This is why http://AppFog.com/ is investing in multiple IaaS and is not being hit nearly as hard. You can still sign up and even create apps.
Amazon EC2 down?
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Re: Amazon EC2 down?
#22We learnt our lesson the hard way after the great AWScalypse of Apr 2011. The lesson: Use n>1 hosting companies (even if one of them promises a-z-multiregion-distributed-fault-tolerant-back-up)
how are you quickly failing over from one to another?
We work with 3 providers. Today 2 of then go down. Just Linode is ok now.
Re: Amazon EC2 down?
#23Newest update: 10:29 PM PDT We can confirm a portion of a single Availability Zone in the US-EAST-1 Region lost power. We are actively restoring power to the effected EC2 instances and EBS volumes. We are continuing to see increased API errors. Customers might see increased errors trying to launch new instances in the Region.
Source: http://status.aws.amazon.com/?rf Or: http://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/ec2-us-east-1.rss
Re: Amazon EC2 down?
#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
how are you quickly failing over from one to another?
We work with 3 providers. Today 2 of then go down. Just Linode is ok now.
ironically, we moved away from linode last month because they kept doing maintenance and turning off our machines without telling us
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#25Re: Amazon EC2 down?
#26Newest update: 10:29 PM PDT We can confirm a portion of a single Availability Zone in the US-EAST-1 Region lost power. We are actively restoring power to the effected EC2 instances and EBS volumes. We are continuing to see increased API errors. Customers might see increased errors trying to launch new instances in the Region. Source: http://status.aws.amazon.com/?rf Or: http://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/ec2-us-east-1.…
They keep saying it happened in a single availability zone when I saw frantic tweets from people in 1A, 1C and 1D.
Re: Amazon EC2 down?
#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
We work with 3 providers. Today 2 of then go down. Just Linode is ok now.
ironically, we moved away from linode last month because they kept doing maintenance and turning off our machines without telling us
really? I've noticed an increase in maintenance with Linode recently but they've always been really great with notice, so much so I am consistently surprised. If there is ever going to be planned downtime I've got an email at least a week in advance and it gives me the option to migrate my linode to another server at my own convenience if their schedule isn't compatible with my needs. Do you not get these emails and options?
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#28Newest update: 10:29 PM PDT We can confirm a portion of a single Availability Zone in the US-EAST-1 Region lost power. We are actively restoring power to the effected EC2 instances and EBS volumes. We are continuing to see increased API errors. Customers might see increased errors trying to launch new instances in the Region. Source: http://status.aws.amazon.com/?rf Or: http://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/ec2-us-east-1.…
They keep saying it happened in a single availability zone when I saw frantic tweets from people in 1A, 1C and 1D.
Everyone's A zone is different. So I could say A is down while someone else is saying B, and we could be talking about the exact same zone. It makes it difficult to say if it is more widespread or not.
Re: Amazon EC2 down?
#29Newest update: 10:29 PM PDT We can confirm a portion of a single Availability Zone in the US-EAST-1 Region lost power. We are actively restoring power to the effected EC2 instances and EBS volumes. We are continuing to see increased API errors. Customers might see increased errors trying to launch new instances in the Region. Source: http://status.aws.amazon.com/?rf Or: http://status.aws.amazon.com/rss/ec2-us-east-1.…
They keep saying it happened in a single availability zone when I saw frantic tweets from people in 1A, 1C and 1D.
AWS hides the real availability zone names from you. From the docs:
Can I assume that my Availability Zone us-east-1a is the same location as someone else's Availability Zone us-east-1a?
No. Currently, we do not support cross-account proximity. Each account's Availability Zones are independent. For example, the us-east-1a Availability Zone for one account might be in a different location than for another account.
http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/FA...
Re: Amazon EC2 down?
#30Yup, very down. My site is down, and I've been attempting to reboot and recreate instances like a madman... Why didn't I just check HN first??
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