unofficial dreamhost status

uptime on one of dreamhost's shared web servers, updated every 15 minutes:

this site aims to help you diagnose dreamhost network/server issues.

why? because they've had some downtime issues lately, and a lot of people get upset when they have issues. (latest large downtimes: 8/29/2007, 9/17/2007)

quick dreamhost.com network diagnostics:

• ping ns1.dreamhost.com
• ping ns2.dreamhost.com (hosted elsewhere from ns1.dreamhost.com)
• dns report for dreamhost.com's nameservers

traceroute to dreamhost servers:

traceroute to your assigned server: smithers ralphie homer rootbeer otto gotcha tak marge lisa chalmers wiggum nelson cheeky sunkist sprite shasta punch .dreamhost.com

traceroute to a different server: (full list here)

sites known to be hosted on dreamhost.com:

(if these are all down the all there's a good chance that all of dreamhost's sites are down)

• technudge.net
• seebot.org
• paulaoffutt.com

general checks

• also check out level3's network detail (todo: global crossing as well)
• check the USGS's shakemap to look for past southern-california earthquakes
• and here for a graphic of recent earthquakes around L.A.
• check NOAA's weather report too, you never know if a tornado will hit...
• netcraft has uptime graphs of dreamhost's main servers