HostGator down for 8+ hours

[Keith Smith]

I was told it was a kernel roll out.  Makes sense since I could not see 
any of my websites.  One was giving a server 502 error. At any rate I'd 
like to hear the inside scoop.


On 2014-10-29 12:26, Sesso wrote:
> They were probably updating cPanel via automatic updates also. Version
> 11.46.0.9 came out. This means that I have testing to do at work
> today. :/
> 
> Jason
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Oct 29, 2014, at 9:10 AM, Keith Smith <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> 
>> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Last night at about 1:30 HostGator rolled out a Kernel update that 
>> brought most of their servers to their knees.  They are now just 
>> finishing the mop up.  It took them about 8 hours to fix the issue.  
>> Of course HostGator is being tight lipped on exactly what happened and 
>> who was effected.  It appears all reseller accounts were effected and 
>> possibly their retail hosting accounts as well.
>> 
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>> Keith Smith
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