Fido.Net Status Updates

Author: jon

web-21 failure

We are experiencing technical issues with web-21 and as a result have taken the decision to migrate customers onto web-22 which is a considerably more powerful server, with more storage and a higher level of performance.   Unfortunately owing to the nature of the failure and the rescue/recovery/migration method required to minimise any physical downtime,…

LINX Outage – 17.11.15

We are aware of issues on the LINX exchange around the Telecity Sovereign House network which has resulted in some peers we talk to over the LINX network disconnecting from the exchange At this time we are aware of 2 power outages which have affected the LINX peering exchange and a number of other UK…

AMSIX sessions reset

At approx 11:55 this morning we lost connectivity to AMSIX which resulted in an anomaly affecting traffic to Google amongst other peers. Servers which were using 8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4 (Google DNS) were affected and were briefly unable to resolve DNS until the internal routes reset and bypassed the affected connection. We are awaiting a report…

AT RISK – Amsterdam-London link Nov 3rd 2015

We have received notification from our layer2 carrier that they will be performing maintenance on the backhaul between Amsterdam and London on November 3rd between 22:00 and 02:00   This maintenance will take place between: Start: 22:00 UTC on Tuesday, November 3rd 2015 Finish: 02:00 UTC on Wednesday, November 4th 2015 We anticipate approximately 60…

vpsh6 emergency maintenance

At approx 21:30 this evening vpsh6 entered an unresponsive state.   Engineers are currently on site working to recover the virtualisation node   We hope to have the server restored within the next hour   Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience caused by this unscheduled outage

AT RISK – Backbone maintenance 03.10.2015

As part of our continuing commitment to upgrade and enhance the Fido network backbone, we will be installing 3 additional switches into the ring between Telehouse North and Telehouse West on Saturday evening.   The maintenance will involve inserting 3 new switches into the virtual chassis fabric and provisioning them in anticipation of connecting new customers in both locations over the…