Server memory blow please help

[Angelox]

Originally Posted by eq4me

Yesterday: A DBA's backup song
(To be sung to the tune of Yesterday)


Yesterday,
All those backups seemed a waste of pay
Now my database has gone away
Oh I believe in yesterday

Suddenly,
There's not half the files there used to be
And there's a deadline
hanging over me
The system crashed so suddenly.

I pushed something wrong
What it was I could not say
Now my data's gone
and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.

Yesterday,
The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
Thought all my data was here to stay,
Now I believe in yesterday.



Sorry, couldn't resist.

Seriously. Get a good beginners book about Linux adminstration and try to be more paranoid when it comes to important data.

Man, I really feel bad about this, I might be able to fix his database - But I don't know how it could have gotten damaged if these sqls worked for everyone else.
It could have been just a freak thing where the database got corrupted during the update process or, it could be the extra data needs more memory? his machine doesn't have much memory -anyways, If I can get my hands on it, I might be able to salvage it.

[eq4me]

Dont feel bad Angelox. As far as I am reading it he is back to his original problem. That was before he inserted your SQLs(?). So it isnt your fault.
I am in the businness for over 10 years and at some point I stopped to feel sorry for people who regard backups as unneccessary.

Its all about not making the same mistake twice.
What I would do: Get a fresh PEQ database and switch the Server temorarily to this DB. Does the EQEmu Server still use massive ammounts of RAM?