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Confirmed Gmail / Google App Outage
mbone writes "Earlier today there was a confirmed Google outage which got a lot of attention from network operators. From a post to NANOG after everything calmed down: 'Google ack'd a maintenance on their core network did not go as planned-Forced traffic to one peer link that was unable to handle all the traffic. Maintenance has been rolled back. Issue has been restored.' This is exactly what makes me nervous about cloud computing and data storage. It's bad enough when I screw up a config and it takes down my mail, but what about when it happens to the entire globe at once?" Several readers also point to CNET's coverage of the outage.
Update: 05/14 19:25 GMT by T : CWmike adds this: "Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols writes that what may be happening is a massive DDoS attack. Based on the size of the attack that would be needed to interfere with Google, I believe that it's quite likely to be the result of an attack from the controllers of the Windows worm, Conficker. Another theory that has been put about — that the problem was due to AT&T NOC routing problems — does not appear to hold water, writes Steven."
Update: 05/14 21:01 GMT by T : Google's put up a low-detail explanation on their blog that says "An error in one of our systems caused us to direct some of our web traffic through Asia, which created a traffic jam. As a result, about 14% of our users experienced slow services or even interruptions."
In comments from Google Admins, they said "oops." :)
Serious? Seriousness is well above my pay grade.
...and take an stroll to the great big place known as "outside".
call me....
And yet somehow miraculously we are all still alive. The sky is not falling!
Take a good look kids. Google was down and Twitter was up. This only happens once in every 3,271 days. You probably won't see it again, at least in Twitters lifetime...
If you are the "they" you better get back to work!
I noticed that when I did an images.google.com search for "hot anime chicks" it showed me a picture of Cowboy Neal.
So yeah, it did cause issues on all of Google's services. It also soiled the inside of my trash can with puke.
It'll get better once it's out of Beta.
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"Outlook not so good." That magic 8-ball knows everything! I'll ask about Exchange Server next.
It is amazing how you were able to post this brief message, sitting as you are, deep in the Amazon jungle, thousands of miles away from civilization surrounded by mystery and adventure, your copy of Thoreau's Walden lovingly ensconced in your chest pocket, close to your heart.
strange. my Firefox 3.0.10 got somehow affected by this outage. it just refused to open! it loaded about 30Mb of data to RAM but went nowhere from there. the browser window never appeared. and i tried to re-launch it several times, but for no avail! very odd.... anyone else had problems with it? Opera -- although not able to open Google.com -- opened fine!
Is Firefox tied to Google like E.T. was tied to Elliot?
Don't fall for it gang.
Clearly he is trying to get you to go beyond the safe perimeter to eat your brains.
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No, the porn is still working.
Now wash your hands.
Somebody must have typed "google" into Google. It's the only possible explanation.