I hope this posting doesn't come across as harsh. I'm just being pragmatic about what I need to do for the applications I'm currently running and developing on Google App Engine and for the users on those applications.
I read the email "Maintenance Schedule for 2009" with some dismay, the three new maintenance slots plus the previous maintenance and service issues in July mean the application uptime for July-Dec is, at best, 3 nines. 5pm PST sits directly in the middle of my applications heaviest usage time (7-9pm EST) making the apparent uptime for July- Dec of this year well under 2 nines. I've been following with interest the problems that Peter has been having, his open letter and Ryan's response. So the real question to the GAE team is: When will GAE stop being a preview release and become an actual service offering; with SLA's, 24/7 support, customer friendly maintenance windows and 4 or 5 nines of uptime? Is this on a roadmap that can be made public? The _Why App Engine_ page says "Google has a reputation for highly reliable, high performance infrastructure. With App Engine you can take advantage of the 10 years of knowledge Google has in running massively scalable, performance driven systems." and that is what initially attracted me to the service. What made me actually develop on it was how easy it was to publish and maintain applications and versions. Unfortunately the ongoing downtime, performance and reliability issues may be driving me away. Rob. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
