WOW. You mean you guys set this thing up inside the US? You are damned
right that people would feel more comfortable with the server somewhere
else. Just to show how dangerous a little knowledge is. When I saw the KZ
stuff I assumed that was in an effort to set up a service that was offshore.
Again, the danger of assumptions.
On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 23:43:02 -0800 (PST), joe blob wrote:
> [This is my second attempt to send this;
> my appologies if this is going through twice.
> Yahoo mail isn't our normal email system.]
>
> As MetalSavings users are probably aware, the
> MetalSavings site, which is hosted on the
> www.sidereal.kz server, has been down for two
> days now.
>
> What happened is that our colocation ISP has
> abruptly ceased being in business. The first
> we found out about their going out of business
> was when our website went off the air. The
> ISP was Alameda Networks (www.alameda.net). You
> can see that sidereal.kz's address, 209.0.55.58,
> should be routed to Alameda Networks' ASN, which
> is hosted behind Level3, and you can see that Level3
> is no longer routing it.
>
> The solution is for us to pick another ISP, preferably
> one which will be in business for the long-term.
>
> We have two options on this. The first is to pick
> up the machine from Oakland, CA, and install it at
> another colocation facility in the Bay Area (there
> are dozens of them). This would allow us to get
> back on-line this weekend.
>
> The second option is to configure a new machine,
> with upgraded hardware and software, and install
> it in a colocation facility outside the United States.
> Many of our customers would feel more comfortable
> if their data were kept outside the US. Also, the
> hardware and operating system of the current server
> are
> due for major upgrades or replacement.
>
> The drawback for this second option is that it
> will take more time. We have been planning new
> hardware and a new colocation facility for some time
> now, so we do have a new machine which is almost
> ready to ship (it only needs a new Ethernet card),
> and we have, with the help of one of the members
> of e-gold's highly international community, identified
> a suitable colocation facility outside the US.
>
> If we take the second option, we'll be able to restore
> service probably on Wednesday.
>
> We realize that this delay is inconvenient for our
> customers, but we think that additional benefits
> of doing this right (improved hardware, software,
> and jurisdiction) outweigh the drawbacks (two extra
> days of downtime).
>
> We hope that our customers understand that
> MetalSavings
> is still in the testing stages. When we finally
> have our official launch, we will have all necessary
> redundancy and backup, so that outages can be
> minimized. We'll also be using some exciting new
> software with some amazing new security and other
> features. You'll be impressed.
>
> Again, we are relying on our customers' understanding
> as we solve this problem. Bear with us, and be
> ready for an amazing new website in the next couple
> of weeks (unfortunately this outage has set our
> launch back by about a week).
>
> Please feel free to email if you have any questions.
>
>
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