Comments on: Groundhog Day http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/266/groundhog-day Mac & Technology Writings by Daniel Jalkut Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:10:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Simon http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/266/groundhog-day/comment-page-1#comment-48915 Simon Mon, 29 Jan 2007 18:45:37 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/266/groundhog-day#comment-48915 Daniel, I highly recommend DNSMadeEasy for setting up your DNS, MX servers, etc. http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/ They are reliable and offer great support. It's easy to set up a fail-over site, so you could have the web-site hosted at Pair, and if they ever go down, users are redirected to your back-up host e.g. Dreamhost. Daniel, I highly recommend DNSMadeEasy for setting up your DNS, MX servers, etc.

http://www.dnsmadeeasy.com/

They are reliable and offer great support. It’s easy to set up a fail-over site, so you could have the web-site hosted at Pair, and if they ever go down, users are redirected to your back-up host e.g. Dreamhost.

]]> By: Daniel Jalkut http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/266/groundhog-day/comment-page-1#comment-48837 Daniel Jalkut Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:38:39 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/266/groundhog-day#comment-48837 Pair has been great. In fact, DreamHost is great, too. In its own way. But not for uptime reliability. I had installed an "uptime check" through a web service, that basically pings the site for reachability every few minutes. I stopped receiving downtime notices when I switched to Pair. Of course, in the midst of this mix-up, when perhaps only half of the world is even getting rerouted to the old site, I wake up this morning to learn that my site was "down for 25 minutes" last night. I'm really trying to get past this. Breathe. Don't get angry. It'll all be over soon. Pair has been great. In fact, DreamHost is great, too. In its own way. But not for uptime reliability. I had installed an “uptime check” through a web service, that basically pings the site for reachability every few minutes. I stopped receiving downtime notices when I switched to Pair. Of course, in the midst of this mix-up, when perhaps only half of the world is even getting rerouted to the old site, I wake up this morning to learn that my site was “down for 25 minutes” last night.

I’m really trying to get past this. Breathe. Don’t get angry. It’ll all be over soon.

]]> By: Justin Miller http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/266/groundhog-day/comment-page-1#comment-48832 Justin Miller Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:21:02 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/266/groundhog-day#comment-48832 Sorry to hear it... I've been on pair for over five years, so I'm glad they came through for you in a pinch :-) Sorry to hear it… I’ve been on pair for over five years, so I’m glad they came through for you in a pinch :-)

]]> By: Conor http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/266/groundhog-day/comment-page-1#comment-48802 Conor Mon, 29 Jan 2007 12:30:24 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/266/groundhog-day#comment-48802 The excitement of running your own business. Luckily, after switching to site5 a few years ago, my hosting related problems have almost disappeared. Never switch off your computer and never take vacations, shareware apps have an affinity for Murphy's law; as soon as you're indisposed they need your attention. The excitement of running your own business. Luckily, after switching to site5 a few years ago, my hosting related problems have almost disappeared. Never switch off your computer and never take vacations, shareware apps have an affinity for Murphy’s law; as soon as you’re indisposed they need your attention.

]]> By: Jan http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/266/groundhog-day/comment-page-1#comment-48643 Jan Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:02:52 +0000 http://www.red-sweater.com/blog/266/groundhog-day#comment-48643 woha :-) -- This story is an excellent read. If you've been through similar (OMG!) scenarios, the words just fly by and you are close to regretting it didn't go worse. But you had your share for today, I guess :-) Good luck with the permanent fixes! woha :-)

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This story is an excellent read. If you’ve been through similar (OMG!) scenarios, the words just fly by and you are close to regretting it didn’t go worse. But you had your share for today, I guess :-) Good luck with the permanent fixes!

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