Rackspace

From Orlando FL, rackspace.com is down, anybody else?

It appears so from Australia.

Gary

thanks -

Just making sure it wasn't me going totally nutz!

It's fully working over here in the UK right now. The reason you saw Rackspace.com down was due to them upgrading their network, it was a scheduled network downtime. I've included the e-mail that they sent to all customers (twice... they sent one about a week or two ago and also a reminder a few days ago).

This is a notice to inform you about the scheduled maintenance in our San Antonio, Texas IDC. Although we will make every effort to avoid any service interruption, it has become necessary for us to perform maintenance that could temporarily disrupt or degrade service for some customers.

The maintenance window is scheduled from 12:05 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. on Sunday June 2, 2002 in the United States, Central Standard Time. During this maintenance window, Rackspace will be performing the following activities:

-Upgrade hardware and software on network equipment.
-Add 2 new Cisco Catalyst 6500 switches to increase LAN capacity.
-Add 1 new Cisco GSR 12000 router to increase WAN capacity.

We'll strive to minimize downtime, however, you may experience 10 to 15 minute outages during this period. We appreciate your patience and understanding.Alan

Thanks for that Alan.

Gary