Does Metafilter have a status page?

January 25, 2003 12:08 PM

In the category of "give-Matt-more-work", does metafilter have a status page for when it goes down? If it doesn't, I'm thinking that it would be a nice feature for those of us (most of us, I'm guessing) who are chomping at the bit to find out what might be ailing metafilter and when it will come back online. Of course, the status page would have to live on a different server so that it doesn't go down at the same time.
posted by ashbury to Uptime at 12:08 PM (15 comments total)

the status page would have to live on a different server so that it doesn't go down at the same time.

Why not mirror the site on another server, so when it goes down, it really doesn't go down?

Why not put the database on a seperate server?

Because you need another server.
posted by the fire you left me at 12:25 PM on January 25, 2003

You don't need your own server for a status weblog - you could just set up a blogspot account.

Already discussed and planned here, btw.
posted by iconomy at 12:33 PM on January 25, 2003

Try this. If you like it, you could bookmark it.
posted by Lynsey at 12:37 PM on January 25, 2003

Thanks iconomy and lynsey. It was such an obvious idea that I knew it couldn't be original, but I didn't find it any searches I made. And we can always count on Matt for thinking of it first and making plans to create it. That Matt, he's the best. [/fawning adulation]
posted by ashbury at 1:18 PM on January 25, 2003

I should setup status.metafilter.com on my home dsl box, but that has downtime too. I'll set it up though.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 1:37 PM on January 25, 2003

What's the eta on pony.metafilter.com?
posted by Hildago at 1:40 PM on January 25, 2003

No, no. You all are not thinking big enough. Quite clearly what we need is a series of beacons on the tops of the tallest towers in every major metropolis. These lights will shine across the evening sky any time the server is in trouble. We can call it, the Matt Signal™.

Of course, how you call for help during the day is another matter.
posted by piskycritter at 3:26 PM on January 25, 2003

You're all re-inventing the wheel. If MeFi downtime isn't enough to activate the Emergency Broadcast System, then what is?
posted by IshmaelGraves at 3:33 PM on January 25, 2003

Matt, thanks again for being willing to do a status blog. It would be more definitive than the ever-changing wiki, though there are some good links on that page.
posted by yonderboy at 4:37 PM on January 25, 2003

My approach to find out the status of the system:

1.) Go to www.metafilter.com
2.) If it's there, the server's up.
3.) If I get an error page, the server's down.

Easy and simple, and no more work for Matt.

(If the server's down when I try to access the site, I shrug and do something else. Besides, what's preferable about checking it on another site first? That's one more site to add to my already-huge bookmark file.
posted by Vidiot at 5:53 PM on January 25, 2003

What if it's a scheduled down time with an approximate time to return to normal function, vidiot? Then you wouldn't have to spend precious time checking mefi every five minutes.
posted by ashbury at 6:03 PM on January 25, 2003

Then you wouldn't have to spend precious time checking mefi every five minutes.

Is that the problem we are solving?
posted by machaus at 6:13 PM on January 25, 2003

Is that the problem we are solving?

Who knows, it looks like you're arguing about something which Matt's already decided to do.
posted by yonderboy at 6:41 PM on January 25, 2003

If the server's down when I try to access the site, I shrug and do something else.

You mean...

There are other things to do?
posted by IshmaelGraves at 10:11 PM on January 25, 2003

chomping at the bit

<petpeeve>chAmping </petpeeve>
posted by sennoma at 10:03 AM on January 27, 2003