DreamHost Status

On the night of Tuesday May 6th we’ll be replacing one of the network switches that serves the following mysql servers:
toto
rover
dogbert
dino
beethoven
jaws
camille
bootsy
spacey-vsql01
frisky-vsql01
We hope to be able to do this one server at a time with only seconds of downtime for each, however we’re posting this in case that’s not possible and we need to bring all […]

Just a notice to let you know tomorrow we’ll be changing the charities we have up at our Give to Charity area, so if you want to donate to Kidd’s Kids or the MIND Research Institute and have it matched by us, step up now!
So far we’ve received 21 donations for a total of $491.11 […]

We are currently experiencing problems with the mysql server “sanspoof” crashing. The issue is being looked into at this time, we apologize for any trouble and will update you as soon as there is more information regrading this problem.
UPDATE 23:22:43 PDT
It appears that the memory in this server is causing it to […]

If you’re on the spunky cluster (check the name of your mail cluster under Account Status in the upper right corner of the control panel), you may have been experiencing delays in sending and receiving mail for the past couple of hours. The mail database for the cluster is having issues, and it’s being worked […]

The web server flamenco didn’t come back after a multitude of reboots, so we are migrating it to new hardware. It should be back up within an hour. Sorry about the inconvenience this is causing you, and please check back here for updates.
Update: Some networking issues caused flamenco to be down for longer […]

We are currently experiencing issues with the main file server for the blingy cluster. Our file server admins are on their way to the data center to look into the issue, and we are doing our best to get this fixed up and working again as soon as possible. This issue will cause websites and […]

We’re currently investigating an issue on looney that’s causing web and mail service to become spotty, and more likely, completely down. This effects the following servers:
apok axl blanka brazil charm curly dhalsim egon guile limbo-looney moe slappy soy tank tofu vega winston
We apologize for this, and should have things working soon!
UPDATE: As of […]

The snocap server has been plagued with some intermittent issues. We’re working to resolve this as fast as we can, and will hopefully have more information on this shortly. If you’re on the snocap server you could be affected by slow website performance, website showing as down, slow uploads and downloads, and trouble updating your […]

Customers on the Frisky cluster are experiencing a range of issues:
-slow site performance due to high loads
-slow data access times
-server crashes
-slow/unavailable mail
One of the file servers in the Frisky cluster has crashed - the admin team is working on getting it back up but due to the nature of the server in question it is […]

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