CoinMad.com Status

[resolved] File uploads problem

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 11:45:28 +0200

A problem with file uploads (avatars, product photos) has been resolved.

[completed] Maintenace

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 20:53:00 +0200

We are doing some maintenance work - some areas of our site may be inaccessible for a short period of time.

UPDATE: now all areas are fully functional

[completed] Cluster move tonight

Sun, 18 Dec 2011 23:28:00 +0200

The move (physical transfer to another datacenter) will take place tonight - expected downtime is 1+ hour.

UPDATE: cluster moved completed - now we are live from Databank.

Physical server cluster move to another datacenter

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 11:29:00 +0200

The following date, a physical server cluster move will take place to another datacenter (Databank datacenter in Texas).

We expect 1-3 hours of downtime. This is necessary to avoid future power outages (the new setup includes redundant power feeds - full A+B from different power plants).

Scheduled date: Sunday Dec 18 2011

MySQL connection error

Fri, 05 Aug 2011 07:00:00 +0300

MySQL server has been flooded with many connections - issue should be resolved in a few minutes.

UPDATE: resolved

Scheduled Maintenance / Memory Upgrade

Sun, 19 Jun 2011 02:40:29 +0300

Window: 20 June 22:00 CT(GMT-5) - 20 June 22:30 CT(GMT-5)

Expected service impact is ~ 10-15 minutes.

Maintenance - completed

Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:43:00 +0300

A widespread server/cluster problem occured - we’ll take off coinmad.com for about 15mins for some maintenance.

UPDATE: maintenance completed

Service interruption - resolved

Thu, 17 Mar 2011 06:21:00 +0200

There was an issue with a faulty SCSI controller that corrupted the data on one hard disk - RAID has been rebuilt and service is fully restored.

Maintenace on 22-Sep-2010

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 01:33:00 +0300

Maintenance will start at 01.45 (GMT+2 - Europe/Athens). Estimated window: 25 minutes.

Update: maintenance completed.

Emails - delivery issues

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 12:14:22 +0300

If for any reason, your welcome emails are not delivered, please contact us to activate your account. But, firstly, please check your spam / bulk folder.

There is none reported mail server issue, though. But, generally emails cannot be delivered for various issues (temporary blacklisting of the mail server IP, problem on the recipient server, very very strict spam methods etc.) - this is the nature of internet :)

Uploading of photos and avatars is now solved

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:31:25 +0300

A problem communicating the external file server is now solved.

The issue is solved.

Network upgraded - ddos issues

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:00:00 +0300

Our datacenter has upgraded network infrastructure. The last days a few interruptions of service occured that lasted less than 15 minutes.

The previous week, there was an outage in the whole network because of a ddos attack - network equipment was upgraded to solve such issues.

All systems up!

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:13:00 +0200

Ok, this is the first update on status page. We will be using this place to inform you on any status problem regarding our service.

We setup the ‘whole’ thing online yesterday:

Intro Page (http://www.coinmad.com)
Blog (at blogger - http://blog.coinmad.com)

Plus a few communication channels in Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.