Comments on: Twitter Emergency Backup

By: Omer

Omer — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:56:54 +0000

Come on guys, I’ve used twitter for a while now, and the site is BARELY down. It’s reached a point where it’s become almost like an MSN or GOOGLE, and it has like multiple servers online, so if ONE ever goes offline, the backups kick in. How often are ‘big’ sites really down anyway? Not that often, and with the increase in popularity for twitter, the site will certainly grow more and more stable.

By: Gospel Singer

Gospel Singer — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 10:51:13 +0000

interesting post about Twitter! Twitter is a popular posting site and it should not be down. Google App. Engine is nice way to go. Looking forward for updates.

By: MMO Gamer

MMO Gamer — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 07:47:12 +0000

How often is twitter down these days? It’s worth while if it happens, but nowadays twitter is too big to go down, and it it goes down, it won’t stay down. It’s like saying “Zomg what if google goes down”. Big sites go down, but they usually come back up lightning fast.

By: dennis

dennis — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 02:38:31 +0000

This brings up a good point about using web services in general. What if flickr were to lose all your photos, or tumblr all your blog posts? How many people do you think keep only 1 copy of their data and it’s on a cloud somewhere online.

By: Help Prevent Colon Cancer

Help Prevent Colon Cancer — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 04:39:08 +0000

rsync won’t work, its meant for standard file structures.

By: Jopart

Jopart — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:55:52 +0000

Tumblr was a new one to me. Thanks for the headsup.

By: Silver Jewellery

Silver Jewellery — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:00:27 +0000

It seems to me that Twitter isn’t that unreliable and as the old adage goes, If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it!

By: Acai Berry

Acai Berry — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:29:24 +0000

I wonder if rsync would be a possible solution. we use it all the time to make large mirrors of data.. Look at all the cpan mirrors…

By: Commercial Vehicle Insurance

Commercial Vehicle Insurance — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 02:43:47 +0000

Why not simply backup the feeds onto another domain? When Twitter is down have it redirect all the feeds and users to the backup. The backups could check Twitter by regularly pinging it (or some other method).

Sammy

By: DON

DON — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:00:54 +0000

Many people get hooked on certain sites so they should definitely do something to insure the people get their doses when they come for them.

It’s akin to having that cup of coffee in the morning, you want it but you also need it.

Most social site dwellers don’t even care if the cable goes out anymore unless their high speed internet is going through it.