Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

An explosion at The Planet datacenter in Texas took out thousands of Web servers over the weekend, including those belonging to StatCounter, RepuMetrix, and LinkToMeet. No one was injured or killed, but some servers are still offline as the company struggles to make repairs. I read the accounts over the weekend, and received this message this morning when I logged onto StatCounter to check the traffic to my personal blogs:

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

However, other customers were not impressed. A writer who identified himself as Tom Tsillas, CEO of Tamion, posted a comment that claimed his company was losing "thousands of dollars" and the goodwill of more than one million members of LinkToMeet, a website Tamion operates. He also vowed to relocate his company's servers in the near future.

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

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Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)

Praise and anger over The Planet data center fire

Ian Lamont — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 07:26:54 -0700

(Note that StatCounter has had several recent vendor issues, such as the PayPal fiasco described here)

Despite the fire and related outages, The Planet's quick response is being hailed by some customers, such as Joseph Fiore of Repumetrix, who had this to say about The Planet:

Were you affected by the outage? What's your take on The Planet's response or disaster recovery procedures? Leave your comments below.

More news, commentary, and predictions from The Industry Standard:

Special Feature: Where are they now? The Industry Standard tracks down 10 dot-coms from the Web bubble of the late 1990s
Special Feature: The Industry Standard's Top 25 B-to-Z List Blogs
Special Feature: 10 'Net services that will succeed (and 10 that will probably fail)