Amazon server meltdown knocks websites offlineMarch 1, 2017 - 16:20 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Several high-profile websites and services were knocked offline by a failure at one of Amazon's major US data centres, BBC News reports. Amazon Web Services (AWS) allows firms to rent cloud servers in order to host data on the internet without needing to invest in their own infrastructure. On Tuesday, February 28 sites such as Quora, a Q&A forum, and Trello, which helps people monitor productivity, went down. After several hours, Amazon said it had rectified the problem. It did not make public the reason behind the disruption. As well as sites that went down, other services, such as workplace collaboration tool Slack, also lost some key functionality. Specifically, it was AWS's S3 - which stands for Simple Storage Service - that was affected. To varying degrees it serves around 150,000 sites and services around the world, mostly in the US. AWS is used by some of the web's most recognisable and powerful names including Netflix, Spotify and Airbnb. While none of those services went offline on Tuesday, users did report performance issues and slowdown. US government services such as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) were also affected. Downtime is a critical issue for any cloud service. Amazon competes with Google, Microsoft and others for what is an increasingly lucrative line of business for the web giants. Top stories Yerevan will host the 2024 edition of the World Congress On Information Technology (WCIT). Rustam Badasyan said due to the lack of such regulation, the state budget is deprived of VAT revenues. Krisp’s smart noise suppression tech silences ambient sounds and isolates your voice for calls. Gurgen Khachatryan claimed that the "illegalities have been taking place in 2020." Partner news Most popular in the section | Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. Armenia, Russia discuss life extension of Metsamor nuclear plant Issues regarding the extension of life of the 2nd power unit of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant were discussed in Yerevan. Armenians stage more campaigns against territorial concessions to Azerbaijan Protesters blocked more roads across Armenia on Friday, April 26 in continuing attempts to scuttle territorial concessions to Azerbaijan. Czech-Armenian military cooperation discussed in Yerevan A delegation led by the Director General for the Industrial Cooperation Division of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic visited Armenia. |