I can't reach anything on the fremont network, or blog.linode.com. Not sure if this is linode-specific or Hurricane Electric again. Anyone else having issues?
A hosting company that doesn't actively inform customers of outages? Unprofessional. Nobody is going to read a status blog every day to see if an outage might happen at some point in the future. Passive notification isn't acceptable, imo.
I'm sort of mixed. On one hand, you're right: it's a little ridiculous that users who are known to be affected wouldn't be alerted in advance.
On the other hand, it is great that Linode had alerts posted on the status blog in advance, and worthy of note that every host will have downtime. Having a backup solution in place should be a responsibility that lies in the hands of the customer, but you're right: without verified notification it's a little hard to plan ahead.
I have to say though, having switched to Linode from a more crowded, oversold host (BurstNET), the difference is amazing.
- "We do not expect a significant interruption of service during this maintenance window."
- "There will be a brief period of connectivity-loss while our network infrastructure undergoes this maintenance."
- "Routing for some subnets has been affected. We working with the NOC to bring them back as soon as possible."