Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays everyone.
Thanks for your support throughout the year and keep an eye out for new features and big changes in the New Year!
Thanks for your support throughout the year and keep an eye out for new features and big changes in the New Year!
Facebook App (or lack there of)
We've had a few people ask us about a Facebook app lately, we do NOT have one available and will never ask you to fill out surveys/offers etc. So if you do encounter a 'whos.amung.us Facebook App' please remember it is NOT from us, if we ever have one we will make it directly available from our website, no where else.
Wibiya Toolbar
If you are using our services with the Wibiya toolbar, there seems to be some intermittent problems, we are working with Wibiya to determine the problem ASAP. Normal widgets are working just fine.
Network Failure
Greetings all, I'd just like to address the intermittent downtime we had Sept 12, 2010 from 0:00 to 16:30 PST.
We utilize datacenter services from Steadfast Networks (http://www.steadfast.net) and they are absolutely great for the most part, however during the scheduled replacement of their core routing equipment some unforseen problems occurred that lead to downtime, slowdowns, and a host of other problems. They are still working on fully repairing the network and getting the new hardware in place. We made some changes in order to mitigate as much downtime as we could and keep the site up and running as much as possible and for the most critical parts of the site. We are still running on this configuration until we get the all clear from Steadfast at which time we'll be back at 100% capacity.
I'd like to apologize to all of our users for any issues they experienced, as you know we normally have very fast response times and Steadfast is a big part of this and we will be working with them to mitigate the chances of this ever happening again.
We were keeping users up to date with any info that we could get our hands on through our Twitter account, we don't use it as much as we should but we are going to try to change that http://www.twitter.com/whosamungus
Update: There is still intermittent packet loss in the datacenter, and the source of the problem is being replaced.
We utilize datacenter services from Steadfast Networks (http://www.steadfast.net) and they are absolutely great for the most part, however during the scheduled replacement of their core routing equipment some unforseen problems occurred that lead to downtime, slowdowns, and a host of other problems. They are still working on fully repairing the network and getting the new hardware in place. We made some changes in order to mitigate as much downtime as we could and keep the site up and running as much as possible and for the most critical parts of the site. We are still running on this configuration until we get the all clear from Steadfast at which time we'll be back at 100% capacity.
I'd like to apologize to all of our users for any issues they experienced, as you know we normally have very fast response times and Steadfast is a big part of this and we will be working with them to mitigate the chances of this ever happening again.
We were keeping users up to date with any info that we could get our hands on through our Twitter account, we don't use it as much as we should but we are going to try to change that http://www.twitter.com/whosamungus
Update: There is still intermittent packet loss in the datacenter, and the source of the problem is being replaced.
Network Maintanence
We are currently undergoing major upgrades to networking hardware, there may be some minor disruptions in service while this occurs.
