Matrix.org homeserver grinds to a halt after RAID meltdown (theregister.com)

Ah, that explains it. Fingers crossed that they can bring it back up soon.

see also https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45107696

I wish there was a blacklist option in Matrix/Synapse. We have users from our home servers joining large federations, who kill our synapse servers with FederationStateId requests (as far as I can see)

didnt have they a Cloud(tm) Backup?