Confirmed Gmail / Google App Outage 189
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."
comments from google (Score:5, Funny)
In comments from Google Admins, they said "oops." :)
We have to take an deep breath... (Score:5, Funny)
...and take an stroll to the great big place known as "outside".
e-mails down? (Score:5, Funny)
call me....
Hey Chicken Little (Score:5, Funny)
And yet somehow miraculously we are all still alive. The sky is not falling!
Re:comments from google (Score:5, Funny)
Google vs. Twitter...Once in an e-lifetime. (Score:5, Funny)
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...
Re:Google vs. Twitter...Once in an e-lifetime. (Score:4, Funny)
Re:We have to take an deep breath... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Google vs. Twitter...Once in an e-lifetime. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's a feature, not a bug (Score:1, Funny)
If you are the "they" you better get back to work!
Re:Google Voice Issues (Score:5, Funny)
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.
Re:e-mails down? (Score:1, Funny)
I can't! I use the google phone!
Re:The news is not that Google went down (Score:5, Funny)
Re:comments from google (Score:5, Funny)
Re:comments from google (Score:5, Funny)
I thought that what they said was more along the lines of "Hey, it's Beta!"
Re:blacklash against the cloud? (Score:1, Funny)
Phone... Home... (Score:3, Funny)
Is Firefox tied to Google like E.T. was tied to Elliot?
Re:comments from google (Score:5, Funny)
I find your lack of faith disturbing.
Re:comments from google (Score:4, Funny)
tl;dr
Re:e-mails down? (Score:3, Funny)
I can't ... all my contacts' phone numbers are stored in GMail!
Re:It's a feature, not a bug (Score:5, Funny)
Don't fall for it gang.
Clearly he is trying to get you to go beyond the safe perimeter to eat your brains.
Re:comments from google (Score:3, Funny)
There are FOUR lights.
Re:The only real question is... (Score:2, Funny)
Seems unlikely but I'd better check.....fap fap fap fap fap...fap......faaaaaaap.
No, the porn is still working.
I knew it... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:comments from google (Score:2, Funny)
There are FOUR lights.
but: There is no spoon!