System Administration
Tools for the toolbox
Tuesday, June 15, 2004Anybody Want a Peanut?
The discussion, as it were, on a certain status code dragged me into reading about another situation: the Great weblogs.com Link Rot of 2004. There's a good bit of wailing and gnashing of teeth, in among the thanks and concerns about Dave Winer's health. There's also some misunderstanding about how the Net works.
All things within the weblogs.com domain are not necessarily on the same host.
There are complaints that some sites remain up, while most went down. Those sites have not been co-located with the others for some time now. NetCraft's survey can, perhaps, make this a little clearer.
There are technical solutions to the problem of load that do not require link rot.
They do, however, require knowledge. The problem of imminent failure can be addressed through adequate communication, which will provide the time necessary for others with knowledge to help.
Turning things off and waiting for complaints is standard BOFH operating procedure in situations where the operator does not know who uses a service. I've done it myself. It works like a charm.
4:25:40 PM # Google It!
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