https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20079
--- Comment #2 from Martin Peeks <[email protected]> 2009-08-05 23:26:54 UTC --- (In reply to comment #1) > Where would you place that status page so it doesn't get "slashdotted" on a > wikipedia outage? > > A long time ago, there was an external page serving for that, which was taken > down on wikipedia > failures. Now wikipedia traffic is orders of magnitude greater. > > An appropiate place to set the messages could be the toolserver (if WM-DE is > ok > with it), > independent but nearby. However, it only makes sense if the source of the > problem isn't in esams > itself! > I can't think a scenary where the squids present the error message, the > toolserver is not > accesible and which isn't trivially solved by rerouting to tampa. Nonetheless > I > feel there might > be an unsuspected problem there. toolserver did cross my mind. Alternatively, use a completely seperate service such as a hosted blog or, as an increasing number of services do, use twitter. Alternatively, could the "Site down" notice be modified such that it draws a short status string from somewhere and presents it to users? -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
