Comments on: Twitter and Joyent Split Amidst Downtime Travails http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 04 Dec 2008 03:15:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: As Twitter Service Woes Continue, Japanese Money Looks Likely http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-2301479 As Twitter Service Woes Continue, Japanese Money Looks Likely Fri, 16 May 2008 18:37:46 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-2301479 [...] dumped Joyent as its hosting provider late yesterday (see our report here) and it was presumed by some that the switch away form Joyent was due to the poor reliability of [...] [...] dumped Joyent as its hosting provider late yesterday (see our report here) and it was presumed by some that the switch away form Joyent was due to the poor reliability of [...]

]]> By: Lee Mighdoll Out At Twitter, Business Plan Still MIA http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-2220820 Lee Mighdoll Out At Twitter, Business Plan Still MIA Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:38:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-2220820 [...] Twitter uptime has been on the up this year in terms of reliability, particularly since they dumped Joyent for NTT. It’s not perfect (weekends this month haven’t been great), but given that Twitter [...] [...] Twitter uptime has been on the up this year in terms of reliability, particularly since they dumped Joyent for NTT. It’s not perfect (weekends this month haven’t been great), but given that Twitter [...]

]]> By: Twitter Having Problems? Say It Ain’t So! http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-2207952 Twitter Having Problems? Say It Ain’t So! Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:25:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-2207952 [...] while since twitter has had serious uptime issues. The last time it happened was…well….since this. Well - Twitter is up to its old tricks again. It isn’t offline per say, but it might as well [...] [...] while since twitter has had serious uptime issues. The last time it happened was…well….since this. Well - Twitter is up to its old tricks again. It isn’t offline per say, but it might as well [...]

]]> By: pligg.com http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-2178390 pligg.com Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:11:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-2178390 <strong>Joyent needs our help perhaps?...</strong> http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/ Joyent (http://www.joyent.com) lost the contract to host Twitter (http://twitter.com) to NTT Verio. Obviously this must have been a big embarrasment to them - mayb... Joyent needs our help perhaps?…

http://www.techcrunch.com/2008.....-travails/

Joyent (http://www.joyent.com) lost the contract to host Twitter (http://twitter.com) to NTT Verio. Obviously this must have been a big embarrasment to them - mayb…

]]> By: Twitter Testing Advertising In Twitter Streams http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-2177843 Twitter Testing Advertising In Twitter Streams Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:12:50 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-2177843 [...] nothing really unusual for the San Francisco based startup (to be fair though downtime has improved since they dumped Joyent), but we’ve had a couple of reports of users spotting ads in their Twitter stream during the [...] [...] nothing really unusual for the San Francisco based startup (to be fair though downtime has improved since they dumped Joyent), but we’ve had a couple of reports of users spotting ads in their Twitter stream during the [...]

]]> By: Switcher http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1993632 Switcher Sat, 16 Feb 2008 00:57:40 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1993632 I am currently researching a switch to another host and would like suggestions. Its time since the site has grown to hundreds of SMTP connections that are being opened simultaneously which is putting stress on the current shared hosting plan I am with ($39.00 per month). My site runs on Ruby on Rails. The quote from my current host is $100 to set up, and $205 per month to run a Virtual Private Server. Its not something they specialize in and I am worried after recently going through a lot of problems with them. It has been suggested by my programmer that I check out Joyent, however, my reading finds that I may land back in the same frying pan of down time - something we all dred! I have, alternatively, read a lot of good things about Slicehost. My programmer wants to end up with root priveledges and it looks like I will need at least : 40gb disk 768mb RAM, 1024 burstable 700gb monthly bandwidth CPanel Control Panel Daily backups My goal is to end up with a SOLID Virtual Dedicated Server since a move to a dedicated server appears to just bee too much for now. I am currently researching a switch to another host and would like suggestions.

Its time since the site has grown to hundreds of SMTP connections that are being opened simultaneously which is putting stress on the current shared hosting plan I am with ($39.00 per month).

My site runs on Ruby on Rails. The quote from my current host is $100 to set up, and $205 per month to run a Virtual Private Server. Its not something they specialize in and I am worried after recently going through a lot of problems with them.

It has been suggested by my programmer that I check out Joyent, however, my reading finds that I may land back in the same frying pan of down time - something we all dred! I have, alternatively, read a lot of good things about Slicehost.

My programmer wants to end up with root priveledges and it looks like I will need at least :
40gb disk
768mb RAM, 1024 burstable
700gb monthly bandwidth
CPanel Control Panel
Daily backups

My goal is to end up with a SOLID Virtual Dedicated Server since a move to a dedicated server appears to just bee too much for now.

]]> By: Larry Larrikin http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1960187 Larry Larrikin Sat, 02 Feb 2008 01:02:06 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1960187 db4o sounds good but then object databases have sounded good for 15 years and never really delivered. Does anyone know how well it scales and replicates? db4o sounds good but then object databases have sounded good for 15 years and never really delivered. Does anyone know how well it scales and replicates?

]]> By: GoGrid Blog http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1959664 GoGrid Blog Fri, 01 Feb 2008 21:32:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1959664 <strong>TechCrunch: “Twitter and Joyent Split Amidst Downtime Travails”...</strong> Sometimes it is really difficult being a Hosting Provider. As Mark Hendrickson points out in this recent article in TechCrunch, Twitter has stopped hosting with Joyent. After “frequent outage problems that have plagued Twitter,” it seems th... TechCrunch: “Twitter and Joyent Split Amidst Downtime Travails”…

Sometimes it is really difficult being a Hosting Provider.
As Mark Hendrickson points out in this recent article in TechCrunch, Twitter has stopped hosting with Joyent. After “frequent outage problems that have plagued Twitter,” it seems th…

]]> By: rubu http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1957989 rubu Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:12:09 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1957989 Simulations are great for stressing these systems because the arc of services spanning http request to file systems can be deterministically modeled. Simulations are great for stressing these systems because the arc of services spanning http request to file systems can be deterministically modeled.

]]> By: Peter Juan http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1956613 Peter Juan Fri, 01 Feb 2008 06:23:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1956613 Reports scattered around the web point more to Twitter's scalability issue. If that is in fact the case, changing hosts won't be enough to fix it. That said, I'm hoping that it isn't true. I'm a big Twitter fan and so are millions of other people. A problem with their back end will simply mean that we will be Twitter deprived that much longer. Reports scattered around the web point more to Twitter’s scalability issue. If that is in fact the case, changing hosts won’t be enough to fix it. That said, I’m hoping that it isn’t true. I’m a big Twitter fan and so are millions of other people. A problem with their back end will simply mean that we will be Twitter deprived that much longer.

]]> By: Henry http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1956488 Henry Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:28:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1956488 Twitter down! Twitter down! It was up most of the day and (seemingly) working well. Now it's down. Must be rough for those guys. Twitter down! Twitter down! It was up most of the day and (seemingly) working well. Now it’s down. Must be rough for those guys.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1956474 Andrew Fri, 01 Feb 2008 05:20:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1956474 they prob should recode service with php for starters. yeah, i know this is not a web service but whatever... they gotz issues! they prob should recode service with php for starters. yeah, i know this is not a web service but whatever… they gotz issues!

]]> By: Steek http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1956433 Steek Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:46:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1956433 Sure, Twitter has problems but so does Joyent. They sure as hell overcharge for what they can deliver. Sure, Twitter has problems but so does Joyent. They sure as hell overcharge for what they can deliver.

]]> By: Alan Wilensky http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1956419 Alan Wilensky Fri, 01 Feb 2008 04:41:35 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1956419 twitter is down, again at 8:40PM PST. What was that about splitting reads and writes over the cluster? twitter is down, again at 8:40PM PST. What was that about splitting reads and writes over the cluster?

]]> By: Bare Feet Studios http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955992 Bare Feet Studios Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:57:17 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955992 <strong>Twitter Joins Us on Verio...</strong> Let me start by saying, I'm dropping in on a conversation taking place at Techcrunch, Twitter and on the Joyent blog regarding the continue server outages at Twitter. I use Twitter> but have been too busy this past week to even notice their recent ro... Twitter Joins Us on Verio…

Let me start by saying, I’m dropping in on a conversation taking place at Techcrunch, Twitter and on the Joyent blog regarding the continue server outages at Twitter. I use Twitter> but have been too busy this past week to even notice their recent ro…

]]> By: Jeff the Great http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955937 Jeff the Great Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:25:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955937 Twitter rumor mill says the split from their hosting company was due to Twitter being bought out.... Twitter rumor mill says the split from their hosting company was due to Twitter being bought out….

]]> By: irrelevant http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955915 irrelevant Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:09:43 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955915 Who cares? I just switched gas stations from shell to another brand. Email me if you want to find out which one. Who cares? I just switched gas stations from shell to another brand. Email me if you want to find out which one.

]]> By: Jamboree http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955905 Jamboree Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:04:32 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955905 @Update: Verio??? *shudder* That's like a pre Web1.0 company @Update:

Verio??? *shudder*

That’s like a pre Web1.0 company

]]> By: Jamboree http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955904 Jamboree Fri, 01 Feb 2008 00:03:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955904 @gilltots VC money. LOL. YouTube was blowing $1Mil/month on bandwidth. Look where THAT got them. @gilltots

VC money. LOL.

YouTube was blowing $1Mil/month on bandwidth. Look where THAT got them.

]]> By: gilltots http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955890 gilltots Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:51:19 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955890 does anybody know how twitter is able to send so many SMS messages? from what (little) research i've done it looks like a short code is $1000/month, and then another $1000/month for a hosting-type company that actually enables you to use your shortcode, and then on top of that, sending messges is still like 5 cents a message! how does twitter manage?? does anybody know how twitter is able to send so many SMS messages? from what (little) research i’ve done it looks like a short code is $1000/month, and then another $1000/month for a hosting-type company that actually enables you to use your shortcode, and then on top of that, sending messges is still like 5 cents a message! how does twitter manage??

]]> By: sd http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955889 sd Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:51:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955889 @Jeff, How can't you understand the importance of this ground breaking news? image the supplier of the 7-11 down your street change their delivering company. 7-11 is everywhere! the delivering company is the backbone of the 7-11. wouldn't you see such news in your local news paper? Why wouldn't everyone so excited? @Jeff,
How can’t you understand the importance of this ground breaking news?

image the supplier of the 7-11 down your street change their delivering company. 7-11 is everywhere! the delivering company is the backbone of the 7-11.

wouldn’t you see such news in your local news paper? Why wouldn’t everyone so excited?

]]> By: Jeff http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955865 Jeff Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:41:48 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955865 Never really understood all the excitment Never really understood all the excitment

]]> By: twit http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955841 twit Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:32:18 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955841 Twitter, Seesmic etc. - party over in 2008! Twitter, Seesmic etc. - party over in 2008!

]]> By: Bob http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955802 Bob Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:10:36 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955802 That service is lame. Web2.0 lameness all the way. Die Web2.0 start-ups, die! =p That service is lame. Web2.0 lameness all the way. Die Web2.0 start-ups, die! =p

]]> By: Adam http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955799 Adam Thu, 31 Jan 2008 23:06:51 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/01/31/twitter-and-joyent-split-amidst-downtime-travails/#comment-1955799 You guys really need to stop posting those shameless links - it gets really irritating. You guys really need to stop posting those shameless links - it gets really irritating.

]]>