Dynadot down

[jose]

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[phio]

yeah, I noticed too....wonder what's up with that....

[Asiaplay]

umm - yeah - this is a bad sign... :(

[Wot]

yeah, I noticed too....wonder what's up with that....


Many hours now I believe :(

[sbe18]

yes,

they have been down hard for me for 6 to 8 hours now...

dang..

s.

[Drewbert]

Very worrying.

Hopefully they're having trouble fixing it because their tech guys are down here at ICANN.

It was just their web server that died. NS and API etc were still answering to pings. Hopefully they haven't been cracked open.

[jose]

STILL down! Unbelievable.

[zenmarketing]

still down, just found this thread via google

[mdw]

It was just their web server that died.
Even narrower than that. Their main application server seems to be not responding. But you can get a response for older protocols and from asset servers like this: http://park.dynadot.com

[khurtsiya]

For me at least 12 hours already.

At start there was no message, but total down.

[jose]

Some of my domains were expiring today (deleted) ... now what?

[khurtsiya]

Some of my domains were expiring today (deleted) ... now what?
Same here.

F¥CK

[jose]

1-650-585-1961

accounts@dynadot.com

No one home :(

[chineseidn]

Still down for me as well. They good have at least put up a temp message saying they're down. Unable to connect pages scare me

[sunsei21]

Some of my domains were expiring today (deleted) ... now what?
dynadot leaves names in your account a while longest i have seen even past the 30 day grace there is time :)

[jose]

dynadot leaves names in your account a while longest i have seen even past the 30 day grace there is time :)

Yes, I was talking about the delete date, not expire date. ;)

[jose]

Great, now I can't change the DNS on my domains and they are all pointing to Dream-f*cking-host.

I think its all about me! :'(

[blastfromthepast]

Great, now I can't change the DNS on my domains and they are all pointing to Dream-f*cking-host.

I think its all about me! :'(

You should be doing better than DreamHost Jose.

[jose]

You should be doing better than DreamHost Jose.

Dreamhost shared host has things you can't find elsewhere!

Their control panel is light years ahead of any other in the industry (cpanel looks like a hacked old web 1.0 app when comparing)

They are the only ones that allow you to compile and run your own code on their servers! Yes, c++! Some of my sites will never run now because of this.

They are the ones who really allow unlimited domains! The other say they do, but are just subdomain hacks! Try a 404 on one of those and you default to your main domain. For each domain you REALLY have your own root FTP, and database host, including database naming and user naming!

[sbe18]

I have just started on Dreamhost...
agreed on ease of use...

much better than the cpanel I have been using at hostgator..

being able to assign FTP permissions easily is very nice...

[blastfromthepast]

They are the ones who really allow unlimited domains! The other say they do, but are just subdomain hacks! Try a 404 on one of those and you default to your main domain. For each domain you REALLY have your own root FTP, and database host, including database naming and user naming!

I'm suprised you still use shared hosting. I've got all of what you mention, and it doesn't take handholding a hosting company to do. Its all in apache config.

That said, DynaDot is still down.

[camarro]

unbelievable, more than 24hours down on a weekday whithout any kind of justification.
do these guys even have any technical staff working?

[IDNer]

Somebody said that Dynadot are under ddos attack -

What should we do? :bored:

[markits]

This is getting very seriously.
Still down, now news at all from them.

[alpha]

its back up

[Asiaplay]

http://www.dynadot.com/resource/forums/f0-customer-feedback/why-dynadot-was-down-3515.html
Hardware failure... ummm...

Complaints coming in... rightly so... http://www.dynadot.com/resource/forums/f0-customer-feedback/wow-that-sucked-3514.html

[khurtsiya]

Just received PayPal Reminder email... Though site still down :(

[dice1116]

I have just noticed a missing domain in my account. Everyone should double check their accounts.

[jose]

I have just noticed a missing domain in my account. Everyone should double check their accounts.

WHAT? :eek: Are you 100% sure?!

[dice1116]

Yup, Several members on dnforum are also missing some.

[Fka200]

Namepros members also noticing missing domains*** last statement got chopped up somehow. stupid keyboard.

[Drewbert]

Names you've had for a long time, or recent additions?

They mention having to restore from backup - they're probably missing all the last few days of registrations.

[dice1116]

Recent additions.

[sunsei21]

seems names that were regged very recently were missing or it seems i feel sorry for dynadot all the whining they have to endure over this although some is warranted . moniker is looking better by the min :)

[alpha]

..moniker is looking better by the min :)

yup. everything I have is at Moniker.

you pay peanuts, you get monkeys. Domainsite, Dynadot.. they're all the same - they are cheaper for a reason

[jose]

Some are calling them the next RegisterFly...

Even Dreamhost has better backups. Using RAID 1 they would not have had this issue.

My new (probable - haven't choosed yet) host has 2 hours backups!

Even their mail is on the main server...

BTW: Will ICANN give them some warnigs? How does it work?

[Steve Clarke]

I paid for $294, in renewal on Feb 28th....all of them show as expiring still!

[Ryu]

I am not even sure if I remember all my recent regs. Oh well...

[idn]

BTW: Will ICANN give them some warnigs? How does it work?


Man, if ICANN gives them a warning over this I would love to submit an excel spreadsheet worth of snapname registrars that need more than simply a warning!

[Asiaplay]

Hopefully this is a wake-up for them... and they make sure that a hardware failure doesn't take them down again i.e. mirror their server...

They really do need to explain the steps they are taking to ensure the millions of dollars of domains (hate to estimate value) is protected and accessable 24/7/365...

I recently moved all my domains to Dynadot (as got so annoyed with the Go Daddy)... but without an explanation of what they plan to do to ensure this 3 day mess doesn't occur again, I will be looking at moving them all again.

Cheers - Asiaplay

PS: lets see what they come out with as an explanation (as otherwise up until now I have been very happy with them)!
Interestingly enough, I have not received any e-mail on this from them yet (guess they are going out in batches!!!).

[khurtsiya]

They are back. Congrats!

[jose]

Someone should register dynadotstatus.com (It's FREE) and offer it to Dynadot to keep us updated next time! (Dreamhoststatus.com alike)

[Steve Clarke]

I paid for $294, in renewal on Feb 28th....all of them show as expiring still!

_________________

I sent them an email yesterday, after I was able to log back in, with the list of the names I renewed back on Feb 28th.

Now there deleting them.:mad:


Check your accounts!

[thefabfive]

Near 200 recently transferred domains of mine were missing following the outage. Sent them an email yesterday about the issue. Today all the domains are back.

None of mine were too close to expiration though. It may take them a while to get to all the problems. Hopefully they will.

[Drewbert]

I was very lucky in this instance.

Because I'm away from mission control for this week, I did all my renewals, etc at Dynadot prior to leaving so didn't get hit by doing things within or just prior to the "lost days".

Well, I'm pretty sure that's the case. I can't really tell for sure until I get back.

[jose]

Near 200 recently transferred domains of mine were missing following the outage. Sent them an email yesterday about the issue. Today all the domains are back.

None of mine were too close to expiration though. It may take them a while to get to all the problems. Hopefully they will.

They will trust your word on it? Take for instance transfer, if there's no money involved and records are missing...

Anyway instead of dynadotstatus.com they went for dynadot.info :)

[mdw]

So the outward facing webserver _AND_ the database server went down to a hardware failure??? That implies that they were on the same machine! :eek:

No problem for joe average website but really, incredibly, horribly bad strategy for a registrar! I've been splitting my domains between dynadot and moniker, but my confidence has truly been shaken. Paying a little bit more doesn't really sound so bad...

[jose]

With Dynadot like this and Domainsite prices, its a sad think to do, but I think I'll be going back to GoDaddy. :(

Coupon for .com renewals or new regs @ $6.99 : yhkw105a

Hit the :) button!

[Drewbert]

I think this has been a nice wake-up call to them and they'll be making some serious changes.

[mulligan]

I think this has been a nice wake-up call to them and they'll be making some serious changes.
Well I won't be going anywhere

[alexd]

With Dynadot like this and Domainsite prices, its a sad think to do, but I think I'll be going back to GoDaddy. :(

Coupon for .com renewals or new regs @ $6.99 : yhkw105a

Hit the :) button!

No matter how cheap Godaddy are, I just cannot stand their new interface/control panel. Half the time I cannot even access my control panel - I get a PAGE NOT FOUND message. I dont know what made them decide to have a page that has 18 million pieces of javascript and other BS that does nothing but to bloat the page and screw things up.

I have a few hundred domains at Godaddy ( 99.9% Ascii ) that I am going to start transfering over to Dynadot.

The only disappointing thing for me with this Dynadot episode was their lack of communication. Luckily for me, I was away from my pc the entire time the crash happened, so was not affected at all by it.

Alex

[alpha]

No matter how cheap Godaddy are, I just cannot stand their new interface/control panel. Half the time I cannot even access my control panel - I get a PAGE NOT FOUND message. I dont know what made them decide to have a page that has 18 million pieces of javascript and other BS that does nothing but to bloat the page and screw things up.

I have a few hundred domains at Godaddy ( 99.9% Ascii ) that I am going to start transfering over to Dynadot.

The only disappointing thing for me with this Dynadot episode was their lack of communication. Luckily for me, I was away from my pc the entire time the crash happened, so was not affected at all by it.

Alex

I just cannot bring myself to have what I consider professional valuable domain names at a registrar that sounds like it was named after some porn movie

Go Daddy - who's your daddy

http://growabrain.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/spanking.gif

[jose]

Down again! Nice... just when I was renewing mine on the last hours!

[jose]

It was a moment only.

Anyway please give a warm welcome to the new prices! 11:00 PM ET time.

[Drewbert]

Congratulations to everyone for bending over and biting the pillow for ICANN!

[squirrel]

.. and biting the pillow
hehehe .. had never heard that one

[Drewbert]

hehehe .. had never heard that one

Spend some quality time with Jose and Alpha next time you go to a domain conference. They'll happily give you a demo.

[jose]

ITS NOT FAIR! The difference between Bulk and SuperBulk pricing is now much bigger!

[Drewbert]

Let them eat cake!

[bumblebee man]

Couldn't login for the last couple of days. :mad: Anyone else?

[yanni]

Couldn't login for the last couple of days. :mad: Anyone else?

It's fine on my end.

[bwhhisc]

Couldn't login for the last couple of days. :mad: Anyone else?

try clearing your cache

[bumblebee man]

try clearing your cache

That helped, thanks! :)

[jose]

Where's Dynadot? Getting a white page only. https fails also.

[basel]

godaddy girls are wakeup , what do you think bhhwisc :D

[blastfromthepast]

Working fine here.

[jose]

Working now.

[bwhhisc]

godaddy girls are wakeup , what do you think bhhwisc :D

GoDaddy = pain in ass interface and maddening checkout procedure.
Other than that.... they are a good company and provide some good services.

[basel]

lol

[bumblebee man]

GoDaddy = pain in ass interface and maddening checkout procedure.

Indeed. They constantly try to trick you into buying shit you never asked for.

[jose]

Indeed. They constantly try to trick you into buying shit you never asked for.

Why do you think prices are so low?

That's their business model: less used to domaining users pay half the other user's fees, subscribing for useless stuff.

[domainguru]

Indeed. They constantly try to trick you into buying shit you never asked for.

Not to mention double billing. I tried them for not 3 months in total and was double billed twice. Mother ********

[bwhhisc]

That's their business model:

And many like their godaddy girl "models".

[idn]

Dynadot was down about 8 hours yesterday and it is down again. Very frustrating especially when they don't notify their customers.

[squirrel]

Dynadot was down about 8 hours yesterday and it is down again. Very frustrating especially when they don't notify their customers.

I believe the tweeted it.

[bwhhisc]

Why do you think prices are so low?
That's their business model: less used to domaining users pay half the other user's fees, subscribing for useless stuff.

I had to renew a few names I bought last week....godaddy wanted $11.99 per renewal!!!!
I found a coupon and got them for $7.99...then got tortured on the never ending checkout process.
They really need a "get me the f*ck out of spamland and let me check the hell out" button.
I was clicking thru fast but if not mistaken I think they were even selling turkeys dinners in MRE packs. :p