The db hiccup last night ...
Was my fault. After spending a good deal of time yesterday setting up replication of the DB for added data security I foolishly started initial replication of the live DB in my eagerness to see it work. Irresponsible and rash, and the resulting cluster crash was totally avoidable. Therefore I offer this place for you to flame at will. I deserve it :/ This won´t happen again, I assure you.