Comments on: MediaTemple meltdown http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/ Startups, technology and whatnot. Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:24:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: farouk http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1563 farouk Wed, 06 May 2009 11:03:05 +0000 http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1563 my website which is hosted at media temple is now down for the second day!!!!!! this is the worst down time i have ever seen since i ever bought a computer or heard about the internet!!! my website which is hosted at media temple is now down for the second day!!!!!!

this is the worst down time i have ever seen since i ever bought a computer or heard about the internet!!!

]]> By: futunet http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1562 futunet Tue, 05 May 2009 06:02:42 +0000 http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1562 Well here we are in May 2009, and the Grid server at MediaTemple has been down for hours tonight. Thousands of sites are down. Congratulations on your Epic FAIL (mt) How many customers can you lose in one day? You're about to find out. Well here we are in May 2009, and the Grid server at MediaTemple has been down for hours tonight. Thousands of sites are down.

Congratulations on your Epic FAIL (mt)

How many customers can you lose in one day? You’re about to find out.

]]> By: My picks: The best service providers for startups « RobWebb2k http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1218 My picks: The best service providers for startups « RobWebb2k Sat, 03 May 2008 07:06:20 +0000 http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1218 [...] Hosting Service: M5 Hosting Previous mention here. These guys were referred to us by a friend and they have done a great job so far. Stay the hell [...] [...] Hosting Service: M5 Hosting Previous mention here. These guys were referred to us by a friend and they have done a great job so far. Stay the hell [...]

]]> By: Jim Goings http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1209 Jim Goings Mon, 28 Apr 2008 01:42:09 +0000 http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1209 I’ve been with Media Temple on the grid service for about 8 months and it’s been fairly unstable the entire time. My site went down 3 different times on Saturday for example. I run an external monitor to ensure availability and unfortunately, I’m only seeing about 98% uptime right now. The worst part is that for about 10% of the time, the site loads very slowly. I wrote more with some details on my blog: http://www.jimgoings.com/2008/04/media-temple-kills-my-inner-child/ I’ve been with Media Temple on the grid service for about 8 months and it’s been fairly unstable the entire time. My site went down 3 different times on Saturday for example. I run an external monitor to ensure availability and unfortunately, I’m only seeing about 98% uptime right now.

The worst part is that for about 10% of the time, the site loads very slowly. I wrote more with some details on my blog:
http://www.jimgoings.com/2008/04/media-temple-kills-my-inner-child/

]]> By: Jim Goings http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1208 Jim Goings Wed, 23 Apr 2008 00:02:47 +0000 http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1208 Issues with Media Temple's grid server are still very much ongoing: http://www.jimgoings.com/2008/04/media-temple-kills-my-inner-child/ Issues with Media Temple’s grid server are still very much ongoing:
http://www.jimgoings.com/2008/04/media-temple-kills-my-inner-child/

]]> By: patrick giagnocavo http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1176 patrick giagnocavo Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:24:28 +0000 http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1176 I suppose this is a no-brainer, obvious point, but, if you are running a web site you care about, you should have a way to monitor it remotely and have that remote site send you email when there is a problem. E.g. send email if site is down, or if page load for a set page takes longer than say 2 seconds. What is great is that as you add more tests and variables to check (I use argus.tcp4me.com as the code that monitors various sites) you can quickly use it as a "dashboard" to figure out what might be the issue. I suppose this is a no-brainer, obvious point, but, if you are running a web site you care about, you should have a way to monitor it remotely and have that remote site send you email when there is a problem.

E.g. send email if site is down, or if page load for a set page takes longer than say 2 seconds.

What is great is that as you add more tests and variables to check (I use argus.tcp4me.com as the code that monitors various sites) you can quickly use it as a “dashboard” to figure out what might be the issue.

]]> By: Coming Soon: Media Temple Cluster Server (CS) : Daily Hypertext http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1125 Coming Soon: Media Temple Cluster Server (CS) : Daily Hypertext Fri, 18 Jan 2008 19:01:18 +0000 http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-1125 [...] with that innovation came some hiccups. Intermittently, over the past year, the grid simply hasn’t been able to handle the loads placed upon it by all the new users. The major problems have been latency with database calls and page load times [...] [...] with that innovation came some hiccups. Intermittently, over the past year, the grid simply hasn’t been able to handle the loads placed upon it by all the new users. The major problems have been latency with database calls and page load times [...]

]]> By: ATP http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-738 ATP Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:26:24 +0000 http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-738 This was really a deplorable performance by mediatemple - they already have a really bad customer service and this brings into question their technical competence too: http://pakistaniat.com/2007/12/01/atps-disappearance-no-we-were-not-blocked-or-hacked-not-yet/ This was really a deplorable performance by mediatemple – they already have a really bad customer service and this brings into question their technical competence too:
http://pakistaniat.com/2007/12/01/atps-disappearance-no-we-were-not-blocked-or-hacked-not-yet/

]]> By: Don http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-723 Don Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:56:09 +0000 http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-723 The "maintenance" was supposed to be 1.5 hours, then they changed it to 6 and now "they don't know" I am seriously pissed at these guys. I wasted over a hundred dollars in PPC clicks going to a site that isn't there. This massive outage is unacceptable I am definetly moving my servers elsewhere! The “maintenance” was supposed to be 1.5 hours, then they changed it to 6 and now “they don’t know” I am seriously pissed at these guys. I wasted over a hundred dollars in PPC clicks going to a site that isn’t there.

This massive outage is unacceptable I am definetly moving my servers elsewhere!

]]> By: Adam http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-353 Adam Wed, 03 Oct 2007 18:24:58 +0000 http://blog.robwebb2k.com/2007/10/02/mediatemple-meltdown/#comment-353 hmm, yes, I called them and they told me they will solve it in one hours. then one day passed.. hmm, yes, I called them and they told me they will solve it in one hours. then one day passed..

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