by Anura Guruge
on August 18, 2023
It was relatively short — just 18 minutes.
BUT, it was the 2nd OUTAGE in 18-Days (i.e., less than 3 weeks).
Prior to this, most of this year, ‘HostGator‘ has been quite reliable.
This is getting me concerned.
by Anura Guruge
on July 31, 2023
To be fair, as far as I can remember this is the FIRST outage of any note I have suffered on this site/blog in 2023. But, in a way, that is also why it comes as a JARRING shock when it happens. You get lulled into a sense of complacency & then, ‘BANG’, you get a message saying your Website is down.
I pay BIG BUCKS (& I am not joking or being facetious) for ‘WordPress’ ‘Jetpack‘. One of the key things it does is regularly monitor Website availability.
Getting a message from Jetpack saying that the site is down is not pleasant. Your first reaction is to check it, i.e., check the site. They were right. WOW.
All sorts of bad scenarios go through your head. Has the site been HACKED. What will it take to restore it.
I tried hard to be patient. So, rather than continuing to check repeatedly, I decided to wait. That paid off. But, NOT fun. Just glad to have it back.