Comments on: Amazon Is Down http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:44:31 -0800 hourly 1 By: eluzzi http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-2/#comment-176094 eluzzi Wed, 06 Sep 2006 17:47:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-176094 again today We're sorry! An error occurred when we tried to process your request. Rest assured, we're working to resolve the problem as soon as possible. If you were trying to make a purchase, please check Your Account to confirm that the order was placed. We apologize for the inconvenience. on the Amazon.com home page. again today

We’re sorry!
An error occurred when we tried to process your request. Rest assured, we’re working to resolve the problem as soon as possible. If you were trying to make a purchase, please check Your Account to confirm that the order was placed. We apologize for the inconvenience.

on the Amazon.com home page.

]]> By: Andy White http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-2/#comment-157366 Andy White Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:51:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-157366 Hmmmm - yes, a DNS configuration cock up would explain the email gateways going down as well. I've seen that sort of thing happen before. So, does anyone know if it was indeed a DNS issue? (Sadly, this sort of story gets my network geek juices flowing - and who am I to speculate almost a week after the event!) Hmmmm – yes, a DNS configuration cock up would explain the email gateways going down as well. I’ve seen that sort of thing happen before. So, does anyone know if it was indeed a DNS issue?

(Sadly, this sort of story gets my network geek juices flowing – and who am I to speculate almost a week after the event!)

]]> By: Kay Stoner http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-2/#comment-150110 Kay Stoner Tue, 22 Aug 2006 18:57:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-150110 Perhaps a flawed Ajax implementation? http://searchwebservices.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid26_gci1162641,00.html Remember MySpace? Perhaps a flawed Ajax implementation?

http://searchwe...1162641,00.html

Remember MySpace?

]]> By: Hawkeye :: Murali’s Blog » Is Amazon’s Obidos history ? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-2/#comment-149983 Hawkeye :: Murali’s Blog » Is Amazon’s Obidos history ? Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:46:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149983 [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Amazon Is Down Amazon, Technology [...] [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Amazon Is Down Amazon, Technology [...]

]]> By: That Guy... http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-2/#comment-149974 That Guy... Tue, 22 Aug 2006 15:21:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149974 I guess you shouldn't be doing a DNS change at 11am PST when your address is amazon.com... I guess you shouldn’t be doing a DNS change at 11am PST when your address is amazon.com…

]]> By: Pete Freitag http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-2/#comment-149941 Pete Freitag Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:38:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149941 Does anyone know if their S3 API was down as well? That would have brought down lots more sites that depend on it. Does anyone know if their S3 API was down as well? That would have brought down lots more sites that depend on it.

]]> By: Brett http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-2/#comment-149929 Brett Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:25:52 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149929 OMG, can AMAZON scale?! OMG, can AMAZON scale?!

]]> By: amy http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-149837 amy Tue, 22 Aug 2006 12:08:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149837 it was down briefly yesterday afternoon--I got that error message three times and hit refresh many times. But yesterday evening when I got home I was able to get on the site just fine. it was down briefly yesterday afternoon–I got that error message three times and hit refresh many times. But yesterday evening when I got home I was able to get on the site just fine.

]]> By: Lee’s Blog » Blog Archive » Amazon is Down http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-149758 Lee’s Blog » Blog Archive » Amazon is Down Tue, 22 Aug 2006 10:03:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149758 [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Amazon Is Down [...] [...] Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Amazon Is Down [...]

]]> By: Desik http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-149581 Desik Tue, 22 Aug 2006 07:03:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149581 According to workers at the Amazon distribution centre in Fernley Nevada, their internal ordering system, which obviously shares the same backend as the company's public sites , was down for two hours yesterday and still performing weakly throughout the day so whatever the problem was/is it cut very deeply into Amazon's operations. Its pretty amazing that this online retail giant had no effective real time 'fall back' system in place and I suspect we'll see a few Amazon data management jobs appearing on Crunchboard in the coming days...... Incidentally, all Amazon workers - even the guys who drive the fork lift trucks - are required to sign contracts prohibiting them from working for e-bay for 18 months after they leave the company. What's that about? According to workers at the Amazon distribution centre in Fernley Nevada, their internal ordering system, which obviously shares the same backend as the company’s public sites , was down for two hours yesterday and still performing weakly throughout the day so whatever the problem was/is it cut very deeply into Amazon’s operations. Its pretty amazing that this online retail giant had no effective real time ‘fall back’ system in place and I suspect we’ll see a few Amazon data management jobs appearing on Crunchboard in the coming days……

Incidentally, all Amazon workers – even the guys who drive the fork lift trucks – are required to sign contracts prohibiting them from working for e-bay for 18 months after they leave the company. What’s that about?

]]> By: Perl Junkie http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-149322 Perl Junkie Tue, 22 Aug 2006 03:11:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149322 I happened to be shopping on both Amazon.com *and* Target.com when the outage hit (sometime around 12:30 CST). Both sites were down. Then Target came up, but shopping cart on Target.com was down until Amazon.com squared itself away. So bear in mind that the outage had more impact than just Amazon.com. Target.com was down and I think they do store fronts for other onliners as well. -pj I happened to be shopping on both Amazon.com *and* Target.com when the outage hit (sometime around 12:30 CST). Both sites were down. Then Target came up, but shopping cart on Target.com was down until Amazon.com squared itself away. So bear in mind that the outage had more impact than just Amazon.com. Target.com was down and I think they do store fronts for other onliners as well.

-pj

]]> By: TechWarrior http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-149233 TechWarrior Tue, 22 Aug 2006 00:59:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149233 David: Account froze for 3 weeks and no one fixed it for a week. rasterbator: couldn't purchase from the site and couldn't get a response for over a week. What happend to Amazon.com's vision of "The most customer centric company in the world"? David: Account froze for 3 weeks and no one fixed it for a week.

rasterbator: couldn’t purchase from the site and couldn’t get a response for over a week.

What happend to Amazon.com’s vision of “The most customer centric company in the world”?

]]> By: rasterbator http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-149192 rasterbator Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:57:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149192 My wife and I have been trying to contact Amazon for over a week, since we could not purchase through the site at all. We got some generic responses, and ended up purchasing somewhere else. I knew this story was coming... My wife and I have been trying to contact Amazon for over a week, since we could not purchase through the site at all. We got some generic responses, and ended up purchasing somewhere else. I knew this story was coming…

]]> By: David http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-149142 David Mon, 21 Aug 2006 23:07:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149142 Last December, my account froze for 3 weeks and the only way I got it fixed after calling the call center (waste of time) was to email a friend I know who works there and it took him a week to get someone to fix it. Last December, my account froze for 3 weeks and the only way I got it fixed after calling the call center (waste of time) was to email a friend I know who works there and it took him a week to get someone to fix it.

]]> By: Gordon Mohr http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-149103 Gordon Mohr Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:44:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149103 "Today’s outage makes you wonder whether the company will be able to scale." :) (apologies to http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/15/youtube-goes-down-for-the-first-time/ ) “Today’s outage makes you wonder whether the company will be able to scale.” :)

(apologies to http://www.tech...the-first-time/ )

]]> By: Iggy Uncensored http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-149049 Iggy Uncensored Mon, 21 Aug 2006 22:00:05 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149049 <strong>Is Amazon's new video store the reason for their site being down...</strong> Just a quick thought. Everyone is talking about how the Amazon.com website has been down on and off today. I'm wondering if this might be do to work being done on their new video store and player. News » Amazon Down - And a sneak peek at video stor... Is Amazon’s new video store the reason for their site being down…

Just a quick thought. Everyone is talking about how the Amazon.com website has been down on and off today. I’m wondering if this might be do to work being done on their new video store and player.
News » Amazon Down – And a sneak peek at video stor…

]]> By: Guest http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-149034 Guest Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:49:31 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149034 It's back now and I was able to order my new Powershot. Granted they must have lost some money during such an outage but if people just check back later and order later then the impact might be smaller than I first expected. It’s back now and I was able to order my new Powershot. Granted they must have lost some money during such an outage but if people just check back later and order later then the impact might be smaller than I first expected.

]]> By: Iggy http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-149019 Iggy Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:36:08 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149019 Could it be related to work being done on the new video store mentioned here http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/77486 Could it be related to work being done on the new video store mentioned here http://www.dslr.../shownews/77486

]]> By: Cartoon Barry Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-149011 Cartoon Barry Blog Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:25:33 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-149011 <strong>Even Amazon.com Goes Down...</strong> TechCrunch reports that Amazon went down today at around 12:45PM (EST) and went back up for some about two hours later. People are trying to guestimate how much money Amazon lost. Those figures just scare me. More details at TechCrunch....... Even Amazon.com Goes Down…

TechCrunch reports that Amazon went down today at around 12:45PM (EST) and went back up for some about two hours later. People are trying to guestimate how much money Amazon lost. Those figures just scare me. More details at TechCrunch…….

]]> By: raphael http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-148999 raphael Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:16:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-148999 LOL. It makes me think of The Truman Show Motion Picture, when they cut the feed.... Don't worry for their loss of money... They'll be fine ! LOL.
It makes me think of The Truman Show Motion Picture,
when they cut the feed….

Don’t worry for their loss of money… They’ll be fine !

]]> By: Thyaga http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-148997 Thyaga Mon, 21 Aug 2006 21:13:38 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-148997 I saw this happening from 9:00 am today ! -- Thyaga I saw this happening from 9:00 am today !

– Thyaga

]]> By: Maria making pictures http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-148986 Maria making pictures Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:58:41 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-148986 One hour of absense is very hurting for such a big player. I guess someone had ordered too many books and Amazon's server could not handle to compute. Thank you for sharing this story with me ! One hour of absense is very hurting for such a big player. I guess someone had ordered too many books and Amazon’s server could not handle to compute.

Thank you for sharing this story with me !

]]> By: Scott http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-148959 Scott Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:33:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-148959 "obidos" is still in some URLs, such as in the "See All 34 Product Categories" top nav tab: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/subst/home/all-stores.html/ “obidos” is still in some URLs, such as in the “See All 34 Product Categories” top nav tab:
http://www.amaz...ll-stores.html/

]]> By: Jesper Rønn-Jensen (justaddwater.dk) http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-148953 Jesper Rønn-Jensen (justaddwater.dk) Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:27:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-148953 @Chris in comment #6 might be right. Now (after the down-time) "obidos" is gone in the URLs @Chris in comment #6 might be right. Now (after the down-time) “obidos” is gone in the URLs

]]> By: TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Amazonのサイトがダウン！ http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-148951 TechCrunch Japanese アーカイブ » Amazonのサイトがダウン！ Mon, 21 Aug 2006 20:22:55 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/08/21/amazon-is-down/#comment-148951 [...] [原文へ] Amazon [...] [...] [原文へ] Amazon [...]

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