Netflix is Down • Hacker News Board

smoyer wrote: post #20

Soon it will be news when the N. Virginia services are actually up! I don't want to be too hard on Amazon because what they've built is pretty amazing, but I really have to wonder what's different about the N. Virginia site ... And why they're not having similar failures at the other sites.

us-east-1 is much, much larger than the other regions. Many more services use it, which is why when it has issues you actually notice the effects.

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Post by campnic » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 2:43 AM UTC

smoyer wrote: post #20

Soon it will be news when the N. Virginia services are actually up! I don't want to be too hard on Amazon because what they've built is pretty amazing, but I really have to wonder what's different about the N. Virginia site ... And why they're not having similar failures at the other sites.

Based on some rough second hand estimation [1] it is an order of magnitude larger then all other AZs and is about as big as them all combined.

[1]: https://huanliu.wordpress.com/2012/03/13/amazon-data-center-...

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Post by lelandbatey » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 2:44 AM UTC

smoyer wrote: post #20

Soon it will be news when the N. Virginia services are actually up! I don't want to be too hard on Amazon because what they've built is pretty amazing, but I really have to wonder what's different about the N. Virginia site ... And why they're not having similar failures at the other sites.

If I remember correctly, the N. Virginia site is the default for EC2 instances, and is much much larger than the other availability zones. I've even heard that it's bigger than all the other zones combined.

However, I'd love for someone to corroborate my statement.

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Post by jpdevereaux » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 2:45 AM UTC

rhizome wrote: post #21

jpdevereaux wrote: post #19

How is anyone supposed to enjoy the holidays with their families if they aren't consuming media?

1) some families like to watch stuff together 2) not all netflix subscribers have families

Fair enough. I for one enjoy expressing anti-television sentiments, with and without company.

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Post by marshray » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 2:54 AM UTC

jpdevereaux wrote: post #19

How is anyone supposed to enjoy the holidays with their families if they aren't consuming media?

We're fresh out of chestnuts here, but thankfully Halo 4 matchmaking is online.

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Post by sigzero » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 2:59 AM UTC

I just got finished watching something on Netflix?

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Post by toomuchtodo » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 3:01 AM UTC

You'd think Netflix would learn by now to move back to their own gear.

EDIT: Downvote away; its practically dogma on HN to use AWS. How much downtime are people willing to tolerate for a "superior" technology? Sure, Amazon AWS has some great ideas and tech, but you might as well give up if your business depends on EBS in us-east-1 at all

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Post by 31reasons » Tue, Dec 25, 2012, 3:04 AM UTC

What is the purpose of Xmas Eve if you spend it watching TV just like any other eve. Just saying.