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storm1988 · #1 (**permalink**) 21-07-11, 05:10 PM

I have a simple website but I just wanted to have the 100% uptime or near it. Over the last month I've seen loads of downtime. I got a link to a site uptime monitor.

h t t p://www.siteuptime.com/statistics.php?Id=105609&&UserId=126476

One thing I have noticed is the CPU load was allways high when i looked and it. Can someone please explain why the host keeps going down please.

**key_whuk** · #2 (**permalink**) 21-07-11, 09:08 PM

I checked the statistics for the domain andapps.co.uk at the URL you provided. Recently we faced the storage issue on the cloud server, which hampered the up time. This problem has been sorted out. I hope you will experience the up time as it was in the month of April.

storm1988 · #3 (**permalink**) 21-07-11, 09:59 PM

I only had the monitor running for a few days in april. 97% uptime is starting to look very bad.

Over the last week I've been alerted to on average 2 outages a day.

I hope I won't get any more this week.

PS Would be nice to have a free T shirt to help make amends.

**Ross** · #4 (**permalink**) 21-07-11, 10:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by storm1988

I only had the monitor running for a few days in april. 97% uptime is starting to look very bad.

Over the last week I've been alerted to on average 2 outages a day.

I hope I won't get any more this week.

PS Would be nice to have a free T shirt to help make amends.

Hello,

Sorry for the inconvenience caused so far. It won't happen again as we have taken various precautionary measures now. Regarding T-shirt, please PM James, he will do the needful

Mac Rozer · #5 (**permalink**) 10-03-12, 08:13 AM

If a hosting service provider uses cloud computing technology in the true sense of the term, then problems like downtimes are very rare. Also, in a true cloud computing scenario, technique of Load Balancing is deployed. Load Balancing involves distribution of processing and communications activities evenly across a computer network so that no single device is overwhelmed. Load balancing is especially important for networks where it's difficult to predict the number of requests that will be issued to a server. If one server starts to get swamped, requests are forwarded to another server with more capacity. So, you should opt for a cloud hosting service provider that uses cloud computing technology in the true sense of the term.