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Now I know downtime is normal for a host. Yes, even Google. But when you visit the homepage of their status-blog[1], don't you think that's a bit too many upda

Now I know downtime is normal for a host. Yes, even Google. But when you visit the homepage of their status-blog[1], don't you think that's a bit too many updates a little too frequently? Or should we commend Dreamhost on being super-transparent in their network/uptime issues? [1] http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/ http://www.dreamhoststatus.com/

colbyolson 17y ago
If it's of any concern, Dreamhost is also the host for two of my websites.
madaerodog 17y ago
what is funny about the status page is that it isn't a day that they don't run into an issue ..
- timdorr 17y ago
  Given the number of domains they host (nearly a million: http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/reports/total_domains/DREAMHOST.COM http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/reports/total_domains/DR...), I'm shocked they don't have more outages to report. Perhaps they do. They've got enough hardware that system failures are bound to be a daily occurrence. And I'm sure software problems stack right on top of that.
  - pbhjpbhj 17y ago
    if you look at the issues too there's a lot of "this server had to have an fsck to resolve something" and "theses servers were slow so we fixed them". 99.9% uptime is still something like 8 hours downtime - this big outage was about 40 mins so they've some leeway yet.
dflock 17y ago
DH are mostly just very transparent about downtime - more so than most hosts. They are also very cheap. If you would like more nine's, you will need to pay more. MT, rackspace, etc... are all considerably more expensive.
aw3c2 17y ago
They are just very bad. I am so glad I moved away from them a year ago.
bcl 17y ago
I always appreciate transparency in support issues. I'm much happier knowing that an issue is being worked on than sitting in the dark wondering if anyone has noticed. I also see that they host their status blog outside their core network. Good idea :)

colbyolson 17y ago

If it's of any concern, Dreamhost is also the host for two of my websites.

madaerodog 17y ago

what is funny about the status page is that it isn't a day that they don't run into an issue ..

timdorr 17y ago
Given the number of domains they host (nearly a million: http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/reports/total_domains/DREAMHOST.COM http://www.webhosting.info/webhosts/reports/total_domains/DR...), I'm shocked they don't have more outages to report. Perhaps they do. They've got enough hardware that system failures are bound to be a daily occurrence. And I'm sure software problems stack right on top of that.
- pbhjpbhj 17y ago
  if you look at the issues too there's a lot of "this server had to have an fsck to resolve something" and "theses servers were slow so we fixed them". 99.9% uptime is still something like 8 hours downtime - this big outage was about 40 mins so they've some leeway yet.

dflock 17y ago

DH are mostly just very transparent about downtime - more so than most hosts. They are also very cheap. If you would like more nine's, you will need to pay more. MT, rackspace, etc... are all considerably more expensive.

aw3c2 17y ago

They are just very bad. I am so glad I moved away from them a year ago.

bcl 17y ago

I always appreciate transparency in support issues. I'm much happier knowing that an issue is being worked on than sitting in the dark wondering if anyone has noticed. I also see that they host their status blog outside their core network. Good idea :)