Comments for McWetboy's Outage Central http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com For when things go blooey on my web sites elsewhere. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:21:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Planned outage on Sunday by Intermittent problems « McWetboy’s Outage Central http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/planned-outage-on-sunday/#comment-160 Intermittent problems « McWetboy’s Outage Central Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:21:33 +0000 http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2007/02/22/planned-outage-on-sunday/#comment-160 [...] DreamHost seems to be having trouble cleaning up after yesterday’s planned outage; my sites have been down periodically — usually for only minutes at a time — since [...] [...] DreamHost seems to be having trouble cleaning up after yesterday’s planned outage; my sites have been down periodically — usually for only minutes at a time — since [...]

]]> Comment on MySQL server issues by FRN down due to MySQL outage « McWetboy’s Outage Central http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/10/23/mysql-server-issues/#comment-14 FRN down due to MySQL outage « McWetboy’s Outage Central Mon, 20 Nov 2006 17:29:56 +0000 http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/10/23/mysql-server-issues/#comment-14 [...] Once again, DreamHost MySQL server amber is experiencing an outage, which means, unfortunately, so is FRN. This is the fourth major outage of amber in the last month (1, 2, 3); I’ve asked for an explanation. [...] [...] Once again, DreamHost MySQL server amber is experiencing an outage, which means, unfortunately, so is FRN. This is the fourth major outage of amber in the last month (1, 2, 3); I’ve asked for an explanation. [...]

]]> Comment on MySQL server issues by Yet another database outage « McWetboy’s Outage Central http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/10/23/mysql-server-issues/#comment-13 Yet another database outage « McWetboy’s Outage Central Thu, 09 Nov 2006 17:11:52 +0000 http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/10/23/mysql-server-issues/#comment-13 [...] MySQL server amber is down again; see previous entries for impact and background (1, 2). [...] [...] MySQL server amber is down again; see previous entries for impact and background (1, 2). [...]

]]> Comment on MySQL server issues by More issues with amber « McWetboy’s Outage Central http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/10/23/mysql-server-issues/#comment-12 More issues with amber « McWetboy’s Outage Central Mon, 06 Nov 2006 14:50:51 +0000 http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/10/23/mysql-server-issues/#comment-12 [...] As before, sites using “amber” as their MySQL server — notably, FRN and Ontario Herpers — are unreachable at the moment: “amber” does not seem to be down, but the pages are simply hanging forever when trying to load them. [...] [...] As before, sites using “amber” as their MySQL server — notably, FRN and Ontario Herpers — are unreachable at the moment: “amber” does not seem to be down, but the pages are simply hanging forever when trying to load them. [...]

]]> Comment on Sites are down again by Network upgrades unsuccessful; sites down again « McWetboy’s Outage Central http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/sites-are-down-again/#comment-9 Network upgrades unsuccessful; sites down again « McWetboy’s Outage Central Tue, 12 Sep 2006 23:33:40 +0000 http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/sites-are-down-again/#comment-9 [...] DreamHost reports that their router upgrades weren’t as successful as they’d hoped and indeed problems continue: my sites have been down for the last 10 minutes or so (since around 7:20 PM). I’ve had periodic outages for the past week or so of a few minutes’ duration; hopefully it’s one of these, rather than a clusterfuck like the one we faced on Friday night. [...] [...] DreamHost reports that their router upgrades weren’t as successful as they’d hoped and indeed problems continue: my sites have been down for the last 10 minutes or so (since around 7:20 PM). I’ve had periodic outages for the past week or so of a few minutes’ duration; hopefully it’s one of these, rather than a clusterfuck like the one we faced on Friday night. [...]

]]> Comment on Sites are down again by mcwetboy http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/sites-are-down-again/#comment-8 mcwetboy Sat, 09 Sep 2006 12:01:02 +0000 http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/sites-are-down-again/#comment-8 I don't know any more; it's been a long couple of months, and DreamHost's relationship with its customers is starting to look abusive. Either it works or I start packing. I don’t know any more; it’s been a long couple of months, and DreamHost’s relationship with its customers is starting to look abusive. Either it works or I start packing.

]]> Comment on Sites are down again by keirwhitaker http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/sites-are-down-again/#comment-7 keirwhitaker Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:50:19 +0000 http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/09/08/sites-are-down-again/#comment-7 Feels like we have been here before doesn't it? Thankfully your blog was the only way I found out that something bad was happening and it wasn't just my sites that were down. The panel is down, e-mail is shot and the status page at (status.dreamhost.com), which I thought was hosted on an entirely different network (i.e. not Dreamhost) time out. How confident are you that the work on Monday will help at all? Feels like we have been here before doesn’t it? Thankfully your blog was the only way I found out that something bad was happening and it wasn’t just my sites that were down.

The panel is down, e-mail is shot and the status page at (status.dreamhost.com), which I thought was hosted on an entirely different network (i.e. not Dreamhost) time out.

How confident are you that the work on Monday will help at all?

]]> Comment on MySQL down by mcwetboy http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/08/07/mysql-down/#comment-6 mcwetboy Mon, 07 Aug 2006 22:05:58 +0000 https://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/08/07/mysql-down/#comment-6 I've thought about it, and have started looking around for alternatives, but I'd like to wait and see whether this rash of crappiness is a temporary state that will improve, or it's the new and awful standard of service. I'll give 'em at least another month or two. If nothing else, I figure I should shop carefully before I jump, take the time to figure out who to jump to, or else I'll end up with an even worse host than I do right now. I’ve thought about it, and have started looking around for alternatives, but I’d like to wait and see whether this rash of crappiness is a temporary state that will improve, or it’s the new and awful standard of service. I’ll give ‘em at least another month or two.

If nothing else, I figure I should shop carefully before I jump, take the time to figure out who to jump to, or else I’ll end up with an even worse host than I do right now.

]]> Comment on MySQL down by keirwhitaker http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/08/07/mysql-down/#comment-5 keirwhitaker Mon, 07 Aug 2006 20:27:30 +0000 https://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/08/07/mysql-down/#comment-5 I have just come across your blog and have been equally frustrated by the issues at Dreamhost over the last few weeks. As I type none of my sites are accessible due to what I can only assume is another MySQL issue. Although I have found the helpdesk staff helpful I am at the point of moving hosts after 18 months. The main problem is that I have lost confidence that my sites will be active and when they are the response time of the MySQL databases is so patchy. I love the transparency and the ethos but it is getting to the point where I just can't trust the service. We all need our sites to be up, an hours worth of downtime really isn't good enough is it? All in all I have probalby lost days recently if you count the downtime multiplied by the number of sites. Have you thought about moving? I have just come across your blog and have been equally frustrated by the issues at Dreamhost over the last few weeks. As I type none of my sites are accessible due to what I can only assume is another MySQL issue.

Although I have found the helpdesk staff helpful I am at the point of moving hosts after 18 months. The main problem is that I have lost confidence that my sites will be active and when they are the response time of the MySQL databases is so patchy.

I love the transparency and the ethos but it is getting to the point where I just can’t trust the service. We all need our sites to be up, an hours worth of downtime really isn’t good enough is it? All in all I have probalby lost days recently if you count the downtime multiplied by the number of sites.

Have you thought about moving?

]]> Comment on Movable Type is very slow by James Fee http://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/movable-type-is-very-slow/#comment-4 James Fee Tue, 25 Jul 2006 04:06:24 +0000 https://mcwetboy.wordpress.com/2006/07/24/movable-type-is-very-slow/#comment-4 since wordpress doesn't build, you'd probably only notice it on page loads or when you save an entry into the database. that might at least help you track down the problem. If wordpress has trouble posting to the database, then you've pretty much narrowed it down. since wordpress doesn’t build, you’d probably only notice it on page loads or when you save an entry into the database. that might at least help you track down the problem. If wordpress has trouble posting to the database, then you’ve pretty much narrowed it down.

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