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Google Blames Gmail Troubles On Maintenance Goof

Posted by timothy on from the well-that's-reassuring dept.

Slatterz writes "Google has apologised for the two-and-a-half-hour Gmail outage on Tuesday morning, and admitted that the cause was down to data center maintenance. 'Lots of people around the world who rely on Gmail were disrupted during their waking and working hours, and we are very sorry. We did everything we could to restore access as soon as possible, and the issue is now resolved,' said Gmail site reliability manager Acacio Cruz in a blog post. Google had been testing new code designed to keep data geographically closer to its owner, which brought about disruption when maintenance in one data center caused another facility to be overloaded. This had a cascade effect, according to Google, and it took the company an hour to get it back under control."

14 of 109 comments (clear)

  1. Mail time happy time. by orsty3001 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Gmail = Goofmail

  2. So you're saying... by Narnie · · Score: 4, Funny

    the cloud can breakdown? WTF? I thought cloud computing fixed any conceived computer problem out there.

    damn marketing bs...

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  3. Thanks a LOT Google... by Tarmus · · Score: 5, Funny

    So you're saying I *didn't* need to throw my iPhone out the car window the other day? I hit some poor lady right on the noggin with it.

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    1. Re:Thanks a LOT Google... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

      it's ok, some poor lady got an iphone that should would have never been able to afford otherwise. cause she's poor.

  4. "Maintenance goof?" by mea37 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, sure, if the janitor brought down the service, that's pretty bad, but it seems a bit harsh to start calling him a "maintenance goof" ...

    (tip your bartenders and waiters)

  5. It's almost like.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    .. Gmail is Beta or something.

  6. Fast-forward 100 years... by glebd · · Score: 5, Funny

    "As the stunned world slowly recovers from 2.5 hours of complete hibernation, digging through wreckage, restarting life support systems we all came to depend on, re-animating accidentally dead and restoring their brains from backups (provided backups are available and reasonably error-free), Google has apologised for causing 'the disruption' and blamed it on a maintenance goof in the Google Cloud, said GCloud site reliability manager Acacio Cruz IV v10.0.013 in a BrainTwitter post. We can only envy our ancestors who used to just lose access to their electronic mail via primitive personal computers when Google was having a glitch."

    1. Re:Fast-forward 100 years... by QuantumRiff · · Score: 3, Funny

      It was the eastern seaboard. Most east coasters think the Pacific ocean is just past Chicago, hence why they call it the "mid-west" instead of "Almost-Central"

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  7. Re:This is why we're still beta. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    hope they make it betta soon...

  8. Re:I know the feeling... by ani23 · · Score: 2, Funny

    well about the never down part

  9. Re:Problems with Jabber connections to GMail users by SCPRedMage · · Score: 5, Funny

    see what i did there? i mixed some code in appropriately (= instead of is saves me one character)

    Which you promptly wasted by explaining what a jackass you are...

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  10. My bad. by Maintenance+Goof · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, My bad.

    1. Re:My bad. by Maintenance+Goof · · Score: 2, Funny

      Yep, I could not resist, 12 years lurking, ruined in an instant.

  11. Re:Gmail by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 2, Funny

    It can pretty much kick your ass and fuck your mum.

    Just like your mum, Gmail supports millions of users.

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