"We're investigating reports of an issue with Google Calendar. We will provide more information shortly.
Users of Google Calendar see 'Server Error' page intermittently."
Been using just as long, and while Google calendar and other Google services have been down before, it's true, it's a very rare occurrence to affect this many users.
Fortunately Google Calendar syncs with the app, so as long as the app already retrieved your appointments you should be just fine. Same reason why it works even without an internet connection.
If you had your Calendar open in a web page it will continue to be readable. I have a pinned tab that I can still see everything 3 months in either direction.
> Our systems have detected unusual traffic from your computer network. This page checks to see if it's really you sending the requests, and not a robot.
Also don't forget the fresh water pipes in your home are owned by Cleanly.io and leased to you, meaning you can no longer receive water until some other company acquires the remnants of Cleanly.io during their decade long bankruptcy proceedings.
The sad thing this, that is not even really satire - ISPs own the fiber in office and multi-resident buildings all the time, and their use is only available to others by lease contracts.
Pardon me, but out of curiosity, were you joking or serious? (I found your comment hilarious, and while I have never seen a smart dishwasher, I can't rule it out, hence why I'm asking.)
One of the reasons I use FastMail (https://fastmail.com) for email and calendar rather than Google is that when outages happen, the explain what is going on (http://www.fastmailstatus.com). Outages are inevitable, so having (a) information and (b) the ability to contact a human are valuable features IMO.
They also just pushed out the invitation detecting thing that Google has had for quite a while that lets you add stuff to your calendar quickly. Sadly I still use Google's calendar despite having Fastmail because it's just a lot better.
Interesting that the status page marks this as a 'service disruption' versus 'service outage'. The page doesn't have any definitions of these terms anyway, so it's hard to know what the difference is.
I was completely unable to access the service. It seems like a 'service outage' to me!
I regularly contact humans at Google for support for my clients. Telephone rings, human operator picks up ... of course my clients are paying for their Google services, so if you're relying on the free version this doesn't (and shouldn't) apply.
I sync my Google calendar to my devices, so if it goes belly up, I can open a new account somewhere else and start using that with little issue.
I do think it's a bad idea to rely 100% on something business critical hosted by someone else, without having your own backup somewhere. Hosted services go down eventually. That doesn't mean we can't use them, just be aware of their limitations.
What is the average downtime of Google Mail / calendar vs the average large corporation's exchange server?
Another thought- when Google calendar / mail goes down - it's likely business users blame Google - not the IT group. When a self-hosted exchange server goes down, IT is probably blamed. Leaving an incentive to move toward cloud providers just to shift the blame.
This is, IME, why big shops try to push outsourcing as much as they can. Whether development or structure, passing the buck to someone else is politically better.
If you or your provider succeeds, you both can claim victory.
If you try to upgrade/restructure and fail, everyone blames you. If your provider tries to upgrade/restructure and fails, you can blame them, and everyone in your company agrees with you. So politically, you can save yourself from "losing".
There are cloud based providers of Exchange that have more or less downtime than Exchange, or any email provider. I had hosted my own email servers for over 15 years because it was the normal thing to do when I started.
I don't remember the last time email has gone down for me, but calendar pain hurts me more.
On google now, and today's outage makes me realize it might be simpler to just install Zimbra and mirror it across two Amazon locations for another 10 years. I'm not a fan of email providers online because hotmail lost/deleted 15 years of my emails.
Google calendar went down after my robot went to sleep. Even though WiFi (and Google Fibre) is working fine, due to the calendar outage the robot can't receive instructions to get up and continue with work.
"Monthly Uptime Percentage" means total number of minutes in a calendar month minus the number of minutes of Downtime suffered in a calendar month, divided by the total number of minutes in a calendar month.
Looks like they forgot to multiply it by 100 (at least in the definition).
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 146 ms ] threadhttp://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en&v=issue&sid=2&iid=847...
from: https://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en&v=issue&sid=2&iid=84...
I wonder if they're getting attacked.
* V2.0.5 - Dishwasher is now only compatible with Cleanly.io brand detergent
* V4.1.2 - Dishwasher now only accepts Cleanly.io branded and DRM'd plates and silverware.
* V5.6.2 - Cleanly.io plates and silverware are now single-use only
* V6.0.4 - Dishwasher now only works with Cleanly.io Pure Life water. Please contact your local water supplier for pricing and contracting.
The sad thing this, that is not even really satire - ISPs own the fiber in office and multi-resident buildings all the time, and their use is only available to others by lease contracts.
It's fun to ponder why they picked that order and why other popular languages didn't make the cut.
The word you're looking for is "synchronizes". This has existed for decades, now.
https://www.google.com/appsstatus#hl=en&v=issue&sid=2&iid=84...
EDIT: Although it does look like they will update it with more information soon.
I was completely unable to access the service. It seems like a 'service outage' to me!
So, Google fails so rarely that you just sold me on the idea of not changing! :)
I do think it's a bad idea to rely 100% on something business critical hosted by someone else, without having your own backup somewhere. Hosted services go down eventually. That doesn't mean we can't use them, just be aware of their limitations.
What is the average downtime of Google Mail / calendar vs the average large corporation's exchange server?
Another thought- when Google calendar / mail goes down - it's likely business users blame Google - not the IT group. When a self-hosted exchange server goes down, IT is probably blamed. Leaving an incentive to move toward cloud providers just to shift the blame.
That basically made their outage an argument to switch to them.
If you or your provider succeeds, you both can claim victory.
If you try to upgrade/restructure and fail, everyone blames you. If your provider tries to upgrade/restructure and fails, you can blame them, and everyone in your company agrees with you. So politically, you can save yourself from "losing".
I don't remember the last time email has gone down for me, but calendar pain hurts me more.
On google now, and today's outage makes me realize it might be simpler to just install Zimbra and mirror it across two Amazon locations for another 10 years. I'm not a fan of email providers online because hotmail lost/deleted 15 years of my emails.
Who is going to compensate? Google?
99/100 = 0.99 = 99%
[0] http://www.reuters.com/article/us-google-probe-spain-idUSKCN...