HN, please help... My host just screwed me over
I put 8 months of hard work (70+ hrs/week on average) into my app (my first startup) and just so happen to officially release it today... which had to be coincidentally the absolute WORST time to release it.<p>Without telling me, my host decided to perform a file system check (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fsck) and so now my server is offline for a few hours.<p>An hour or two ago I began telling dozens of high priority potential clients to check it out... each of which could bring in thousands of dollars per month.  About 30 minutes ago I noticed the site was offline... and I'm pretty sure quite a few have tried to look at it since then.  None have responded.  And I'm afraid they've all gotten a bad first impression, and may never bother to check it out again.<p>I've sent them all messages informing them of the server maintenance and that it should be back up soon.  I'm planning on sending them all another message when it's back up.<p>This is absolutely infuriating.  It feels like 8 months of work just went down the drain because my dumbass host didn't telling me they were going to perform some maintenance.<p>What can I do to make sure I don't lose these clients?