Was this site down this AM? Again?
meos1
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Seemed to be non-reponsive. I was able to access of the net sites so its not me.
Dan
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I am just throwing cheese to the rats chewing on the chains of my sanity!
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<< <i>So while stricter controls have been issued by the management, they still cannot control the web server reliability. Anyone know what the platform is for this server? >>
It's Windows NT, but it had nothing to do with the server the site is on. DNS service was down.
Russ, NCNE
David, call me if you need assistance.
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The fact that they have multiple servers that are geographically spread means someone at PCGS does not understand DNS. Its almost unheard of for a top level DNS resolver to collapse in on its self. I think the last time it happened was 1994.
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Russ, NCNE
So aint that nice.
I like trimes too!
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I imagine that is a little confusing. DNS stands for "Domain Name Server". As humans, we talk in words, but computers talk in numbers. Each domain name is assigned a numerical IP address. The DNS servers translate the web address, or "name" that you type in to a browser in to that IP address. They also serve as the storehouse of what is where and who is who.
When the DNS service is down for a web site, for all practical purposes, it is gone from cyberspace.
Russ, NCNE
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<< <i>DNS on NT was crap. I wonder if they are any BIND servers upstream for them. So they are on IIS 4.0 I see an upgrade to 6.0 in thier future!
David, call me if you need assistance.
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Hey Dan! Maybe I can bum some info from you once in a while.
Neil, Microsoft .NET developer
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Hey All,
I'm very much in the know as to what happened (let's just say I've got an internal source - me!). dnsmanaged.com is Network Solutions' managed DNS service and yes, they did have a serious outage that caused some downtime for us (as well as 30,000 other sites!).
And yes, I'm aware of the 100% DNS resolution guarantee that Network Solutions promotes on their website... Believe me, I had some nice conversations with the NetSol folks this morning.
So it's not "crap" DNS on NT, nor poor management controls on the website (we've got all sorts of clustering and load-balancing), it was just one of those things somewhat out of our control. What was worst is that NetSol's DNS servers weren't 100% down, so our secondary servers couldn't kick in, we were stuck waiting for them to get the problem fixed.
I'm sure some of you noticed eBay's problems a few days ago... it happens to the best of us!
-david
P.S. if anyone ever has these types of questions or concerns, please feel free to send me a message.
Thanks for the information.
David