Gmail Down – Is the Wave To Blame?
Published on October 3, 2009 by Last Click News · 1 CommentAs the East Coast of the US logged on early Saturday morning, many found that GMAIL was indeed again down or possibly extremely slow!
With Gmail down – the only thing a user could do was wait it out and head over to Twitter:
pajaah: Wondering why Gmail is down again.
PullingTheCork: Google search & Gmail are not loading AT ALL for me here in Michigan, #fail of epic proportions #google #gmail anyone else?
CelShader: gmail seems intermittent, other google services are slow… #googlefail #gmail #fail
utpn: Can’t check my gmail on my iPod using imap. Twitter shows I’m not alone. #gmailfail
imthegirl: Apparently I’m awake before Google this morning … No gmail or feedburner … wth?
Of course, the Google Apps Service dashboard, which offers performance information for Google Apps services, which includes Gmail, showed no issues:
Previous outage reported was September 24th when the dashboard showed that Gmail was having service issues
“We’re aware of a problem with Google Mail affecting a small subset of users. The affected users are unable to access Google Mail, but we’ve provided a workaround below. We will provide an update by September 24, 2009 4:29:00 PM UTC+1 detailing when we expect to resolve the problem. Please note that this resolution time is an estimate and may change. You can access Gmail via IMAP”
Maintaining near perfect up time for a company like Google is critical – especially if they expect to take business away from Outlook.
But this minor outage early on a Saturday morning makes me wonder — could this temporary outage be the result of the Google Wave?
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