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author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 07, 2011, 12:22:42 am
content: Email from Sitecloud.comQuoteProblem is now fixed.Taking bets on when the next problem will materialise!Dave.

author: mitpatterson
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: January 07, 2011, 12:24:05 am
content: Quote from: EEVblog on January 07, 2011, 12:22:42 amInstead of a bet it could be a contest, who ever guess's closes wins a multi-meter out of your box 'O multi-meters, lol

author: orbiter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2011, 02:39:57 pm
content: EEVBlog is really slow again for me today, in fact I was lucky to get here it was so sloow. Hope this posts... Here goes...

author: RayJones
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2011, 08:00:47 pm
content: I am coming to the conclusion that "cloud" computing has successfully modeled the atmosphere.Just as in the real world, clouds appear and disappear depending upon whether conditions are favourable.

author: DJPhil
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2011, 08:07:39 pm
content: Quote from: RayJones on January 09, 2011, 08:00:47 pmThis immediately made me think of what it would be like to have an internet weather radar.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 09, 2011, 09:09:00 pm
content: yea I have to say "the cloud" seems to sound like a very "unstable" name

author: Mechatrommer
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 09, 2011, 11:38:59 pm
content: the cloud seems to be quite stable here. just a few moments dissapearing.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 10, 2011, 01:07:22 am
content: It all seems pretty stable to me now.I did get an automated report saying it went down for two minutes today though.I just renewed my old host for another year "just in case"!Dave.

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 10, 2011, 01:53:17 am
content: This prompted me to have a look at one of the cloud providers, I had no idea that cloud hosting was so cheap*It's about half what I pay for an oversubscribed, shared server with average performance.*Although given the problems here, perhaps it's still overpriced.

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 10, 2011, 02:34:23 am
content: Quote from: GeoffS on January 10, 2011, 01:53:17 amI paid for a bigger plan with more "compute cycles" than sitecloud are now offering. They now only have one plan at $4.95 / month. Maybe I should ask for the difference back...My old hostmonster.com account was more expensive than sitecloud, but it was a normal shared server and did get slow sometimes. It also had limitations in terms of number of files stored. I was fearful it would eventually not handle the ever growing load with all the video and audio downloads, forum etc, especially if I got slashdotted or otherwise went semi-viral on a video.So the move to a "cloud" based sever was a strategic one.Sitecloud have a lot of promise, their problem is they are new and have had a lot of teething problems.They are a big company though, it is a spinoff from Greengeeks:http://www.greengeeks.com/So I'm trusting it will ultimately get better.Dave.

author: Simon
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 10, 2011, 07:56:21 am
content: I haven't forgotten when freehostia "upgraded" their servers or rather moved the datacentre, promising emails would be unaffected but the website might go. I had websites running all the time and no email for over a week, naturally I promptly left

author: GeoffS
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 10, 2011, 08:51:51 am
content: While I haven't had any real performance issues with my existing hosting, I'm tempted to move at least one domain over to sitecloud.com so I can nod knowingly when someone starts talking about cloud computing and say 'I've got one of them!'