Reasons I have been "down for maintenance" in the past.
- Moving from AWS to our own datacenter.
- Payment processor issues. We weren't making money with the payment processor down... “down for maintenance” meant lower customer service costs.
- Because the CEO told me to. I shit you not. Be wary of working for someone has a name that sounds like it belongs on a bond villan.
- Because sometimes you NEED all the resources to get something done quickly
- In the days before AWS and "cloud computing" you only had hardware on hand. It is hard to get your boss to budget for a traffic spike of one hour that is greater than the sum of the previous 6 months of traffic.
- Because non technical people have access to technology: It was just some javascript -or- I didn't think I needed to tell you before I emailed 5 million people with an offer for free stuff -or- why is everything on sale for %25 off ....
- Because load and time and complex systems sometimes do funny things together, "maintenance" means were getting enough data reproduce it finally.
- The very beginning of a DDOS attack (only for some industries & sites)
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Reasons I have been "down for maintenance" in the past.
- Moving from AWS to our own datacenter. - Payment processor issues. We weren't making money with the payment processor down... “down for maintenance” meant lower customer service costs. - Because the CEO told me to. I shit you not. Be wary of working for someone has a name that sounds like it belongs on a bond villan. - Because sometimes you NEED all the resources to get something done quickly - In the days before AWS and "cloud computing" you only had hardware on hand. It is hard to get your boss to budget for a traffic spike of one hour that is greater than the sum of the previous 6 months of traffic. - Because non technical people have access to technology: It was just some javascript -or- I didn't think I needed to tell you before I emailed 5 million people with an offer for free stuff -or- why is everything on sale for %25 off .... - Because load and time and complex systems sometimes do funny things together, "maintenance" means were getting enough data reproduce it finally. - The very beginning of a DDOS attack (only for some industries & sites)