time is a very loud "NO."
Work wise, everyone who contributes to the archive are remote in general, working wise isn't much of an issue however several in our community are affected qui...
With recent events that I have been expecting for a while a lot's changed and our awareness levels has increased quite a bit.
I want to start off with a brief but important reminder:
If you or someone needs help archiving or you think something should be archived please join the discord and bug me or someone else that'll direct you to the right person. There are qu...
2019-11-22 06:19:42 +0000 UTC View PostI've updated several things within the archive and am in the process of making some very large changes / quality of life improvements as well as working towards goals that should have been done months ago.
I have set up several Trello boards that I have already posted without pings in our discord servers announcement channel. These have helped greatly since I've created them,...
2019-09-08 02:42:13 +0000 UTC View PostWe're back up!
Small reminder that Spikebot is now live in The Pony Archive's shared discord server:
https://discord.gg/dGtwRph There's a new role in the discord server for patreons as well.
And the archive is in the process of being updated globally.
Few things are now in the staging process:
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The datacenter that houses our front-end proxy server(s) is offline at this time. The archive's backend is fine, and Spikebot's archiving is unaffected.
As a result of this, all front end sites hosted by the TPA network is offline including but definitely not limited to:
Project Vinyl
The Pony Archive
The Starchive
Starlightglimmer2020
Some of you migh...
Just letting everyone know to check their messages, sent out a mass message for the updating of patron status on the website itself.
Patron roles are active on the discord now, get yours while it's hot and does absolutely nothing on the server.
We've successfully migrated the 12.6TB of pony videos on one section of the old server. Working on migrating the derp...
2019-04-06 13:40:09 +0000 UTC View PostWork has begun on officially deploying the new server with 77TB of storage.
During this time you may see some blank pages or stuff may be "gone" entirely from the main site as stuff is transferred. This is due to me having to free up some space on a filled drive to compress a few large collections of tiny files. Nothing will be lost as larger items will be transferred ...
Hello everyone I hope your ponyversary is going well!
The Pony Archive began in 2015 and officially launched in the summer of 2016. Since then I've been keen on archiving and trying to preserve the content that originally brought myself into the herd.
I also like to give back to the fandom who've collectively given me something I'd have never had without disco...
2018-10-12 00:42:02 +0000 UTC View PostNew Archive Server Project.
Objective: Purchase a new server for the archive.
Reason: Our current server has run out of usable space, we have to rely on others and on unsafe cloud storage at the moment to continue to archive.
Server Brand: Quantagrid
Model: D51PH-1ULH
<... 2018-09-04 09:05:36 +0000 UTC View PostThe archive has been fully restored with some improvements.
First and foremost: NO DATA LOSS. The main server is back 100%.
Please note that you will continue to see the "server offline" message till Sunday 7/1/18. Join the discord if you need a link to it earlier. We're working on backing some of it up, but a full back up will take a few weeks.
AsRock was kind enough ...
2018-06-29 00:36:48 +0000 UTC View PostFirst and foremost, thanks to all those that donate monthly to the archive, it brings in enough to pay for hosting now as well as save up for future upgrades.
I don't believe it'd be fair to let Patreon charge you guys at the 1st of June with the site being offline as it is. I'd like to pause this page for 1 month so you guys won't be charged for it. I'll definitely send an all-...
I should have posted this earlier, but most people already hang around the discord server so they already know.
The current server had a motherboard failure but the drive integrity appears to be fine in short term bench testing. I'm currently working on getting a new motherboard to replace the one that failed.
We'll be back. Might take 2-3 weeks...
2018-05-13 12:01:17 +0000 UTC View PostThanks to those that showed up, really had fun doing our panel Fandom Archival and Archeology.
There will be a video of the panel posted soon once I get home from the convention.
2018-04-01 17:32:31 +0000 UTC View PostWe've currently outgrown the current server by about 7TB. The current server has a 24TB raw volume that's really only usable to about 18TB. There's about 3-4TB of content spread across another series of servers. In short: We need a new space.
What's ahead: New server.
The planned server would cost around $3,300 to $3,500 depending on time built and specs.
The curr...
2018-01-31 21:12:57 +0000 UTC View Post