Comments on: Godaddy DNS Outage Hits Millions of Sites http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/ News, opinion, and fresh thinking for web developers and designers. The official podcast of sitepoint.com. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:58:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: gordonrp http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-796298 gordonrp Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:49:14 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-796298 ^ at above poster, I can't believe that you don't have secondary and tertiary DNS setup! ^ at above poster, I can’t believe that you don’t have secondary and tertiary DNS setup!

]]> By: Jonny http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-775662 Jonny Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:20:38 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-775662 Hi i have the same problem today 06 August 2008 at 7:47 gmt -4. I can access my websites using a ip address. But not using the domain name. Apparently the DNS servers where my domains are hosted are down. My dedicated servers are working fine. But without the domain names they are unavailable for my visitors. So im losing some money here. I cant beleive this single point of failure at this time.!!!! Hi i have the same problem today 06 August 2008 at 7:47 gmt -4. I can access my websites using a ip address. But not using the domain name. Apparently the DNS servers where my domains are hosted are down.

My dedicated servers are working fine. But without the domain names they are unavailable for my visitors. So im losing some money here. I cant beleive this single point of failure at this time.!!!!

]]> By: Czaries http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-208725 Czaries Wed, 21 Mar 2007 16:42:58 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-208725 A DNS server is for domains... This is not for websites <em>hosted</em> at GoDaddy.com, it's for <em>domains registered</em> at GoDaddy.com. A DNS server is for domains… This is not for websites hosted at GoDaddy.com, it’s for domains registered at GoDaddy.com.

]]> By: plumsauce http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-203935 plumsauce Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:18:38 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-203935 The DST effect *may* have had an influence given the workings of TTL and the recommended format of zone serial numbers. Godaddy may be running stealth primaries that feed the front line servers. What I noticed was that webmaster related traffic was way down during that time period. Guess they had bigger fires to fight. . The DST effect *may* have had an influence given the workings of TTL and the recommended format of zone serial numbers. Godaddy may be running stealth primaries that feed the front line servers.

What I noticed was that webmaster related traffic was way down during that time period. Guess they had bigger fires to fight.

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]]> By: river http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-202884 river Wed, 14 Mar 2007 17:21:10 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-202884 Mine was down for a couple of hours , but there was a message on godaddy's help section about a week before this happened explaining the servers were down for maintenance during sunday evening GMT !! i was ready for it. It only lasted about 2 hours but this was the highest traffic time for me GGrrrr Mine was down for a couple of hours , but there was a message on godaddy’s help section about a week before this happened explaining the servers were down for maintenance during sunday evening GMT !! i was ready for it.

It only lasted about 2 hours but this was the highest traffic time for me GGrrrr

]]> By: junjun http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-202254 junjun Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:52:50 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-202254 I don't think this was directly related to their web hosting services, Brandon, but to GoDaddy as a Domain Registrar, and there are plenty of websites that are registrered with GoDaddy that are not hosted by GoDaddy. I don’t think this was directly related to their web hosting services, Brandon, but to GoDaddy as a Domain Registrar, and there are plenty of websites that are registrered with GoDaddy that are not hosted by GoDaddy.

]]> By: Brandon http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-202239 Brandon Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:28:29 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-202239 If your site "earns you a living, or creates revenue that allows you to pay for staff", you should be willing to pay more than $3/mo for hosting. You get what you pay for... it applies to web hosting just like it applies to most everything else in life. The reason nobody really noticed, the reason this isn't that big of a deal, is because no sites of any consequence are hosted by GoDaddy. It kind of reminds me of the old tree falling in the forest question... if every site hosted by GoDaddy goes offline for a day, would anyone notice? Apparently not. At least not for a few days. LOL. If your site “earns you a living, or creates revenue that allows you to pay for staff”, you should be willing to pay more than $3/mo for hosting.

You get what you pay for… it applies to web hosting just like it applies to most everything else in life. The reason nobody really noticed, the reason this isn’t that big of a deal, is because no sites of any consequence are hosted by GoDaddy.

It kind of reminds me of the old tree falling in the forest question… if every site hosted by GoDaddy goes offline for a day, would anyone notice? Apparently not. At least not for a few days. LOL.

]]> By: Matt Mickiewicz http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-202232 Matt Mickiewicz Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:11:35 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-202232 If your site earns you a living, or creates revenue that allows you to pay for staff, even a few hours of downtime is very significant. If your site earns you a living, or creates revenue that allows you to pay for staff, even a few hours of downtime is very significant.

]]> By: RianVisser http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-202175 RianVisser Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:37:53 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-202175 Mine was affected, but no severe troubles other than the sites being down for a few hours. Mine was affected, but no severe troubles other than the sites being down for a few hours.

]]> By: RianVisser http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-202174 RianVisser Tue, 13 Mar 2007 15:37:14 +0000 http://www.sitepoint.com/blogs/2007/03/13/godaddy-dns-outage-hits-millions-of-sites/#comment-202174 Mine was affected, but no sever troubles other than the sites being down for a few hours. Mine was affected, but no sever troubles other than the sites being down for a few hours.

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