Comments on: Amazon S3 Storage Service Goes Down, Still Not Up http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:37:19 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Amazon’s EC2 Service Suffers Outage http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-952041 Amazon’s EC2 Service Suffers Outage Thu, 11 Jun 2009 05:43:38 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-952041 <p>[...] Last year in July, the S3 service went offline causing widespread problems. It also suffered an outage in February 2008. But by and large, Amazon has had a good record with its services as far as uptime is [...]</p> [...] Last year in July, the S3 service went offline causing widespread problems. It also suffered an outage in February 2008. But by and large, Amazon has had a good record with its services as far as uptime is [...]

]]> By:   Should cloud computers worry about Salesforce.com’s recent outage?  by Thomas Keeley http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-920925   Should cloud computers worry about Salesforce.com’s recent outage?  by Thomas Keeley Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:59:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-920925 <p>[...] both February and July of this past year, many of Amazon’s S3 users were knocked offline, not just for minutes, [...]</p> [...] both February and July of this past year, many of Amazon’s S3 users were knocked offline, not just for minutes, [...]

]]> By: Long live the DBA | Brent Ozar - SQL Server DBA http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-891630 Long live the DBA | Brent Ozar - SQL Server DBA Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:47:21 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-891630 <p>[...] Disaster recovery no longer just means preparing for your own business failures: with cloud computing, it means preparing for the failures of your cloud vendor too.  No cloud vendor is too big to experience problems: check out the Amazon S3 outage in July 2008 and the Amazon S3 outage in February 2008. [...]</p> [...] Disaster recovery no longer just means preparing for your own business failures: with cloud computing, it means preparing for the failures of your cloud vendor too.  No cloud vendor is too big to experience problems: check out the Amazon S3 outage in July 2008 and the Amazon S3 outage in February 2008. [...]

]]> By: dips.aluscio.us | S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services [GigaOM] http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-889566 dips.aluscio.us | S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services [GigaOM] Mon, 21 Jul 2008 14:49:31 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-889566 <p>[...] this morning for an extended period of time — the second big outage at the service this year. In February, Amazon suffered a major outage that knocked many of its customers [...]</p> [...] this morning for an extended period of time — the second big outage at the service this year. In February, Amazon suffered a major outage that knocked many of its customers [...]

]]> By: Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - Some Thoughts on Amazon S3's Recent Outage http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-889538 Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - Some Thoughts on Amazon S3's Recent Outage Mon, 21 Jul 2008 12:59:07 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-889538 <p>[...] this morning for an extended period of time — the second big outage at the service this year. In February, Amazon suffered a major outage that knocked many of its customers [...]</p> [...] this morning for an extended period of time — the second big outage at the service this year. In February, Amazon suffered a major outage that knocked many of its customers [...]

]]> By: S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-889462 S3 Outage Highlights Fragility of Web Services - GigaOM Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:46:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-889462 <p>[...] this morning for an extended period of time — the second big outage at the service this year. In February, Amazon suffered a major outage that knocked many of its customers [...]</p> [...] this morning for an extended period of time — the second big outage at the service this year. In February, Amazon suffered a major outage that knocked many of its customers [...]

]]> By: אלעד בבלוגלי » ארכיון הבלוג » Amazon S3 למטה והשמחה גדולה http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-889422 אלעד בבלוגלי » ארכיון הבלוג » Amazon S3 למטה והשמחה גדולה Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:28:55 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-889422 <p>[...] הפעם השניה השנה שהשרות אינו זמין ויחד איתו יורדים שרותים רבים אחרים [...]</p> [...] הפעם השניה השנה שהשרות אינו זמין ויחד איתו יורדים שרותים רבים אחרים [...]

]]> By: Amazon S3 goes down for the second time « Just another day in Paradies http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-889411 Amazon S3 goes down for the second time « Just another day in Paradies Sun, 20 Jul 2008 17:50:36 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-889411 <p>[...] if you want to read about last time it went down you can here on GigaOm. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Yahoo, Now Offering Search as a Web ServiceAmazon [...]</p> [...] if you want to read about last time it went down you can here on GigaOm. Possibly related posts: (automatically generated)Yahoo, Now Offering Search as a Web ServiceAmazon [...]

]]> By: Trackvia - Online Database Blog » Blog Archive » Outsourcing Outages? http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-884650 Trackvia - Online Database Blog » Blog Archive » Outsourcing Outages? Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:02:52 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-884650 <p>[...] cloud’s outages. In the last few months, there have been significant cloud-service problems at Amazon, HP, and [...]</p> [...] cloud’s outages. In the last few months, there have been significant cloud-service problems at Amazon, HP, and [...]

]]> By: Amazon’s Services Edge Towards the Enterprise - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-869978 Amazon’s Services Edge Towards the Enterprise - GigaOM Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:10:47 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-869978 <p>[...] just improve availability and control for Amazon’s customers. They also make EC2 and S3 more appealing for enterprises. Interested in web infrastructure? Check out our upcoming [...]</p> [...] just improve availability and control for Amazon’s customers. They also make EC2 and S3 more appealing for enterprises. Interested in web infrastructure? Check out our upcoming [...]

]]> By: How Cloud & Utility Computing Are Different - GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-863539 How Cloud & Utility Computing Are Different - GigaOM Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:43:06 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-863539 <p>[...] Web Services (AWS), despite a recent outage, is the current poster child for this model as it provides a variety of services, among them the [...]</p> [...] Web Services (AWS), despite a recent outage, is the current poster child for this model as it provides a variety of services, among them the [...]

]]> By: C. Janine Hodge » Blog Archive » Amazon S3 Outage: A Gentle Reminder http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-863180 C. Janine Hodge » Blog Archive » Amazon S3 Outage: A Gentle Reminder Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:17:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-863180 <p>[...] Amazon S3 Storage Service Goes Down, Still Not Up [...]</p> [...] Amazon S3 Storage Service Goes Down, Still Not Up [...]

]]> By: Web Services Economics : The Thomas Howe Company http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-861950 Web Services Economics : The Thomas Howe Company Mon, 18 Feb 2008 13:02:32 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-861950 <p>[...] I was running down the cause of Friday’s S3 service interruption, I came across this excellent financial analysis of the cost savings of a web services deployment [...]</p> [...] I was running down the cause of Friday’s S3 service interruption, I came across this excellent financial analysis of the cost savings of a web services deployment [...]

]]> By: Jeremiah Staes http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-861921 Jeremiah Staes Mon, 18 Feb 2008 04:18:33 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-861921 <p>It affected me a little bit - one of my subcontractors relies on AWS for file hosting, and so it was a temporary problem for me.</p> <p>That said, everything goes down. It is incumbent on you to not rely on one service, period. You wouldn't rely on one spindle of a hard drive; you'd backup. Having multiple options is not only prudent but required, especially when using third-parties as everything will fail at some point and nothing, nothing is going to be 100% uptime, even internal systems you own completely yourself. That's a very false sense of security.</p> <p>I like AWS and still would recommend it. Now, if this becomes a habit, then, maybe that might change.</p> It affected me a little bit – one of my subcontractors relies on AWS for file hosting, and so it was a temporary problem for me.

That said, everything goes down. It is incumbent on you to not rely on one service, period. You wouldn’t rely on one spindle of a hard drive; you’d backup. Having multiple options is not only prudent but required, especially when using third-parties as everything will fail at some point and nothing, nothing is going to be 100% uptime, even internal systems you own completely yourself. That’s a very false sense of security.

I like AWS and still would recommend it. Now, if this becomes a habit, then, maybe that might change.

]]> By: العاب http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-861856 العاب Sun, 17 Feb 2008 18:08:29 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-861856 <p>We’ve gotten so good at reducing adoption friction, that we’ll see a lot of this kind of thing. It just isn’t possible to plan for it.</p> We’ve gotten so good at reducing adoption friction, that we’ll see a lot of this kind of thing. It just isn’t possible to plan for it.

]]> By: Don MacAskill http://gigaom.com/2008/02/15/amazon-s3-service-goes-down/#comment-861794 Don MacAskill Sun, 17 Feb 2008 03:13:08 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/?p=11521#comment-861794 <p>@A.T.</p> <p>Actually, if you bothered to read my slides, let alone my blog posts and other coverage, you'd know that:</p> <ul> <li>That fire wasn't from Amazon at all and isn't related.</li> <li>I trust Amazon with 100% of our data. More than 90% of our data lives at Amazon and no-where else.</li> </ul> <p>What I <em>did</em> say is that no service, hardware, or software we've ever used is 100% and that Amazon is no different. Depend on it, fine. I do. But expect miracles? That's just stupid.</p> <p>Sorry about the slides being missing, that was an accident. They've been restored.</p> @A.T.

Actually, if you bothered to read my slides, let alone my blog posts and other coverage, you’d know that:

  • That fire wasn’t from Amazon at all and isn’t related.
  • I trust Amazon with 100% of our data. More than 90% of our data lives at Amazon and no-where else.

What I did say is that no service, hardware, or software we’ve ever used is 100% and that Amazon is no different. Depend on it, fine. I do. But expect miracles? That’s just stupid.

Sorry about the slides being missing, that was an accident. They’ve been restored.

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