DreamHost Status

We have identified a runaway process that has been erroneously eating domain DNS records and that has been killed. The missing DNS data is being restored as quickly as possible now so any domains still down should be restored in the next couple of hours. We have already pushed out new software with […]

The secondary network DreamHostStatus.com (this site!) is hosted on was saturated due to a large increase in DNS traffic. After working with our provider for a few hours we’ve got it back up and we’re working to make sure the network saturation does not return.
Now to explain the DNS Outage itself.

Unfortunately we are experiencing a return of similar network problems that we experienced yesterday. Please keep your eye on this post as we will update it as soon as we have more information. Sorry for the inconvenience.
- UPDATE -
The problem has been tracked down to a naughty switch and has been resolved. Due […]

The admins are investigating a mysql issue with webmail which is causing downtime. We are already on the case and it will be fixed up shortly. If any further information becomes available we will update this post, so check back for updates.
Update: The issues have been resolved and webmail is working normally […]

We are currently experiencing some networking difficulties which is causing parts of our network to be inaccessible. This is affecting everyone in a random manner. We are working hard to fix the problem right now and will have an update for you soon.
–UPDATE– Wed Aug 15 14:33:01 PDT 2007
As of now the network is […]

We are currently experiencing some issues with our webmail system and are looking into the issue right now.
We will post an update here when things are working again!
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Update: 12:04pm: It appears the database server that handles the session management for webmail decided to freak out. Our database engineers are working on […]

We will be performing some maintenance on our central databases beginning Wednesday, August 15 at 10PM PDT and ending 3 hours later at Thursday, August 16 at 1AM PDT. The expected downtime within this window is 2 hours. This will bring the DreamHost Webpanel, as well DreamHost-provided Squirrelmail offline.
UPDATE 12:59 AM PDT:
It looks like everything […]

We are currently experiencing some difficulty with our network links to our LAX datacenter. This is causing issues with the swarthy, looney, and frisky clusters, as well as dedicated servers.
Our network engineers are looking into this and we will have a resolution as soon as possible.
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Update: 11:58am PST: Our dns caching […]

This server is currently experiencing an extended period of downtime until it can be manually rebooted from the data center. Unfortunately, I do not have an ETA for when service will be restored but please check back here for further updates.
Update: One of our admins is now at the data center and will have […]

One of our filers took the morning off and has just recently been kicked back into service (via reboot). This would have caused downtime for those hosted on tron, thorin, frigga, genki, wiggle, slaw, andor, lilac and perhaps a couple more. This also caused a little email back-up that is now clearing up.
All […]