Comments on: Schadenfreude http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/ Tales From the Inside! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:18:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tiuca http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-89599 Tiuca Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:23:21 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/#comment-89599 Interesting datacenter with interesting connections ! Interesting datacenter with interesting connections !

]]> By: peter http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-88914 peter Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:38:11 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/#comment-88914 well the power might not have gone out on my account but my site has been more or less unreachable for WEEKS now and all I get is a 'we are working on it' well the power might not have gone out on my account but my site has been more or less unreachable for WEEKS now and all I get is a ‘we are working on it’

]]> By: Wouldn't Work for DH http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-88908 Wouldn't Work for DH Tue, 31 Jul 2007 17:31:17 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/#comment-88908 This is a concept that is working well for me. I used to have several managed servers with RackSpace. Way too expensive and I had a server crash that took them 12 hours to fix. For the rates they charge, that was unacceptable. Now I have a T1 line at my office. I have replaced my two managed servers with four (they aren't as powerful) and haven't had more than 30 seconds of downtime in the six months since I started this. If/when my bandwith requirements exceed the capabilities of my T1, I would love a data center like this. This is a fine and dandy for someone like me who needs a few dedicated servers of our own but this wouldn't work for DH. Your rates are already ridiculously cheap and I suspect people would rather pay what they pay now for the same service than have more downtime. This is a concept that is working well for me. I used to have several managed servers with RackSpace. Way too expensive and I had a server crash that took them 12 hours to fix. For the rates they charge, that was unacceptable.

Now I have a T1 line at my office. I have replaced my two managed servers with four (they aren’t as powerful) and haven’t had more than 30 seconds of downtime in the six months since I started this.

If/when my bandwith requirements exceed the capabilities of my T1, I would love a data center like this.

This is a fine and dandy for someone like me who needs a few dedicated servers of our own but this wouldn’t work for DH. Your rates are already ridiculously cheap and I suspect people would rather pay what they pay now for the same service than have more downtime.

]]> By: HansNL http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-88899 HansNL Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:01:02 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/#comment-88899 When is the data center in Europe coming along? That you wanna live in an earthquake zone is fine with me but not with my data. Cheers, HansNL When is the data center in Europe coming along?
That you wanna live in an earthquake zone
is fine with me but not with my data.
Cheers, HansNL

]]> By: Jim http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-88895 Jim Sat, 28 Jul 2007 00:23:42 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/#comment-88895 Happy SysAdmin day! Happy SysAdmin day!

]]> By: Xopl http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-88894 Xopl Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:15:28 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/#comment-88894 I would like just the opposite of what you are proposing. Offer more expensive plans with uptimes guaranteed in writing. I would like just the opposite of what you are proposing. Offer more expensive plans with uptimes guaranteed in writing.

]]> By: ChiaLynn http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-88893 ChiaLynn Fri, 27 Jul 2007 20:02:09 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/#comment-88893 And this seems as good a place and time as any point out that it's Sysadmin Day, and thank you all for everything you do to keep my sites up and running far more often than not. www.sysadminday.com And this seems as good a place and time as any point out that it’s Sysadmin Day, and thank you all for everything you do to keep my sites up and running far more often than not.

http://www.sysadminday.com

]]> By: Dave O'Flynn http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-88886 Dave O'Flynn Thu, 26 Jul 2007 04:39:16 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/#comment-88886 Good-enough-but-way-cheaper is why I use dreamhost.com instead of, say, pair.com. A friend has had a total of 11min of downtime with pair in the last seven years, but his monthly bill is somewhere around half of what I pay for a year's hosting. It's a trade-off I'm comfortable making... ...and he's considering the switch too :-) Good-enough-but-way-cheaper is why I use dreamhost.com instead of, say, pair.com.

A friend has had a total of 11min of downtime with pair in the last seven years, but his monthly bill is somewhere around half of what I pay for a year’s hosting.

It’s a trade-off I’m comfortable making…

…and he’s considering the switch too :-)

]]> By: Larry http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-88883 Larry Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:18:54 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/#comment-88883 The problem was that 365 Main angered the "hosting gods" by putting out a press release touting 2 years of 100% uptime for one of its customers: http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-24-2007/0004631109&EDATE= The problem was that 365 Main angered the “hosting gods” by putting out a press release touting 2 years of 100% uptime for one of its customers:

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/07-24-2007/0004631109&EDATE=

]]> By: Josh Jones http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/comment-page-1/#comment-88882 Josh Jones Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:55:43 +0000 http://blog.dreamhost.com/2007/07/24/schadenfreude/#comment-88882 <b>Uh</b> oh. Uh oh.

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