Possible Outage 3pm ET

[Frank Hagan]

There may be some brief outages around 3 pm Eastern Time (GMT - 5, I think) as the data center installs some new switches. They assure me it should be BRIEF, as in NOT LONG, as in HARDLY NOTICIBLE. :roll: :roll:

[Frank Hagan]

Which really bites, because we've been doing so well (here's a capture from my independent monitoring service I set up 9 days and 16 hours ago):

The status of your server is listed below. Turn the monitoring service on or off by using the button below.

Server Address http://www.messing-about.com

Status OK

Uptime 99.76%

For 9 days, 16 hours

[Barry Pyeatt]

I applaud your efforts and the smooth way this forum works. It is a great format.

[Frank Hagan]

Thanks, Barry. I think I have a better host than I did with the old format, as I've had very few problems.

We got bit, and the site was down for 16 minutes:

Date Time Description Duration

05.15.2003 14:16 DNS lookup failed 16 mins

05.05.2003 20:53 No reply 1 hour, 0 mins

04.17.2003 01:21 DNS lookup failed 56 mins

Still, it represents over 99% uptime, so I can't complain too much. :roll:

[Barry Pyeatt]

Hey, I thought it was me that was having the problem. :oops: But you mean servers have problems too?

[Derek]

I, and all others I'm sure, appreciate all you do Frank. 99% uptime is fantastic!

There's a joke about a little blue pill in there somewhere, but I'm not going there! :wink:

[Frank Hagan]

Hey' date=' I thought it was me that was having the problem. :oops: But you mean servers have problems too? [/quote']

Yeah, servers too. Mostly webmasters though ... I think I have interrupted the forums more with my modification attempts than the server has! Usually I'm doing it so late at night that only Simon notices

[Frank Hagan]

I' date=' and all others I'm sure, appreciate all you do Frank. 99% uptime is fantastic!

There's a joke about a little blue pill in there somewhere, but I'm not going there! :wink:[/quote']

I think some judicious editing of the above could make me a legend!