News and Updates
August 15, 2008
Netflix service outage lasting three days was result of severe technical issues with shipping system as per the company. Considering that Netflix did not ship any DVDs from any of their shipping centers, the most likely culprit is software update failure. Even large companies experience unreliable software from time to time and a good failback plan is required to secure continued operations.
August 12, 2008
A software bug in ESX server from VMWare causes outages across a broad spectrum of companies that provide virtual server hosting. DataCrunch servers are not virtualized. Dedicated servers provide maximum performance and eliminate reliance on new and immature virtualization technologies.
July 20, 2008
Amazon's S3 (Simple Storage Service) storage cloud went dark for many hours following similar outage in February. At DataCrunch, we manage our own storage to the benefit of our customers.
May 31, 2008
Fire at ThePlanet.com datacenter takes offline 700,000 websites for several days. This event underscores the need for geographically diverse multisite hosting. DataCrunch houses servers both in the U.S. and Canada.
March 21, 2008
Verizon Business announced enhancements to its private IP networks by adding additional redundant routes. The Verizon network was heavily tested during December 2006 earthquake and tsunami event in Taiwan when eight of their submarine cables were cut in 22 locations. Verizon network handled the outage without an issue, however DataCrunch Company understands the need to rely upon multiple providers. Our BGP mulipath network includes all major backbone carriers, including Level 3, XO, Cogent, Qwest, Peer1, Global Village, GlobeInternet, Wiltel and others.
February 12, 2008
Research in Motion, the maker of popular BlackBerry smartphone, announced that recent three-hour service disruption has been linked to failed software upgrade. DataCrunch offers rolling upgrade service to their multisite customers to eliminate service interruptions. During rolling upgrade, servers are sequentially moved into standby and only after the upgrade is successful, the resources are reinserted into hosting pools.
January 18, 2008
Hackers have penetrated U.S. power systems in serveral regions and at least in one instance caused power outage affecting multiple cities. At DataCrunch Company, we deploy early detection and system intrusion monitoring software. Our clients benefit from higher security and overall availability as a result.