Neopet's System... is DOWN.

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:41 am

I just saw that updated page. All I gotta say to them is "Run the Edgarware!" It's been forever and a minute since Neo's been working

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:42 am

Ack! Sorry, huge problems today. We had trouble with our database earlier and have spent most of the day trying to get the site back online. It should be up within a couple of hours, so please bear with us!

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:43 am

Least they hinted what has happened.
Database...was a little off with my "server exploding", but whatever. Glad they're working on it, but I wanna bat that Kacheek. I HATE mutant Kacheeks!

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:43 am

fireyeyes wrote:*runs off to dfm page* wow, never thought I'd say THAT!
for all those too lazy to run...
"Ack! Sorry, huge problems today. We had trouble with our database earlier and have spent most of the day trying to get the site back online. It should be up within a couple of hours, so please bear with us!"

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:44 am

I think the red Pteri was offended by all you guys' drawings and quit his job :lol:

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:45 am

dogfriend2 wrote:Ack! Sorry, huge problems today. We had trouble with our database earlier and have spent most of the day trying to get the site back online. It should be up within a couple of hours, so please bear with us!

Finally!!!

took them long enough to do something about it...Im dying of boredom...Getting desperate...No neopets...going through withdrawls *twitches*

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:45 am

Gah.. I hate it when Neopets is down... But then I feel sorry for TNT. -_-

They work so hard. ^^

But I wish prices were lower... -_-

Oh well. *runs off to play Destructo Match*

~Missa

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:46 am

Yay, I've finally kicked that Down For Maintenance Pteri out! Now its my turn for fame! Not like I'm a Battledome challenger or anything.

ugh. im definately gonna lose plushie tycoon now

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:48 am

Fool Hi wrote:
ugh. im definately gonna lose plushie tycoon now

Yah ive never been able to figure out how that game worked...i think im too blond to figure it out anyway...
at least the DFM pteri is gone..agh i hate that thing

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:48 am

but everyone else should be losing as well, since no one can play...

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:54 am

dogfriend2 wrote:Ack! Sorry, huge problems today. We had trouble with our database earlier and have spent most of the day trying to get the site back online. It should be up within a couple of hours, so please bear with us!

I don't have a couple of hours! Now I have to go to bed and won't do todays dailies...X|

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:57 am

Armi wrote:Least they hinted what has happened.
Database...was a little off with my "server exploding", but whatever. Glad they're working on it, but I wanna bat that Kacheek. I HATE mutant Kacheeks!

Aww! But he looks so sad!! *pets him* lol

I too am relieved that they've finally given us some sort of update. I can only pray the site will be back up before midnight so I can get at least a little game-playing in.

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:57 am

Morningstar wrote:Yes, didn't they outsource their computer system to a non-Neopets company a few months ago? Back when all of the shop databases were moved. I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the company. So, if the system was down, the computer techs would be working on it where this company is situated--not in the Neopets headquarters.

I found my post from a long ago topic when this happened before. It's about the company that TNT outsourced their server operations to:

Neopets Moves to Equinix Data Center

July 15, 2004 -- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Equinix, Inc. (equinix.com), a provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, announced on Wednesday that Neopets, Inc., a global media and entertainment company, has reached an agreement to locate at Equinix Internet Business Exchange data centers, in a move that Equinix says will reduce Neopet's overall network connectivity costs.

Neopets runs the youth phenomenon Neopets.com, an online entertainment site in which members must maintain the health and well-being of their "virtual pets." With more than 77 million registrations (created by an estimated 23-25 million users) and seven billion page views per month in the last four years, Neopets is a quickly growing Web site.

Equinix's aggregation of carriers, ISPs and other network service providers allows content providers to cost-effectively execute strategic connectivity agreements with key business partners within a highly secure and reliable environment.

Through direct interconnection within the same facility, content providers can cut costs as well as the performance degradation associated with linking to multiple partners over great distances, resulting in lower connectivity costs, an improvement in end-user performance and an increase in reliability and redundancy.

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:57 am

julie.anne wrote:but everyone else should be losing as well, since no one can play...

but not everyone hired workers, did they?

Wed Nov 17, 2004 4:57 am

At least the bird has finaly flown the coop....Granted it would be kinda cool to somehow be able to get the things we missed from today, but I guess we shouldn't complain if everything is there when we do get back...Amazing how I actually got LESS done in real life today...