Comments on: Rackspace Outage http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/ In London there is a man who screams when the church bells ring. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:49:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: dahamsta http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34673 dahamsta Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:57:23 +0000 http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34673 Yeah, us for the first couple months, and other people when we hit our first target. I've no idea about LOS tbh, we can't see the entire city bowl afaik. Yeah, us for the first couple months, and other people when we hit our first target. I’ve no idea about LOS tbh, we can’t see the entire city bowl afaik.

]]> By: James http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34671 James Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:51:11 +0000 http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34671 Are ye going to have someone on site 24/7? Of course, there is always an open door down at the Webworks (except when it's locked... which is most of the time... but it can be swiftly opened). I have been trying to work out of we have LOS to the CIX mast... I'm fairly sure you can see it from the roof, but I think Connolly hall or the City hall is blocking it from my office. Are ye going to have someone on site 24/7? Of course, there is always an open door down at the Webworks (except when it’s locked… which is most of the time… but it can be swiftly opened). I have been trying to work out of we have LOS to the CIX mast… I’m fairly sure you can see it from the roof, but I think Connolly hall or the City hall is blocking it from my office.

]]> By: dahamsta http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34669 dahamsta Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:38:17 +0000 http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34669 I'll be doing 12hr shifts in CIX in the next couple of months - we're eating our own dogfood at the outset, and running the NOC on shift - so I don't think it'd be very good value for money no matter what they offer me. :) Swap you a tour of CIX for a tour of Webworks? I’ll be doing 12hr shifts in CIX in the next couple of months - we’re eating our own dogfood at the outset, and running the NOC on shift - so I don’t think it’d be very good value for money no matter what they offer me. :)

Swap you a tour of CIX for a tour of Webworks?

]]> By: James http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34511 James Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:30:49 +0000 http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34511 Just bit the bullet and squeezed into the smallest office I could get in the place :) It is expensive (did you see the price of a car parking spot?) but is a cool building in a central location, flexible lease, 24/7 access, etc. There's a good chance you could get a deal, since the building is only about half full. Just bit the bullet and squeezed into the smallest office I could get in the place :) It is expensive (did you see the price of a car parking spot?) but is a cool building in a central location, flexible lease, 24/7 access, etc. There’s a good chance you could get a deal, since the building is only about half full.

]]> By: dahamsta http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34510 dahamsta Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:24:16 +0000 http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34510 Did you get a deal on WebWorks? I looked at that last year and nearly wet myself laughing when I found out their pricing per square foot. Did you get a deal on WebWorks? I looked at that last year and nearly wet myself laughing when I found out their pricing per square foot.

]]> By: James http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34509 James Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:15:49 +0000 http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34509 Ya, Rackspace is expensive, but you're paying for the uptime and great support (albeit slightly OTT at times). I have a nice server from Hetzner too and it is dirt cheap... but I wouldn't like to host any critical apps on it because I'd be getting a call at 3am from an angry American about 50% packet loss. I'd love to have some rack space in Cork - I would be in CIX in a flash if we had any need to be based in Ireland. Everything we do at the moment is for companies abroad. There is a server room in the WebWorks building where my office is too... would be nice to have some equipment in there, but that probably costs a bomb and I don't know what the connection or redundancy is like. Ya, Rackspace is expensive, but you’re paying for the uptime and great support (albeit slightly OTT at times). I have a nice server from Hetzner too and it is dirt cheap… but I wouldn’t like to host any critical apps on it because I’d be getting a call at 3am from an angry American about 50% packet loss.

I’d love to have some rack space in Cork - I would be in CIX in a flash if we had any need to be based in Ireland. Everything we do at the moment is for companies abroad. There is a server room in the WebWorks building where my office is too… would be nice to have some equipment in there, but that probably costs a bomb and I don’t know what the connection or redundancy is like.

]]> By: dahamsta http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34504 dahamsta Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:23:08 +0000 http://www.jamesgalvin.com/2007/11/13/rackspace-outage/#comment-34504 Their apology is backhanded and awkward, obviously written by a PR muppet, but I think people should bear in mind that this must have been a very rare occurence indeed. I've never heard of RackSpace going down before. You must be paying though the nose for that James? You should be hosting in Cork boy! *koff* :) adam Their apology is backhanded and awkward, obviously written by a PR muppet, but I think people should bear in mind that this must have been a very rare occurence indeed. I’ve never heard of RackSpace going down before.

You must be paying though the nose for that James? You should be hosting in Cork boy! *koff* :)

adam

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