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Greg
Feb 28, 2009, 6:36:56 PM2/28/09
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I'm a bit put out by the announcement of scheduled maintenence - for
those that haven't heard, both the datastore and memcache will be
offline for up to 30 minutes at 6pm EST on March 2 and March 9.
1. Extent. Because both datastore and memcache are out, we are left
with no persistent storage options. Most non-trivial applications will
not work.
2. Timing. 6pm EST is 3pm in New Zealand - primetime for my app. I
know I live in a small country in the middle of the Pacific, and I'm
sure it was chosen as the quietest time, but I'd have been much
happier if it happened on a Sunday, not a Tuesday.
The result will be up to 30 mins (I hope everything goes well and it
is shorter) of "This app is down for scheduled maintenence" that WILL
cost me customers - the chances are very good that prospects will hit
the site during these times.
So Google, please consider doing this on a Saturday/Sunday in the
furture.
those that haven't heard, both the datastore and memcache will be
offline for up to 30 minutes at 6pm EST on March 2 and March 9.
1. Extent. Because both datastore and memcache are out, we are left
with no persistent storage options. Most non-trivial applications will
not work.
2. Timing. 6pm EST is 3pm in New Zealand - primetime for my app. I
know I live in a small country in the middle of the Pacific, and I'm
sure it was chosen as the quietest time, but I'd have been much
happier if it happened on a Sunday, not a Tuesday.
The result will be up to 30 mins (I hope everything goes well and it
is shorter) of "This app is down for scheduled maintenence" that WILL
cost me customers - the chances are very good that prospects will hit
the site during these times.
So Google, please consider doing this on a Saturday/Sunday in the
furture.
Alex Popescu
Feb 28, 2009, 8:47:35 PM2/28/09
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tia,
./alex
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Alexandru Popescu
Robert Hawkins
Feb 28, 2009, 11:20:57 PM2/28/09
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http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine-downtime-notify/browse_thread/thread/90c7fde1e5ccbd4b
On Feb 28, 8:47 pm, Alex Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailingl...@gmail.com>
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On Feb 28, 8:47 pm, Alex Popescu <the.mindstorm.mailingl...@gmail.com>
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