We are issuing an immediate reboot for the Goliath server to install a kernel update that addresses an issue the server has been encountering. This update will prevent further system crashes as we have been seeing over the past several days on the system.
At this time we have brought online a new DNS server to function as our primary nameserver. This will require an IP modification at your registrar if you are using your own custom nameservers. If you are using nameservers provided & maintained by GeekStorage, you do not need to worry about this update. If you are using private nameservers, which is most common among our reseller client base, you will need to update the IP address associated with your NS1 subdomain as soon as possible.
If you are using custom nameservers, such as ns1.yourdomain.com and ns2.yourdomain.com, you will need to check if you are using 65.254.36.170 or 65.254.36.172 for your DNS. If so, you will need to update your domain registrar with the new IP address for your private nameserver. Nameservers using 208.100.54.x, 67.202.92.x, or 208.117.43.x do not require any modification.
If you are currently using 65.254.36.170 for one of your private nameservers, update the associated nameserver to the new IP: 67.202.92.4
If you are currently using 65.254.36.172 for one of your private nameservers, update the associated nameserver to the new IP: 67.202.92.6
These changes must be made before October 25th, 2012!
If you are using ns1.geekstorage.com & ns2.geekstorage.com or our white-label nameservers, you do not need to change anything!
For assistance with updating your nameserver IPs, should you need to make the adjustment noted above, please visit our knowledgebase video tutorial database for private nameserver registration at the link below.
http://kb.geekstorage.com/category/55/0/10/Video-Tutorials/Private-Name-Servers/
We will be performing scheduled maintenance on HV3 due to an operations problem with the system. We will begin this maintenance at 7PM CDT on September 28th, 2012. We expect the downtime to be less than 20 minutes in duration. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
This maintenance has been completed. Downtime was around 10 minutes.
Titan is currently being targeted by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which is causing intermittent service interruptions to users on this server.
We are currently working to resolve this issue as quickly as possible.
09/18/2012 @ 03:46 PM CST
At this time, service should start returning to normal. Thank you for your patience while we worked to mitigate this incident.
08/31/2012 @ 10:36 PM CST
We are issuing an emergency reboot on the HV3 hypervisor to address a network issue that arose late this evening. We are seeing a halt in operation on the internal management network of HV3, causing many functions to be offline and inaccessible. We hope this reboot will resolve the issues. If we continue to see problems, we will need to prepare for further downtime to address a possible hardware issue. We will update this post when we know more.
08/31/2012 @ 10:46 PM CST
At this time the server has rebooted and VPS are coming back online. Estimated downtime for each VM on the server was less than 10 minutes. So far we have been able to confirm that it doesn't appear to be a hardware issue related to the server's NIC. We are still investigating the root cause of the network issue that occurred, which caused certain management functions to stop working. We do know that a mistake on a NOC tech's part led to the hypervisor's primary connection to the switch to be disconnected momentarily, causing VM's to go offline, as he was attempting to help us troubleshoot the original network issue.