Demonoid Offline For a Few Days
Written by Ernesto on June 26, 2007Last week, Demonoid’s ISP was forced to take a smaller BitTorrent site offline. So, when the Demonoid site failed to respond this morning, many expected the worst.
Update:
Anti-Piracy Organization Tries to Shut Down Demonoid
However, the current downtime of Demonoid has nothing to do with legal actions, but with hardware issues. The Demonoid team says they are currently replacing harddrives, and that it could take a few days before the site is back up.
The timeline given indicated that this is more than a regular hardware update. The downtime is probably caused by harddrive failure.
The official announcement in the Demonoid IRC channel is:
“Site offline for a few days while harddrives get replaced”
At this point it is still uncertain if any data is permanently lost or how long it will take to get things up and running. According to one of the admins It looks like the most recent data is lost for good. The good news is that there are backups, but these are a few days old.
Luckily the Demonoid trackers are not affected by the downtime. Demonoid is still one of the most used trackers, any downtime of the tracker will make thousands of torrents unusable in clients without DHT and multi-tracker support.
Update:
Demonoid placed this message on the frontpage:
We had a system problem which will force us to restore everything from backup.
The disks are pretty much empty right now and until we are able to upload the backup and set up everything up, we have to close down.
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Phew.
I expected the worst when I saw I couldn’t access Demo this morning.
Hopefully they are moving off of LeaseWeb
Thank God. It`s one of my favourite torrent sites! :D
a few weeks ago, my isp blocked DNS for demonoid, but when I still couldn’t get the page to load even using opendns this morning, i was really worried
thanks :) such a relief…will there be upgrades?
Whew!! It’s not gone for good. That’s a relief. I was just getting to know Demonoid! ;)
thnk god! i went through tons of waiting for resestrations or an invite.
if you would like a goood sub site while its down, go to http://www.torrentman.com that is te defaule site for bitlord.
its is better then most but not demonoid.
oh and by the way. i got an invite from my friend. his demonoid name is thewiger. mine is areoseek.
tnx and have a nice dy
i coudlent access it at around 12:00 est. erie pa.
very glad to hear its only a technical problem, see you all soon
Anyone know if your ratio will be updating in this time? Want to know if I should be downloading one of the ISOs I haven’t gotten around to or if I should seed…
Demonoid says “We had a system problem which will force us to restore everything from backup.
The disks are pretty much empty right now and until we are able to upload the backup and set up everything up, we have to close down.
We’ll be back as soon as possible. Sorry for the inconvenience.”
Our Ratio’s, noooo!
Someone’s gone and spilt mead all over that rug!
If the tracker is running, the ratio should be updated.
See you on the other side
While they are at it – Dump the ISP…
My favourite site is demonoid, I visit it several times a day. I can’t believe that the whole thing is just about hardware problem because it can be amended in a few hours. There must be something legal action behind the scene and I hope that demonoid will replace its server to somewhere else in the world just like thepiratebay and demonoidfans will be able to download/upload torrents. It is the only site which provides good quality classical music in large amount.
feel free to stop by http://file-world.net. New site with lots of potential. All new members welcome.
you dont know what youve got till its gone….. I think when they get back up and running… we all should donate some $$$ to the good people at Demonoid. I didnt realize how much I cared till I couldnt access it.
http://www.bytecollectors.com is open for new users great speed’s and plenty of seeds
I recently know Dem was out! Today 27 at 15:00, before (26 and 25) I was downloading at speed of 60K, so I didn’t worry about check demonoid.com, until now when I saw the speed rate of download at no more than 1.5K.
Can somebody tell me when exactly demonoid.com was out?
My torrents are active, so the rate are sslllowly, do they keep slow until they finally disspear?
Thank You and LIVE DEMONOID!
F___ BRIEN!
If you are looking to alternatives to Demonoid, Isohunt or TorrentSpy, you should check this list of sites:
http://digg.com/tech_news/23_Alternatives_to_TorrentSpy_IsoHunt
They are a gift from god
hope you can restore everything its a great site the best
As indicated elsewhere, I would think there’s something “sinister” up at demonoid. A drive crash in a worst case scenario can be rectified within hours, a day for the most. It’s been four days already. Im feeling a bit sick already :))))
AHHH DEMONOID COME BACK. -.-
the official forum is working now:
http://fora.demonoid.com/
=)
i am in total desperation! i can’t get doctor who releases by MM on Demonoid. Anyone know where I can find MadMartha?
I’m getting so impatient! …The computer isnt fun without demonoid.
FAVOR! Can someone put some peper an from disney OR PBS ARTHUR?
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME ^^
I cant believe there’s no ARTHUR torrents….arghh lol
~kid at heart lol
It’s (semi) official.”pending renewal of service by current provider, Demonoid is no longer in service as of 07/01/07″ Briend release e comment=”126516″]I’m getting so impatient! …The computer isnt fun without demonoid.
FAVOR! Can someone put some peper an from disney OR PBS ARTHUR?
THAT WOULD BE AWESOME ^^
I cant believe there’s no ARTHUR torrents….arghh lol
~kid at heart lol[/quote]
It’s official
Demonoid is gone for good.
txt.de/antip/briend. nr/ 07.0107/ar9g
O_O WHAT?! WHERE DID YOU GET THAT INFO FROM?!
“There was a delay with our new hardware that pushes the site return for Wednesday.
The Forum is now back online though.”
-demonoid. AHHHHH WEDNESDAY >_
demonoid is my favourite torrent site
get back soon…..
I hope that wednesday will be THE day.
can’t wait anymore…
I hope Tim Kuik (BREIN) will die soon. I bet that son of a whore has an illegal copy of Windows himself.
im not like most of you, old and sceptical? but must say demonoid feels a bit like a safe pair of hands to a novice , hope it`s back for all soon, ps why cant we donate via cash or chq not credit card details? if it was i would
well its now 27 minutes into wednesday
and its still not up yet.
yay demonoid is back online now
Its UP ! Its Back !
On their home page !
Newspost – Jul/03/2007
Still working on this
Just got back online
Please restart your bittorrent client!
More later
Hi, can someone send me an email with a Demonid invitation? Tks.
Does anyone have a clue when registration will be open again, or if anyone is willing to e-mail me an invitation code i would greatly appreciate this? Iv been searching for some classic animation films, which demonoid is the only place to carry them. Im a huge fan of the scene, but cant seem to find my way into demonoid.
YaY demonid is back althought its quite slow and some “Server too busy” notices :( I hope they fix that
thats wat u get wen u piss off the wrong man oops i mean there hard drives were fucked cause of a virus problem oops a big one haha
is it possible to get an invite to demonoid. I have tried everything and its not wotrking email me at tdslioness@yahoo.com or leavein messenger
Please people help me! I must get demonoid invitation, I must. If somebody got it please very plz send to me: magaiveris @ gmail . com please. skype: freemanlife
Hello all,
please get me an invitation code to register for demonoid.
raomvp@yahoo.com
Thanks in advance
anyone else having demonoid problems again fr the last few days? i’m just getting a blank white page. no error messages, plain nothing.
Same problem as puncheroo! I Think this is the end…
Same problem as two above people!
The end is here! Damn! Damn!
[quote comment="133123"]Same problem as two above people!
The end is here! Damn! Damn![/quote]
lmao 2 seconds later i tried it and it worked!
It’s just terribly slow. Keep refreshing and sometimes it’s showing the page. It can take 10/15 refreshes or more sometimes :( Probably too much attention because of the Brein thing. I thought they were ordering new hardware. So i am expecting to see the site up and running smoothly soon. I miss my daily dosage Demonoid :p
yeah, it’s down again..and refreshing helped the other day, but today (july 17) it doesn’t help anymore.
Wish they would say if it is tech problems or if they are shutting them down..I don’t know what to believe anymore..but I miss the site!
hrmmmmm down today, right as i remembered to look for something =x
glad i found this post. hope all goes well for them.
it’s down again… guess I’ll go see if the servers are okay… they have moved their new server just about 20 min from where I lived ^^
Still no luck. #^&%@ the is no site better when it comes to comics torrents. I miss it already. Wish it was clear what’s going on.
Damn.. the best site is dead, you could find there anything you want..manvanmars bedankt voor de goede dutch commics.
Stichting Brein in Holland has made Demonoid to stop, so they went to Canada because it’s legally there but that is already a week ago and still nothing .. is it definitely the end??
i got on yesterday and was working just fine, this morning still has problems :(
i just love that site, best site on the net.. hope they can get back soon !!!!!!
Is it still down due to hardware problems? Does anyone know when it’s expected to come back up? :(
Just got back online
Just got back online?? Nothing by me.
After a few hours,offline again!
People, I believe (thx god) Demonoid is back!!!
why do people need an invite code so bad isnt it just for one time or do you get to register while your using it???
Offline again, shit!
You need a invite code to register, or you can register mostly on friday. But if there comming back???
can someone invite me “khinmin@gmail.com” for demonoid.com? thanks
Does anyone have a spare demonoid invite? delijdewolfe@hotmail.com Thanks in advance!
Awwww! When is Demonoid going to be open for registration? I’ve been waiting all month and I don’t know any members. Do any of you know what specific days it opens? Could someone give me a invite? You don’t have to but it would be nice…
email: thedom98@yahoo.com
If your isp blocks anything or shapes your downloads you can always use a VPN to make it so that they cant monitor where you go, here’s a site that will set you up with a VPN, there is a setup fee but after that it’s free monthly.
http://www.filesharesmart.com
could someone send me a demonoid invite? i’ve been trying for months to register, but it’s never up at the right time. and yes i have checked every frida, because that’s when they open registering. if someone can help me that would be great (suthakar@gmail.com)
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