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Ajax console access is disabled at the moment. We’re making some changes to the code for security reasons. We’ll update here when it is back online.

UPDATE 10/23 5pm

Console is back up now. Better session handling now in place. Let us know if you have any difficulties.

We had more trouble today with a circuit that blew this evening while we were at the NOC installing new hardware and investigating the previous circuit trouble. Customers on 4 servers were restarted and down approximately 5-10 minutes. The web server was also on this circuit and we didn’t restart Apache for a good half hour by mistake, so this outage may have appeared longer than it actually was.

We are terribly sorry for this happening twice in the same week and are working diligently to solve the problem. Thanks for your support. Please contact us with any questions.

Don’t forget, a bit of downtime in a couple hours while we’re rebooting and installing some network equipment. We’ll keep you posted.

UPDATE – completed around 1145 CST. Total downtime under 3 minutes.

We sold out over the weekend due to a shipping snafu. New servers are now in place and we’re taking Slices and upgrades once again.

6 servers (one being the web server) were rebooted after a rack outlet we plugged into got fried. We quickly moved everyone to another outlet. Total downtime was about 3-5 minutes depending on how quickly we restarted your Slice. Please contact us if you are having any problems and apologies for the downtime.

Apologies to anyone looking to buy a 512 or 1024 slice at the moment. We had an order of new servers coming in Friday, all scheduled for deployment this weekend. The shipping got delayed, so sadly you’ll have to wait until Monday afternoon. Email if you’d like to reserve space on the new boxes.

UPDATE: sold out of everything at the moment, we’re building the new servers as we speak and they’ll be at the NOC later today. Sorry for the delay.

UPDATE 2: open for business, servers installed and more on the way.

The ajax SSH console in SliceManager has been acting funky today, so we’ve taken it down to track squash a few bugs. Hopefully back up in the morning – please use SSH to access your Slice in the meantime.

UPDATE: back online at 2340 CST.

Brief network outage scheduled for next Wednesday, 10-11-2006. Less than 5 minutes total, please let us know if you have objections or requests for specific time windows. Post here are in the forum thread.

We have future plans for Debian Etch as a distro choice. But Slicehoster Marko couldn’t wait and installed Debian on his own. This wiki page shows you how he did it. Thanks Marko!

This is awesome.
UPDATE: someone replaced this w/ a horrible image. Apologies if you saw it.

Data Center Knowledge links to a couple of interesting articles on rising NOC costs. Increased power requirements for equipment and cooling are driving space costs through the roof. It’ll be interesting to see how quickly bigger companies explore virtual computing alternatives. If you’re interested in discussing Slice clusters for your company, please let us know.

Scott from hosting-fu compares a VPS to a dedicated server. Several excellent points, our 1024slice was pitted against an entry level dedicated box. A must read for anyone weighing the pros and cons of a VPS or dedicated machine.

Say what you will about Dave Winer, but the man has jump started mobile content. It’s not as if he invented the concept, but the industry was just… stagnant. He released his tools, which I find useful, and suddenly – mobile versions of every feed in my list are popping up.

That being said, one of the ideas we had on our to-do list, was a mobile version of SliceManager. Something you could access comfortably via your blackberry/treo/cell, possibly w/ some SMS features. Would such a thing be useful? Perhaps the ability to see uptime, stats and maybe even reboot? Let us know.

A great looking tool for performance monitoring, the Mysql Query Analyzer plugin can help you find bottlenecks. Very handy for troubleshooting DB performance on your Slice.

Guys, we’re flattered (see here and here) – Slices galore. But you forgot to copy one thing – the prices.

;)