The downtime of the Crossfire server last weekend was due to an hardware failure which damaged one of the servers HDDs. The Server is running again but the HDD is still damaged and running only for the fact that it is mirrored.
This weekend Ill do a complete backup of everything on the server (not just the chars) and will get the damaged HDD replaced either monday or tuesday morning. Very likely most players wont even notice the repairs but if there is a downtime for a few hours you know why.