EntreCard data center hit by fire
June 1, 2008
Entrecard is on fire! And we mean it in its bad, literal way.
Earlier today, I logged in to my Entrecard account and was greeted by a server error. I thought it was just a temporary problem but a few minutes later, the site was already inaccessible. Apparently, the data center (ThePlanet) housing Entrecard’s servers suffered from an electrical fire.
The servers are said to be undamaged although the site itself may be down for more than 12 hours.
Here’s the announcement from Entrecard:
Unfortunately, there has been an electrical fire at the data center housing Entrecard’s servers. The servers have not been damaged, but the site may be down for as long as 12 hours.
Entrecard is hosted with ThePlanet, and this fire has effected over 9000 websites, as many of the world’s most popualar websites are hosted with ThePlanet. They are working around the clock to get their data center back online, and we are hoping that they get it back online fast.
Thank you for your pateince and understanding with this rare and frustrating problem. Unfortunately, there is absolutely nothing we can do but wait for The Planet to get their datacenter back online.
Please check back with Entrecard in 12 to 24 hours.
Thanks,
Entrecard Team
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June 1st, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Oh. That’s why. Many sites I’ve been visiting everyday were also down including http://www.statcounter.com and http://www.googlerankings.com because the’re hosted in ThePlanet.
June 1st, 2008 at 8:14 pm
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June 1st, 2008 at 8:16 pm
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June 2nd, 2008 at 9:51 am
Just like Entrecard, local blog Starmometer.com was also affected.
June 4th, 2008 at 6:57 am
Fortunately, it looks like Entrecard is back up and functioning pretty well now, so it seems that the outage has simply given us a one-day vacation from our dropping routines. For me this was a welcome break because I managed to log in shortly after the site came back online and was able to scoop up some relatively inexpensive advertising deals.