Comments on: Anatomy of a Disaster, Part 2 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/ Tales From the Inside! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:18:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Diyet http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/comment-page-3/#comment-104424 Diyet Wed, 15 Oct 2008 09:48:37 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/#comment-104424 Thank you.. Thank you..

]]> By: Club-306 Status Blog » Slow pages resolved. http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/comment-page-3/#comment-78846 Club-306 Status Blog » Slow pages resolved. Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:39:02 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/#comment-78846 [...] to the Dreamhost blog everything should be returning to normal now. Dreamhost have also announced that they will be [...] [...] to the Dreamhost blog everything should be returning to normal now. Dreamhost have also announced that they will be [...]

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]]> By: DreamHost Converts To Flash at Awakened Voice Blog http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/comment-page-3/#comment-30164 DreamHost Converts To Flash at Awakened Voice Blog Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:00:26 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/#comment-30164 [...] It’s true that DreamHost has had some problems reliability in 2006. And they don’t have all the features (like dedicated servers) that some people require from a hosting provider. But I have to give them kudos for working through it while continuing to provide tools that are valuable for those who are eager to create, distribute and sell social media. [...] [...] It’s true that DreamHost has had some problems reliability in 2006. And they don’t have all the features (like dedicated servers) that some people require from a hosting provider. But I have to give them kudos for working through it while continuing to provide tools that are valuable for those who are eager to create, distribute and sell social media. [...]

]]> By: Shopping For A Host http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/comment-page-3/#comment-29995 Shopping For A Host Mon, 04 Dec 2006 21:50:22 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/#comment-29995 So does this mean everything is back to the way it used to be? No more problems with email, no more slow sites, no more downtime? Have all the steps that were mentioned actually been implemented? Have the public and private networks been separated? Has there been physical space allocated in the data center for different kinds of servers? DreamHost really sounds like a dream, and I would love to host with them, but you know what they say about things that sound too good to be true... So does this mean everything is back to the way it used to be? No more problems with email, no more slow sites, no more downtime? Have all the steps that were mentioned actually been implemented? Have the public and private networks been separated? Has there been physical space allocated in the data center for different kinds of servers? DreamHost really sounds like a dream, and I would love to host with them, but you know what they say about things that sound too good to be true…

]]> By: Unofficial DreamHost Blog » Blog Archive » DreamHost Newsletter - October 2006 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/comment-page-3/#comment-29703 Unofficial DreamHost Blog » Blog Archive » DreamHost Newsletter - October 2006 Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:57:04 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/#comment-29703 [...] Network problems? Fixed! The network problems DreamHost experienced during the month of July and August are finally solved. [...] [...] Network problems? Fixed! The network problems DreamHost experienced during the month of July and August are finally solved. [...]

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]]> By: s5j.net » Blog Archive » Why isn’t Dreamhost doing this? http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/comment-page-3/#comment-20036 s5j.net » Blog Archive » Why isn’t Dreamhost doing this? Sat, 14 Oct 2006 23:47:08 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/#comment-20036 [...] But no commercial webhosting company I’m aware of currently offers grid-based hosting. This leads to outages and slowness for clients. DreamHost has had a number of recent problems. To their credit, they are quite open and honest about what went wrong. But there’s also a constant parade of announcements of servers going down for 10 minutes here, 10 minutes there for RAM upgrades, hardware replacements, etc. [...] [...] But no commercial webhosting company I’m aware of currently offers grid-based hosting. This leads to outages and slowness for clients. DreamHost has had a number of recent problems. To their credit, they are quite open and honest about what went wrong. But there’s also a constant parade of announcements of servers going down for 10 minutes here, 10 minutes there for RAM upgrades, hardware replacements, etc. [...]

]]> By: DreamHost Blog » Sales Are Slow http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/comment-page-3/#comment-19842 DreamHost Blog » Sales Are Slow Fri, 13 Oct 2006 23:44:56 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/#comment-19842 [...] Now, you may think it has something to do with this, this or maybe this. [...] [...] Now, you may think it has something to do with this, this or maybe this. [...]

]]> By: Richard Nichols http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/comment-page-3/#comment-19432 Richard Nichols Thu, 12 Oct 2006 01:10:59 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2006/09/19/anatomy-of-a-disaster-part-2/#comment-19432 This is all very interesting. I don't have an account with dreamhost but I have had accounts with Mindspring, Earthlink, nomonthlyfees.com, Globat and currently AnHosting.com / MidPhase.com. These were business accounts and shared hosting accounts. So far, every one of these listed has had problems. Globat, specifically, was the worst of the worst, never answering one e-mail in a year, never giving any of the promised support, and placing our sites on the slowest servers and routers in the known universe. AnHosting, our current host, has excellent customer service except that they rarely can figure out the problem or give me an answer that makes any sense. And out of the 4 accounts I have there, 3 are pretty slow or miserably slow. So, I don't think these issues are dreamhost's alone. They seem to be rampant everywhere out there on the net. I suppose that if you want to deliver streaming media and fancy server side sites, you better find a dedicated host with big bandwidth and some smart people on the other end. All I can say is, I have yet to find a host that I can reccommend and still get to sleep at night. It is refreshing to have someone on the IT side of things explain some of the inside issues in the server farm business. She should be given a gold star for that regardless of the never ending struggles these web hosts have in staying on line. This is all very interesting. I don’t have an account with dreamhost but I have had accounts with Mindspring, Earthlink, nomonthlyfees.com, Globat and currently AnHosting.com / MidPhase.com. These were business accounts and shared hosting accounts.
So far, every one of these listed has had problems. Globat, specifically, was the worst of the worst, never answering one e-mail in a year, never giving any of the promised support, and placing our sites on the slowest servers and routers in the known universe. AnHosting, our current host, has excellent customer service except that they rarely can figure out the problem or give me an answer that makes any sense. And out of the 4 accounts I have there, 3 are pretty slow or miserably slow.
So, I don’t think these issues are dreamhost’s alone. They seem to be rampant everywhere out there on the net. I suppose that if you want to deliver streaming media and fancy server side sites, you better find a dedicated host with big bandwidth and some smart people on the other end.
All I can say is, I have yet to find a host that I can reccommend and still get to sleep at night.

It is refreshing to have someone on the IT side of things explain some of the inside issues in the server farm business. She should be given a gold star for that regardless of the never ending struggles these web hosts have in staying on line.

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