Comments on: Does Your Web Host Ever Go Offline

By: Blogs DNA

Blogs DNA — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:58:16 +0000

i Agree with you.having Control on server which is hosting your website is far better then paying more for web hosting and still no access to your own files.
Plus You yourself put more effort to get your website up rather then mailing you web hosting company and asking them about when your site is going to be up.

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Thu, 24 May 2007 23:46:19 +0000

I’ve used Dreamhost way way back in the day. Think it was their $7 special hosting package or something. Though I think if I needed hosting now I’d choose BlueFur.com there is also a 15% discount if you use JohnChowRocks as a promo code.

By: bill weaver

bill weaver — Thu, 24 May 2007 21:34:34 +0000

Well, Dreamhost just had a day or two of DNS troubles where most of my sites were unreachable. Very frustrating, but they did get it resolved.

Earlier in the year they also had about a day of power troubles with the building they’re in that took sites down for some time.

All that said, Dreamhost is the best hosting I’ve ever used (apart from my real job, where the ops group keeps things up virtually flawlessly — like they’d let me host my sites there… ha!).

By: Dan Chase

Dan Chase — Tue, 15 May 2007 04:43:09 +0000

We’ve had our share of backhoes on campus, but I don’t believe we’ve ever lost our network from it. Only water or power… and steam.

(I checked before this post, and I have rel=”nofollow”… let’s see what happens!)

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Mon, 14 May 2007 09:44:42 +0000

Now thats crazy redundancy, multiple upstream connections!

I love the ‘backhoe effect’. It even happened to our building, well before we took over and moved in. They were cutting up the cement (for renovations for us) and they cut through the EMT that was buried and took out the electrical and fire alarm systems to the whole building

By: Dan Chase

Dan Chase — Mon, 14 May 2007 06:47:13 +0000

I remember the days when we only had 1 1/2 T-1’s at the university, we now have a DS-3+ (45MB+). We have a local phone company SONET ring terminated in our machine room, so we can upgrade to what ever the budget will pay for…

However, we will soon have a 1GB+ connection to I2.

But, back to why I chose my host… redundancy of connections from multiple upstream providers, preferably entering your facilities from different directions to avoid the ‘backhoe effect’, is one of the best connectivity protections you can have. Combine that with a generator that makes you independent of the grid, and you are pretty safe.

By: Rod

Rod — Mon, 14 May 2007 00:08:56 +0000

I knew that the power was going to be cut to the building on Sunday, but never saw a point where I couldn’t get to my site. So it probably wasn’t out for that long.
But yes, it is a good arrangement

By: Tyler Ingram

Tyler Ingram — Sun, 13 May 2007 23:25:58 +0000

The server is on a UPS, there is a generator being installed actually as we speak. I have unlimited bandwidth on the server and our connection is going to upgraded for quad T1s (currently its dual T1s). There is also talk of going fiber when it’s available.

By: Dan Chase

Dan Chase — Sun, 13 May 2007 19:26:31 +0000

It all depends on your purpose for the site. I enjoy that physical access to when it comes to my employer’s servers, but for my personal site, which I have long-term plans to lead to freelance work, I needed more: better bandwidth, with multiple upstream backbone providers for reliability and short-path, UPS & generator support for no down-time. Even my employer has the last two… if you have a server room at work, you should promote those too!

By: The Vyper

The Vyper — Sun, 13 May 2007 10:23:00 +0000

I have a similar setup to you. A buddy of mine hosts my website out of his apartment. Only time it goes down is when there is a power outage. Since it’s run on a dynamic IP address it could take an hour or tow to reinitialize the DNS but that ain’t too bad. I like that I can see the server when ever I need to. Some day I would like to transfer it to my apartment and get a static IP but that is another war for another day.

Brennan the Vyper