http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/12/19/twitter-growing-pains-cause-lots-of-downtime-in-2007/ Ramblings and tech news from the Pingdom team Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:34:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/12/19/twitter-growing-pains-cause-lots-of-downtime-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-333173 TWITTER, we have a problem! « Twitter e le prospettive di marketing Tue, 05 May 2009 14:33:47 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=227#comment-333173 [...] la gara dei social network più inaffidabili. In questo sito, il numero di ore in cui è andato in downtime nel 2007 suddiviso per mesi . In quest’altro link, il downtime da febbraio 2007 ad oggi. C’è [...] [...] la gara dei social network più inaffidabili. In questo sito, il numero di ore in cui è andato in downtime nel 2007 suddiviso per mesi . In quest’altro link, il downtime da febbraio 2007 ad oggi. C’è [...]

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/12/19/twitter-growing-pains-cause-lots-of-downtime-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-316934 Josh Chandler » Will Twitter ever be able to update databases in realtime without bringing Twitter.com down? Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:53:21 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=227#comment-316934 [...] the inaugural launch year of  Twitter, the company had over 5 days of downtime in the entire year according to Pingdom.com, now when a community is relying on this site for “real time conversations” 5 days is a [...] [...] the inaugural launch year of  Twitter, the company had over 5 days of downtime in the entire year according to Pingdom.com, now when a community is relying on this site for “real time conversations” 5 days is a [...]

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/12/19/twitter-growing-pains-cause-lots-of-downtime-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-211919 Telephony 2.0 » Blog Archive » Twitter As ‘Global Communications Utility’? Hang On Now… Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:18:44 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=227#comment-211919 [...] The Bezos addition is interesting because if anyone knows how to scale an online business it’s Amazon — and Twitter definitely needs help scaling because despite (or probably more likely because of) its popularity the service has suffered repeated downtime. [...] [...] The Bezos addition is interesting because if anyone knows how to scale an online business it’s Amazon — and Twitter definitely needs help scaling because despite (or probably more likely because of) its popularity the service has suffered repeated downtime. [...]

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/12/19/twitter-growing-pains-cause-lots-of-downtime-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-175006 James Burgess - A Blog » The Errant Reliability of Twitter Tue, 27 May 2008 17:53:20 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=227#comment-175006 [...] load.  These periods of “downtime” last for anything from 5 minutes to 2 days (and 5 days in 2007). You’d have thought they’d have solved the issues by now - especially considering [...] [...] load.  These periods of “downtime” last for anything from 5 minutes to 2 days (and 5 days in 2007). You’d have thought they’d have solved the issues by now – especially considering [...]

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/12/19/twitter-growing-pains-cause-lots-of-downtime-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-171172 The Mind of Dave Winer Sat, 24 May 2008 17:59:35 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=227#comment-171172 [...] his getting tiresome. See Dave’s Twitter uptime monitor of May 23, 2008 vs. Pingdom’s report from Dec 19, 2007. Also see Dave’s decentralizing Twitter “idea” from May 4, 2008 [...] [...] his getting tiresome. See Dave’s Twitter uptime monitor of May 23, 2008 vs. Pingdom’s report from Dec 19, 2007. Also see Dave’s decentralizing Twitter “idea” from May 4, 2008 [...]

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/12/19/twitter-growing-pains-cause-lots-of-downtime-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-170536 Scripting News for 5/23/2008 « Scripting News Annex Sat, 24 May 2008 03:07:59 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=227#comment-170536 [...] A site that monitored Twitter uptime in [...] [...] A site that monitored Twitter uptime in [...]

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/12/19/twitter-growing-pains-cause-lots-of-downtime-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-167923 Twitter: un ottimo servizio rovinato da una pessima affidabilità | Giovy's Blog Thu, 22 May 2008 07:18:23 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=227#comment-167923 [...] il 2007, Twitter è stato irragiungibile per 5 giorni e 23 ore. 143 ore di "buco", durante i quali gli utenti non hanno visto altro che [...] [...] il 2007, Twitter è stato irragiungibile per 5 giorni e 23 ore. 143 ore di "buco", durante i quali gli utenti non hanno visto altro che [...]

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/12/19/twitter-growing-pains-cause-lots-of-downtime-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-162845 Financial Sites Unavailable Saturday Night < optimized living Sun, 18 May 2008 05:31:14 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=227#comment-162845 [...] Twitter seems to have better uptime than most of the financial institutions. Guess I’ll be rebalancing another night… Post a comment | Trackback URI [...] [...] Twitter seems to have better uptime than most of the financial institutions. Guess I’ll be rebalancing another night… Post a comment | Trackback URI [...]

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/12/19/twitter-growing-pains-cause-lots-of-downtime-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-98928 The outer limits of scaling - how decentralized can your infrastructure be? « Jay by Jay Fresh Tue, 11 Mar 2008 20:45:52 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=227#comment-98928 [...] The outer limits of scaling - how decentralized can your infrastructure be? March 11, 2008 at 8:45 pm | In mashups | Tags: infrastructure, on-demand, ondemand, utility computing, utilitycomputing I’m a big Twitter fan. So it’s painful to see that Twitter is down so often. This problem with scaling from niche service to Internet starlet has plagued a good number of other young (and not so young) websites. The scaling problem itself (growing without experiencing significant performance issues) goes right back to the earliest Internet startups - if you can’t keep adding servers to meet the demand of the people clamouring to get on your site, you’re screwed. [...] [...] The outer limits of scaling – how decentralized can your infrastructure be? March 11, 2008 at 8:45 pm | In mashups | Tags: infrastructure, on-demand, ondemand, utility computing, utilitycomputing I’m a big Twitter fan. So it’s painful to see that Twitter is down so often. This problem with scaling from niche service to Internet starlet has plagued a good number of other young (and not so young) websites. The scaling problem itself (growing without experiencing significant performance issues) goes right back to the earliest Internet startups – if you can’t keep adding servers to meet the demand of the people clamouring to get on your site, you’re screwed. [...]

]]> http://royal.pingdom.com/2007/12/19/twitter-growing-pains-cause-lots-of-downtime-in-2007/comment-page-1/#comment-69763 TechCrunch en français » [fr] Mais que se passe t-il chez Twitter? Fri, 01 Feb 2008 08:37:54 +0000 http://royal.pingdom.com/?p=227#comment-69763 [...] La grande majorité des utilisateurs de Twitter aiment ce service addictif au détail près qu’il est d’une instabilité exemplaire. Pingdom avait déjà noté le nombre de ruptures de service sur l’an 2007 et on aurait pu croire qu’avec les fonds d’investisseurs et leur nouveau CTO en place ces problèmes auraient disparu. Cela a continué lors de la MacWorld Expo ou le service n’a pas tenu et sur les dernières 24h00 c’est la débâcle; le service est totalement inaccessible. Les utilisateurs sont révoltés (moi le premier), Evan Williams est obligé de s’excuser sur le blog de twitter. [...] [...] La grande majorité des utilisateurs de Twitter aiment ce service addictif au détail près qu’il est d’une instabilité exemplaire. Pingdom avait déjà noté le nombre de ruptures de service sur l’an 2007 et on aurait pu croire qu’avec les fonds d’investisseurs et leur nouveau CTO en place ces problèmes auraient disparu. Cela a continué lors de la MacWorld Expo ou le service n’a pas tenu et sur les dernières 24h00 c’est la débâcle; le service est totalement inaccessible. Les utilisateurs sont révoltés (moi le premier), Evan Williams est obligé de s’excuser sur le blog de twitter. [...]

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