Hurricane Irene - Aug 26-28
Hurricane Irene is scheduled to pass through the neighborhood of our east coast datacenter in Herndon, VA. While we don't expect any serious problems, we are performing our full backup offloading process outside of the normal schedule, due to the limited time remaining before the weather lands. Some of this work must be performed during normal business hours, not during the standard 7-9 PM PST maintenance window, so you may notice periods of reduced performance during these operations. We expect it will all be normal again by Sunday.
Are you affected?
Ping your domain with this web tool and if the IP address is 64.34.162.117 then you're in the East Coast datacenter. NOTE: It will always say "Timed Out" because the servers are configured to not respond to ping. This does NOT mean the server is down! This page is also hosted in the Herndon datacenter - so if you're reading this, that's a good sign. :)
Update
The backup and offsite transfer of the backup has completed ahead of schedule, around 1 AM PST Saturday, and no further service interruptions are expected.
Monitor the situation
Currently it appears the warning cone for the hurricane puts the nearest flooding related risks nearly 20 miles away, and the general hurricane path cone around 120 miles away from the datacenter.
See the cone here - when you zoom out far enough, the nearest point on the map to the datacenter is Reston, VA which you can then measure the distance between there and the affected areas.
The datacenter is here: Google Map (note that the elevation is around 400 feet while the White House is nearly at sea level, with regard to any flooding related news you might encounter.)
An assortment of webcams in and around Washington D.C.
Here's a tool to locate webcams anywhere in the US.
Final Update
The hurricane has passed and no downtime or other problems occurred.
