Comments on: Yes, Rackspace Is Down And So Are Many Of Your Favorite Sites

By: Why we moved away from “the cloud” to a “real” server « Boxed Ice Blog

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:11:50 +0000

[...] a server monitoring product, the service needs to be available. There is no such thing as 100% uptime but Rackspace is known for its reliable network and [...]

By: Down & Out in Dallas Texas | Devin Elder

Down & Out in Dallas Texas | Devin Elder — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:02:25 +0000

[...] It was a big deal, even Justin Timberlake called the company out. [...]

By: Cloud Computing Part 1 – Amazon EC2 Zone Reaches Capacity | Wire Turf

Cloud Computing Part 1 – Amazon EC2 Zone Reaches Capacity | Wire Turf — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:12:59 +0000

[...] recently what can happen when something takes out a Rackspace data centre (trips on a powercord, network outage, car crashes into a generator, whatever…). But the cost of this is a lot of added latency and [...]

By: What Protollix is and is not @ Protollix Blog

What Protollix is and is not @ Protollix Blog — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:20:04 +0000

[...] hiccups and some downtime throughout the years. This is bound to happen to any provider, even Rackspace. With that said, I like to think Protollix has recovered from downtime in a timely manner without [...]

By: Blog » Profista » Archives » Is the cloud safe?

Blog » Profista » Archives » Is the cloud safe? — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 17:37:06 +0000

[...] at The Hatchery, not surprisingly, regarding privacy and reliability. Also, the recent outage at Rackspace goes to show that there are still bumps in the road. Obviously, there will be information that is [...]

By: akellyOT

akellyOT — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:07:30 +0000

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By: Annoyed

Annoyed — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:10:08 +0000

Rackspace down for 2 hours July 2008

“Rackspace seem to be jinxed since being named the “most reliable” hosting service by NetCraft back in September of 2007.

They had a major outage only two months later in November, due to a car accident that killed power to the data center, and experienced several outages in January of this year – which also affected 37Signals and other large sites such as Tumblr. After that January incident, Tumblr switched to another provider, even after Rackspace offered an 80% discount.”

Rackspace hasn’t learned a thing about avoiding single point failure. It’s sad that so many people see them as “it” in terms of reliable hosting.

By: NaviSite

NaviSite — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:20:28 +0000

You get what you pay for… NaviSite provides enterprise class services and proven availability.

By: Tech Fused » Someone Needs To Stop Tripping Over The Power Cord At Rackspace

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:29:50 +0000

[...] the second time in 8 days, a power outage interrupted service at one of its data centers. And again it was the Dallas center [...]

By: Someone Needs To Stop Tripping Over The Power Cord At Rackspace

Someone Needs To Stop Tripping Over The Power Cord At Rackspace — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:05:51 +0000

[...] the second time in 8 days, a power outage interrupted service at one of its data centers. And again it was the Dallas center [...]

By: Someone Needs To Stop Tripping Over The Power Cord At Rackspace | Spin Valley Post

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:25:56 +0000

[...] the second time in 8 days, a power outage interrupted service at one of its data centers. And again it was the Dallas center [...]

By: Someone Needs To Stop Tripping Over The Power Cord At Rackspace | Newsfed - Aggregate local and tech stories with related videos and tweets!

Tue, 07 Jul 2009 18:57:40 +0000

[...] the second time in 8 days, a power outage interrupted service at one of its data centers. And again it was the Dallas center [...]

By: There’s a Fire in the Data Center!! « 1001 Technology Tips

There’s a Fire in the Data Center!! « 1001 Technology Tips — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:32:58 +0000

[...] outages included an hour downtime on June 29th at Rackspace (a leading website data center) due to a power outage. Another major data [...]

By: Ang

Ang — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:12:35 +0000

Is RackSpace seriously down again today?

By: Kyle York

Kyle York — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 15:27:21 +0000

Managed Hosting is great, but events like this prove why redundancy and failover are so important. Managed DNS is an inexpensive yet effective way to help with a DR plan.

http://dynect.com
http://204.13.248.102 (watch the video)

By: What Should You Do When Reliable Infrastructure Fails | Regular Geek

What Should You Do When Reliable Infrastructure Fails | Regular Geek — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 12:39:33 +0000

[...] the past week, we saw the ever reliable Rackspace go down, taking a whole bunch of sites with it. Just a few days later, Authorize.net went down due to a [...]

By: Rackspace goes down, Justin Timberlake complains « Alexoid

Rackspace goes down, Justin Timberlake complains « Alexoid — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:19:44 +0000

[...] Rackspace goes down, Justin Timberlake complains Posted in 1 by alexoid on July 3, 2009 via techcrunch.com [...]

By: Sooraj

Sooraj — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:35:58 +0000

Update 3: Rackspace officially says that only one of its nine servers were affected, but it still hit a huge number of sites. And it notes, “We owe better, and will deliver.” Well played.

Shouldn’t be nine data centers instead of nine servers?

By: ArticleSave :: Uncategorized :: Google App Engine Stalled Out For About 6 Hours Today

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:00:50 +0000

[...] natives are getting restless on Twitter. This outage follows the popular hosting service Rackspace experiencing some rare downtime earlier this [...]

By: Google App Engine Stalled Out For About 6 Hours Today « shankarsoma; Nothing is faster

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:40:19 +0000

[...] natives are getting restless on Twitter. This outage follows the popular hosting service Rackspace experiencing some rare downtime earlier this [...]

By: Google App Engine Broken For 4 Hours And Counting | Newsfed - Aggregate local and tech stories with related videos and tweets!

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:59:03 +0000

[...] natives are getting restless on Twitter. This outage follows the popular hosting service Rackspace experiencing some rare downtime earlier this [...]

By: Techeroid » Google App Engine Broken For 4 Hours And Counting

Techeroid » Google App Engine Broken For 4 Hours And Counting — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:40:40 +0000

[...] natives are getting restless on Twitter. This outage follows the popular hosting service Rackspace experiencing some rare downtime earlier this [...]

By: Google App Engine Broken For 4 Hours And Counting | Stoth

Google App Engine Broken For 4 Hours And Counting | Stoth — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:24:22 +0000

[...] natives are getting restless on Twitter. This outage follos the popular hosting service Rackspace experiencing some rare downtime earlier this [...]

By: Google App Engine Broken For 4 Hours And Counting | Techdare

Google App Engine Broken For 4 Hours And Counting | Techdare — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:09:56 +0000

[...] natives are getting restless on Twitter. This outage follos the popular hosting service Rackspace experiencing some rare downtime earlier this [...]

By: Google App Engine Broken For 4 Hours And Counting

Google App Engine Broken For 4 Hours And Counting — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:06:08 +0000

[...] natives are getting restless on Twitter. This outage follos the popular hosting service Rackspace experiencing some rare downtime earlier this week. [...]