Comments on: John Chow’s Website is down http://www.gregellison.net/internet/john-chows-website-is-down/ Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:55:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: GM Baker http://www.gregellison.net/internet/john-chows-website-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-4958 GM Baker Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:52:15 +0000 http://www.gregellison.net/?p=4068#comment-4958 I agree with Greg. I can't believe in 2009 a site like his wasn't on a redundant RAID system of some kind. I kind of get the feeling maybe he tried something out that corrupted his system rather than trying out on a test server too. If I screwed up like that I'd probably be nonchalant too. Idk, I have a tiny site comparatively and when it's down for 20 min at 2:30 am (when I blog my best!) I'm blowing up the phones. Also ever consider the amount of affiliate $$ he may lose (residual wise) if he talked bad about the hosting company and everyone switched? It would probably be A LOT more than the $$ he lost while the site was down. Maybe a lot of success, a good size money mattress and a lil bit of good ole zen chillaxed John out. Just saying if we have no idea either way and we MUST assume or guess, let's make it the more positive guess. I like smiling more anyway. .-= GM Baker´s last blog ..<a href="http://feeds.digg.com/~r/digg/popular/~3/I_6ukmrT3cY/What_A_Geek_Would_Ask_From_A_Genie" rel="nofollow">What A Geek Would Ask From A Genie?</a> =-. I agree with Greg. I can’t believe in 2009 a site like his wasn’t on a redundant RAID system of some kind. I kind of get the feeling maybe he tried something out that corrupted his system rather than trying out on a test server too. If I screwed up like that I’d probably be nonchalant too.

Idk, I have a tiny site comparatively and when it’s down for 20 min at 2:30 am (when I blog my best!) I’m blowing up the phones.

Also ever consider the amount of affiliate $$ he may lose (residual wise) if he talked bad about the hosting company and everyone switched? It would probably be A LOT more than the $$ he lost while the site was down.

Maybe a lot of success, a good size money mattress and a lil bit of good ole zen chillaxed John out.

Just saying if we have no idea either way and we MUST assume or guess, let’s make it the more positive guess. I like smiling more anyway.
.-= GM Baker´s last blog ..What A Geek Would Ask From A Genie? =-.

]]> By: CAMPBELL http://www.gregellison.net/internet/john-chows-website-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2497 CAMPBELL Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:46:28 +0000 http://www.gregellison.net/?p=4068#comment-2497 Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again, Thanks. Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again, Thanks.

]]> By: Greg Ellison http://www.gregellison.net/internet/john-chows-website-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2330 Greg Ellison Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:15:51 +0000 http://www.gregellison.net/?p=4068#comment-2330 They should tell you if they are doing upgrades or forums where they are going to announce upgrades and downtime. Greg They should tell you if they are doing upgrades or forums where they are going to announce upgrades and downtime. Greg

]]> By: Jayce http://www.gregellison.net/internet/john-chows-website-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2329 Jayce Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:43:22 +0000 http://www.gregellison.net/?p=4068#comment-2329 My hosting was down around 2 hours on CentOS 4->5 upgrade. Luckily it is only a short period but they did the upgrade without inform me. That's the problem. :( .-= Jayce´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.jayceooi.com/2009/07/30/cheng-hoon-teng-temple-malacca/">Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, Malacca</a> =-. My hosting was down around 2 hours on CentOS 4->5 upgrade. Luckily it is only a short period but they did the upgrade without inform me. That’s the problem. :(
.-= Jayce´s last blog ..Cheng Hoon Teng Temple, Malacca =-.

]]> By: Greg Ellison http://www.gregellison.net/internet/john-chows-website-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2328 Greg Ellison Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:52:23 +0000 http://www.gregellison.net/?p=4068#comment-2328 Gary, I work in IT and I am in the trenches as you are. I think John is at fault also. He should invest more in his servers. He needs a more redundant system. His system probably has redundant hardware like NICS, and RAID system. His site is worth millions and he only has one server. That server could probably handle the one website, but Can he handle being down for the weekend and on a Monday? He is loosing out on a lot of money. I know he talked about doing some kind of load balancing on his site which is good. I guess John thinks your service is bad because of the different kinds of tweets he was doing when his site was down. I didn’t come up with the Tweets that I quoted from Twitter. Greg Gary,

I work in IT and I am in the trenches as you are. I think John is at fault also. He should invest more in his servers. He needs a more redundant system. His system probably has redundant hardware like NICS, and RAID system. His site is worth millions and he only has one server. That server could probably handle the one website, but Can he handle being down for the weekend and on a Monday? He is loosing out on a lot of money. I know he talked about doing some kind of load balancing on his site which is good. I guess John thinks your service is bad because of the different kinds of tweets he was doing when his site was down. I didn’t come up with the Tweets that I quoted from Twitter.

Greg

]]> By: Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com http://www.gregellison.net/internet/john-chows-website-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2324 Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:55:45 +0000 http://www.gregellison.net/?p=4068#comment-2324 The sad thing is your post paints our service in a bad light. Getting a server fixed can take time. Installing the Os, cPanel and restoring files did take 4 hours which is not a long time in my opinion. We tried every other solution prior to doing a reload which also takes time. Note we backup everything for John everyday. .-= Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bluefurcom/~3/eexmh8pEVlI/">WordPress Wednesday: WP Change Template</a> =-. The sad thing is your post paints our service in a bad light.

Getting a server fixed can take time.

Installing the Os, cPanel and restoring files did take 4 hours which is not a long time in my opinion.

We tried every other solution prior to doing a reload which also takes time.

Note we backup everything for John everyday.
.-= Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com´s last blog ..WordPress Wednesday: WP Change Template =-.

]]> By: Greg Ellison http://www.gregellison.net/internet/john-chows-website-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2323 Greg Ellison Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:29:28 +0000 http://www.gregellison.net/?p=4068#comment-2323 Hey Gary, I was going by what John was Tweeting about. Shit happens I know that. I am glade he made backups of everything so you guys can get him going as fast as possible on a new server. Sometimes hardware does fail. It sucks that it happened but that's life. Greg Hey Gary,

I was going by what John was Tweeting about. Shit happens I know that. I am glade he made backups of everything so you guys can get him going as fast as possible on a new server. Sometimes hardware does fail. It sucks that it happened but that’s life.

Greg

]]> By: Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com http://www.gregellison.net/internet/john-chows-website-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2321 Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:50:59 +0000 http://www.gregellison.net/?p=4068#comment-2321 Sorry but we had staff working on John's server for the entire time it was down to try and recover it and when it was not possible we reinstalled it. We did everything as fast as possible. I am not sure where we failed. We did not make his server die it happens. We were communicative to John and he understood what the issues were. I would suggest those that don't know anything about hosting should really keep there comments in check. .-= Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Bluefurcom/~3/hJ6hBwq8PfA/">Everything PHP: SQL: UPDATE</a> =-. Sorry but we had staff working on John’s server for the entire time it was down to try and recover it and when it was not possible we reinstalled it.

We did everything as fast as possible.

I am not sure where we failed. We did not make his server die it happens. We were communicative to John and he understood what the issues were.

I would suggest those that don’t know anything about hosting should really keep there comments in check.
.-= Gary Jones :: BlueFur.com´s last blog ..Everything PHP: SQL: UPDATE =-.

]]> By: MLDina http://www.gregellison.net/internet/john-chows-website-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2320 MLDina Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:05:13 +0000 http://www.gregellison.net/?p=4068#comment-2320 I've seen this quite a bit recently, for both superbloggers and new bloggers. It can be a pain and expensive to have a backup or a dedicated server, but weigh the cost v. the benefits. It's better it happened on a slower day, but you don't want it to effect your revenue, especially if you're just getting started. I’ve seen this quite a bit recently, for both superbloggers and new bloggers. It can be a pain and expensive to have a backup or a dedicated server, but weigh the cost v. the benefits. It’s better it happened on a slower day, but you don’t want it to effect your revenue, especially if you’re just getting started.

]]> By: Hispanic Dating http://www.gregellison.net/internet/john-chows-website-is-down/comment-page-1/#comment-2309 Hispanic Dating Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:25:59 +0000 http://www.gregellison.net/?p=4068#comment-2309 I'm usually devastated when it happens to my sites. It will be a great loss of daily traffic. I’m usually devastated when it happens to my sites. It will be a great loss of daily traffic.

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