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Re: Google Drive is down (502. That’s an error.)

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Post by batmansbelt » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 4:06 PM UTC

bdcravens wrote: post #10

Terribly pedantic I know, but if someone doesn't know 502 is an error, is HN the best site for them? Edit: My bad, I thought it was commentary in the title; send me the downvotes I deserve :-) (I usually don't click "(insert service) is down" links, since they often go nowhere)

Since you're being terribly pedantic, 502 is the HTTP status, which shows that an error happened on the server. The 502 itself isn't the error.

Re: Google Drive is down (502. That’s an error.)

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Post by giancarlostoro » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 4:10 PM UTC

Never rely on one and only one cloud provider, always have backups.

Re: Google Drive is down (502. That’s an error.)

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Post by TallGuyShort » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 4:10 PM UTC

batmansbelt wrote: post #21

bdcravens wrote: post #10

Terribly pedantic I know, but if someone doesn't know 502 is an error, is HN the best site for them? Edit: My bad, I thought it was commentary in the title; send me the downvotes I deserve :-) (I usually don't click "(insert service) is down" links, since they often go nowhere)

Since you're being terribly pedantic, 502 is the HTTP status, which shows that an error happened on the server. The 502 itself isn't the error.

On the other hand, if someone is going to be pedantic, HN is apparently exactly the right site for them.

Re: Google Drive is down (502. That’s an error.)

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Post by hamax » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 4:15 PM UTC

Piskvorrr wrote: post #2

Use the cloud they said. It will be fun they said.

My workstation had way more downtime this year than Google drive.

Re: Google Drive is down (502. That’s an error.)

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Post by abjorn » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 4:18 PM UTC

Piskvorrr wrote: post #2

Use the cloud they said. It will be fun they said.

Downtime happens, cloud or not. For the moment, it's just a fact of computing.

Re: Google Drive is down (502. That’s an error.)

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Post by JoeAltmaier » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 4:19 PM UTC

abjorn wrote: post #25

Piskvorrr wrote: post #2

Use the cloud they said. It will be fun they said.

Downtime happens, cloud or not. For the moment, it's just a fact of computing.

Actually millions were spent to make that not true. So this is definitely not supposed to happen.

Re: Google Drive is down (502. That’s an error.)

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Post by antsar » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 4:21 PM UTC

thehme wrote: post #17

Could be a regional issue? North East seems fine. Loading quickly and access does seem okay as well. Gl.

I'm in the Northeast as well (NJ) and getting 500 errors consistently.

Re: Google Drive is down (502. That’s an error.)

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Post by tomp » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 4:34 PM UTC

hamax wrote: post #24

Piskvorrr wrote: post #2

Use the cloud they said. It will be fun they said.

My workstation had way more downtime this year than Google drive.

But probably not at the same time as your coworker's.

Re: Google Drive is down (502. That’s an error.)

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Post by eitally » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 4:43 PM UTC

allochthon wrote: post #5

I was seeing load issues in BigQuery yesterday and the day before. I wonder if they're rolling something out on their backend infrastructure, and this is causing resource contention.

I don't know why you were downvoted. This seems entirely plausible, and it wouldn't be the first time they've done it. Moreover, it is also entirely possible Babble/Voice/Hangouts/whatever is being prepped for an I/O reveal.

Re: Google Drive is down (502. That’s an error.)

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Post by trvrprkr » Wed, Jun 04, 2014, 4:46 PM UTC

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #26

abjorn wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Downtime happens, cloud or not. For the moment, it's just a fact of computing.

Actually millions were spent to make that not true. So this is definitely not supposed to happen.

If all it took were millions of dollars and slightly harder thinking to make a completely failure-proof system, a lot of problems would suddenly and cheaply be solved. At the end of the day there's still hardware, software, network infrastructure, peering, random chance, and all of the imperfections in the humans designing these systems.