28May2024

Server W-29 Emergency Maintenance – 28 May

Server W-29 Emergency Maintenance - 28 May

Email service has been restored after an earlier problem. Subsequent system software updates have been completed. All systems are normal again.

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27May2024

City of Cape Town Power Maintenance – 1 June

City of Cape Town Power Maintenance - 1 June

The City of Cape Town will be conducting major power infrastructure upgrades on Saturday 1 June. The Xneelo data centre in Cape Town will revert to generator power for the duration of the maintenance.

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26May2024

Dallas Data Centre Outage – 26 May

Dallas Data Centre Outage - 26 May

The Dallas Data Centre experienced a power outage following a major storm. Initial reports are that battery and generator backup systems kicked in as expected, but then got overloaded leading to a complete shutdown. Carrier-1 is a top-tier data centre, and we know that they will investigate and fix the weaknesses in backup power systems.

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20May2024

City of Cape Town Power Maintenance – 25 May

City of Cape Town Power Maintenance - 25 May

The City of Cape Town will be conducting major power infrastructure upgrades on Saturday 25 May. The Xneelo data centre in Cape Town will revert to generator power for the duration of the maintenance.

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14May2024

Server W-29 Emergency Maintenance – 14 May

Server W-29 Emergency Maintenance - 14 May

The server is back online after emergency maintenance. We had to go offline to fix things after a scheduled cPanel upgrade went wrong.

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