Thursday 16 July 2009
By flyou on Thursday 16 July 2009, 00:35 - alert
We are current experiencing an issue with the Gandi Blogs database.
Technical teams are currently working to solve the issue.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.
EDIT : Problem was fixed at 01:47 AM CET
Monday 13 July 2009
By flyou on Monday 13 July 2009, 12:02 - alert
We are current experiencing an issue with the Gandi Blogs infrastructure.
We are currently working to resolve the problem.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.
Update: database problem fixed
Thursday 9 July 2009
By Leland Vandervort on Thursday 9 July 2009, 17:54 - Maintenance
As a result of a temporary issue on a piece of network equipment, a small portion of our hosting customers may have experienced a brief disruption to the public network connectivity for their servers. This was purely a routing issue for a few minutes. There will have been no impact to the storage network as this issue only affected the public IP LAN for some of the servers.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Tuesday 7 July 2009
By Nicolas on Tuesday 7 July 2009, 17:07 - Hosting
The success of the
"Your server for free this summer!" operation is such that we have decided to have another promotion, which will be an extension of the previous one.
The first 1,000 free servers were given out in less than one week! Given the number of requests that we have received, we have even opened 102 accounts in addition to what was planned. Only here is the problem: there are many of you on the waiting list and at Gandi, and we want to be able to please as many as possible
The new promotion will therefore begin today. We are once more offering
1,000 free servers though this time, for only
one month.
The promotion remains, of course, without any purchase necessary, and you are free to keep your server by adding hosting resources to your account, or to let them expire.
The promotion that allows you to benefit from 2 free months by exchanging your monthly shares with fixed annual shares remains valid until August 31st 2009. For this, as a reminder, you just need to go to your "resource management" page, choose the number of annual shares that you want, and pay for your order. Once the shares have been added to your account, you can then remove the monthly shares that you no longer need. You will then be refunded for the time that remaining in the billing cycle for those shares.
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Monday 6 July 2009
By loic on Monday 6 July 2009, 12:12 - asia
DotAsia, the registry in charge of .ASIA domains, is offering a nice 2GB USB key for every .ASIA registration!
The registry will send the gadget directly to the owner's address. We remind you that we provide the compulsory CED contact for the Asia zone automatically and for free, thus making this extension available to all at Gandi.
This offer is valid from today the 6th of July, until October the 6th, for all new .ASIA domain name creations, from 2 to 10 years.
As we found this to be an interesting idea, we have decided to reduce by 10% the price for the creation of a .ASIA from the second year.
for example: over 2 years, a .ASIA will cost you $45/£22.5 excl.VAT, instead of the usual $50/£25 excl.VAT.
You can check the .ASIA price list on this page :
https://www.gandi.net/domain/price/detail/asia/
And the .ASIA information page :
https://www.gandi.net/domain/asia/info
Thursday 2 July 2009
By Nicolas on Thursday 2 July 2009, 19:12 - Maintenance
Dear Customers,
As some of you may have noticed, we experienced a power outage from 11:30 AM to 3:30 PM (CET) today.
We apologise for the inconvenience caused.
The company which manages the datacenter, that houses one of our server rooms performed maintenance this morning on some of their electrical equipment. Unfortunately, a human error by the provider undertaking the maintenance led to a total blackout of the datacenter for several minutes. The outage impacted many major companies on the internet (Dailymotion, Skyblog, Pixmania, etc.), as well as a portion of our customers.
Our system automatically transfers data to another server room in the event of a problem and it was working normally until the threshold was reached too quickly. There are several reasons for this: a massive outage on a scale seldom seen, combined with our choice to build-up the other server locations gradually rather than all at once, a server rebooting process that still requires perfecting and the success of our free server operation...in short, a chain of events caused this outage for some of you.
It goes without saying that we will examine what we could have been done at our end to prevent this, for example, a quicker building up of the other server locations (the hosting operation helps this enormously), and the continued optimization of the rebooting script (in the event that the electricity gods or the datacenter's subcontractor are still out to get us).
Additionally, we will ensure we refund you for today, and are at your disposal for any additional requests you may have. We will be adding one day to the expiration date for all of the affected hosting resources throughout the day.
Please accept our sincere apologies for this inconvenience. We are working to ensure that our infrastructure is built-up in a way which assures good performance and excellent management, so that ALL of you can benefit from our technology.
Technical note: In the event of a Gandi AI server, if your server responds but one of your services (web, ftp, etc.) is not working correctly, you can fix this by simply stopping and starting your server from Gandi's website. In the event that you have an expert server, we recommend that you activate your account's emergency console and execute a fsck command on your disks.
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By Ryan on Thursday 2 July 2009, 11:39 - alert
A part of our hosting platform has been impacted by a total power outage in one of our data centers. We are currently working on the problem so that the situation can return to normal ASAP.
We will, of course, provide you with additional information on this incident once we have reestablished the service.
12:20 UPDATE: the power outage is over in datacenter 1. The servers are all restarting automatically, though it will take about half an hour for all of the affected servers to be rebooted, given the large number involved.
13:20 UPDATE: it will finaly take more time for some customer as the hosting backend is highly stressed. We will check that all servers will be back up at the end of the process.
15:30 UPDATE : the servers have now all been rebooted, however, some remain that need an fsck check. We are taking care of that.
Wednesday 1 July 2009
By Ryan on Wednesday 1 July 2009, 14:21 - eu
Following a promotion at the registry. We will be offering .EU domain creations for €4 excl. VAT instead of €12 excl. VAT. This sale will last until August 31st and does not concern renewals or transfers.
By Ryan on Wednesday 1 July 2009, 14:20 - us
Following a promotion at the registry. We will be offering .US domain creations for €4 excl. VAT instead of €12 excl. VAT. This sale will last until July 31st and does not concern renewals or transfers.
By Ryan on Wednesday 1 July 2009, 14:20 - info
Following a promotion at the registry. We will be offering .INFO domain creations for €4 excl. VAT instead of €12 excl. VAT. This sale will last until August 31st and does not concern renewals or transfers.
By Ryan on Wednesday 1 July 2009, 14:19 - in
Following a promotion at the registry. We will be offering .IN domain creations for €8 excl. VAT instead of €16 excl. VAT. This sale will last until September 30th and does not concern renewals or transfers.
By Leland Vandervort on Wednesday 1 July 2009, 13:53 - Maintenance
We are performing some minor maintenance on the access and distribution layers of the Gandi Network. During this time, users may experience slight interruptions of connectivity for the hosting services, but these should last only at most a minute or so for the network to restabilise.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
Update: This maintenance is now completed. (15:15 CEST)
By Ryan on Wednesday 1 July 2009, 12:27 - Hosting
Summer has come and this has put us in the mood to make you happy...
Continue reading...
Tuesday 30 June 2009
By Ryan on Tuesday 30 June 2009, 16:11 - Maintenance
Following a minor incident on the GandiMail platform, 27% of the email mailboxes have be experiencing late delivery (5h maximum). No emails will be lost.
update 05h15 : the delay on the mail delivery is now resorbed.
Please accept our apologies for any inconvience this may have caused.
Friday 26 June 2009
By Wendy on Friday 26 June 2009, 00:01 - Gandi
In 2010, the geography of the Internet is set to expand significantly, as ICANN will liberalise the market for domain name extensions. Gandi have commissioned a report from The FutureLab to see how consumers and businesses view this change.
More about the liberalisation process
Is this a squatting opportunity or a branding opportunity?
2/3 of businesses don't realise domain extensions are being liberalised next year. But those businesses that do know about this (like Deloitte) are excited about the opportunities in the areas of global branding. However corporates are also concerned that brand protection mechanisms need to be in place at the new registries, a view that has been raised by Microsoft.
More about the impact on businesses. Inc video interview with COO Gandi.net
Will the net become full of pointless domains?
Many consumers are confused about what liberalisation means and are concerned by the rise of squatting, phishing and advertising clogging up the domain space. However they do feel a real connection with localised domain names, e.g. .london, .paris. nyc, etc., and communities they are interested in, e.g. .music, .movie, .sport. There is also a growing Generation Y group interested in self publishing and being associated with certain brand names like .facebook, .myspace, .moonfruit.
More about the impact on consumers. Inc video interview with Marketing Director Gandi.net
Will this mean the end of 'Dot Com'?
Will 'Dot Com' decline with the advent of new geographical, brand and interest group based extensions. Or will this give Dot Com a chance to clean up its act and reclaim its prime real estate from pay per click ads, squatters and unresolved web addresses.
More about the evolving landscape
The evolving landscape of the internet following liberalisation
Why did Gandi commission this independent report
At Gandi we feel strongly about the future of the internet. We commissioned this report because we want to keep the domain space free for consumer and commercial use. We think this is an important enough issue that people need to understand the impact on them as consumers and businesses. How do you want these new domain territories to be governed? and are there lessons to be learned from how we've used our existing domain space? More about the report
Download the report in full
To comment on this come to our special report pages
Thursday 25 June 2009
By Ryan on Thursday 25 June 2009, 15:14 - jp
Hello,
As a somewhat different choice, we have gone outside Europe and chosen to launch an Asian extension. You can now register and manage .JP domain names (the official ccTLD of Japan) at Gandi.
The extension is usually reserved for the Japanese, though we can provide you with a local contact for free that will let you register it, even if you are not in Japan.
.JP domains may be registered for €72 excl. VAT under A rates. Please note that we do not yet manage the transfer of .JP domains automatically.
You may see the .JP information page here:
https://www.gandi.net/domain/jp/info
The complete .JP price list can be found at:
https://www.gandi.net/domaine/prix/detail/jp/
By Ryan on Thursday 25 June 2009, 11:12 - uk
Hello,
Today we have added the possibility of registering domain names in .me.uk, which is the UK extension that is designed for individuals. The extension nonetheless remains open to all. It may be registered for a minimum of 2 years at a rate of €6 under A rates.
You may see the .ME.UK information page here:
https://www.gandi.net/domain/me.uk/info
The complete .ME.UK price list can be found at:
https://www.gandi.net/domaine/prix/detail/nl/
Tuesday 23 June 2009
By Ryan on Tuesday 23 June 2009, 09:52 - alert
An incident has occurred with on Gandi SiteMaker platform which has rendered your websites offline. We will keep you informed of the situation as soon as the problem has been identified. Please accept our apologies for any problem this may have caused.
10:38 => incident fixed.
11:00 => Following the network outage and subsequent impact on the SiteMaker service, we need to perform some emergency maintenance to bring the file system back up. It should take about an hour, in the meantime, there will be a maintenance page showing.
13:00 => Maintenance done
Friday 19 June 2009
By Leland Vandervort on Friday 19 June 2009, 17:04 - Gandi
As a long-time registrar, we are aware of the importance of keeping up
with the internet, as well as trying to be at the forefront of changing
technologies as we have done for the past four years. Now it's time to
do the same with IPv6!
Continue reading...
Monday 8 June 2009
By Ryan on Monday 8 June 2009, 10:41 - Maintenance
Hello,
Due to a problem with the fiber optic network at our headquarters, the customer service department is unavailable until further notice. Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.
UPDATEThe support team once more has access to all of its tools, though has a large backlog to recover. We are doing everything possible to return to an acceptable quality of service.
Saturday 6 June 2009
By aegiap on Saturday 6 June 2009, 11:15 - Maintenance
Due to a network equipment failure, some virtual machines are now unreachable. Our staff is currently working on fixing this issue.
We apologise for any inconvenience.
12:15 AM : All maintenance are completed.
Friday 5 June 2009
By Ryan on Friday 5 June 2009, 14:51 - eu
Over the past few months, hopefully you will have noticed that we have been offering you an increasing number of European extensions. This is our current mission, and I can assure you that it sometimes borders on epic proportions!
This is so that we do not forget that are are part of a larger union, Europe, and that all of us have an important role to play this weekend: vote!
Continue reading...
Thursday 4 June 2009
By Leland Vandervort on Thursday 4 June 2009, 08:18 - Maintenance
We will be performing upgrades to our optical network infrastructure during the nights of 4-5 and 5-6 June 2009 to install new optical mulitplexers. During this activity, customers may experience several short periods of interruption to Gandi services lasting approximately five minutes each. The work, however, will be performed in a staged manner to minimise the impact on service.
This work will further optimise our network infrastructure as well as providing additional capacity for growth in the coming months and years so that we can endeavour to provide the highest quality service for our customers.
We apologise in advance for any inconvenience that this work may cause.
Update: 6/6/09 07h00: These upgrades have been successfully completed.
Wednesday 3 June 2009
By Joe on Wednesday 3 June 2009, 13:58 - tel
Two months after the launch of the .TEL extension (March 24th 2009), the registry Telnic, has announced that over 200,000 .TEL domains have been registered.
Continue reading...
By Ryan on Wednesday 3 June 2009, 12:17 - nl
Today, we are pleased to announce that we will be releasing .NL domain names. The official extension of the Netherlands is the 3
rd largest country-specific extension in Europe (after .de and .co.uk), and the 4
th largest in the world (with .cn in first place, with over 3 million active domain names).
It is available for registration to everyone at Gandi, because if you do not have a local contact for the administrative contact of the domain, we will automatically provide you with one for free.
See the .NL information page:
https://www.gandi.net/domaine/nl/info
The extension is sold at €6 excl. vat for E rates, €12 excl. vat for A rates.
See the price list:
https://www.gandi.net/domaine/prix/detail/nl/
Note that for .nl transfers, you need to accompany your order with the faxing of a signed document to the registry.
