Hi all,
I attempted to empty a very large second-stage recycle bin by deleting the first 200 items using the web interface, Site Collection Settings -> Recycle Bin -> Deleted from end user Recycle Bin.
The operation took a long time and eventually failed with a time-out error.
The site collection has now become inaccessible. When I browse to the root site level, the page just times out and never loads.
I have tried an iisreset and dismounted / remounted the content database without any success.
There does not appear to be any error logged on any of the servers in the farm.
Any thoughts?