Wordpress.org Moving Servers
This is a non-announcement: wordpress.org is switching servers, they tell us:
Switching servers, please check back in about a half hour. Thanks! — Matt
This is the kind of thing that we should never, ever see. Your servers should never stop serving content. If you have to switch, bring up a new array of servers hot and ready to go before you pull the plug on your old machines. Or use virtual machines to virtually swap in a well-tested beta instance for production. Real companies with real services cannot go down!
(Then again, what does it really matter? It’s not they sell anything.)
Update:
OK, it’s been at least three hours. *taps fingers impatiently*
Update 2:
Yay!! Go download Wordpress 2.0: wordpress.org/download/
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on December 26th, 2005 at 6:19 pm
I think it’s perfectly legit.
Flickr goes “offline” for 30 minutes to 1 hour probably at least once a month, leaving a note that says “Flickr is having a massage, come back soon”. They let everyone know in advance (there are notes on the website at least 24 hours prior to the “offline” time).
While I agree with you, it’s to a certain extent. Companies shouldn’t just go offline and leave no trace or explanation. Offline or Down times should at least have a mirror with a note saying that they will be back soon.
I think it would have been worse if they had put up Wordpress 2.0, and then their old servers got slammed offline. Then you would have a Typepad type situation where no one knows anything and everyone is worried.
on December 29th, 2005 at 2:52 pm
As my friend Joe Grossberg said:
Web 2.0 is Web 1.0 without the uptime. (paraphrasing)