DRF down?
 

I haven't been able to access DRF for the last twelve hours.

Any other problems out there?

Yeah, I could not get them this morning.

Typical.

Same here. Seems like a telling sign that will save me :$: today.

Daily Racing Form ‏@DRFInsidePost 2h
We are experiencing technical difficulties with http://drf.com . Our team is working to address the issue & we'll keep you informed.

Daily Racing Form ‏@DRFInsidePost 1h
A power issue at DRF data center blew core switches on our servers. IT team has been working through night to fix. Stay tuned, and thanks.

Daily Racing Form ‏@DRFInsidePost 1h
Our IT staff is still working to address issues. Thanks for your patience. We'll alert you as soon as http://drf.com is back online.

It's not as bad as what happened at Emory University.

This is beyond embarrassing. It's been down since 7:00 PM last night.

Just tried to access the site a few minutes ago, still down. Got a standard 404 error.

yes wtf..

http://live.drf.com/

Apparently it was a massive power outage at their data center.
That is not a good excuse. A data center shouldn't be without a transfer switch and backup power.

And then the knuckle heads refer us to another address that won't load!

Hmm, live.drf.com isn't loading right now.

The servers that run live.drf.com are having some trouble. This is usually just a temporary problem, so you might want to try again in a few minutes.

wonderful message I get:

404
This page just SCRATCHED!
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its URL changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

Latest tweet says they don't expect it to be up before tomorrow.

Thats pretty amazing for a company such as theirs.

Chinese hackers?

Really? How about the way Forumlator crashed before the Derby.

They should hire the Obamacare website team--even they weren't this incompetent.

Seriously??

DRF = KODAK

Dominate a business then become obsolete. :zz:

Most major hosting companies have generator backups and a quick power outage shouldn't be an issue. However, if the actual equipment/server was damaged and they chose to move to another server location it could take up to 24hrs for the ip address to propagate.

This outage will effect the print edition of the DRF, expect delays.

How in the hell can this possibly occur in this day and age? Is it 1995 or something? You have no redundancy whatsoever? NONE??!!! No backup server farm? No tertiary cloud? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING??!! Wow. And these hacks have your credit card data...

Beyond bush league by leaps and bounds - Simply incomprehensible.

Brightside - we'll get two free formulators after the the GP P6 is over.... LOL

Not trying to pick on DRF but the timing couldn't be worse. First the printing issue for the Derby, another printing issue since, and now total access failure that threatens the Gulfstream Pick-6 depending on when they get it working again.

Horrible luck and some contingency planning shortfalls to be sure.

Could this be related to the flooding that hit lower Manhattan 5/1?
 

LOLOLOLOLOL

Hurricane Sandy, dude?! Really??!!

WHY ARE THE ONLY SERVERS IN THE DRF WORLD GETTING FLOODED WHEN THERE ARE BILLIONS OF OTHER SERVERS AVAILABLE THAT ARE NOT GETTING FLOODED? WHY IS THERE NO REDUNDANCY? IT LITERALLY COSTS PENNIES A DAY FOR THIS NOT TO HAPPEN.

NO EXCUSE, "WALT"

It does seem a little strange, but I was using Sandy as a reference point and what happened to the Montauge tunnel that is still being rebuilt.

NYC got 5-6" of rain the Tuesday and Wednesday before the Derby and that part of Manhattan as I remember is prone to flooding. That doesn't excuse DRF for not having a backup server for situations like this, but if they did get wires corroded by damage from the earlier rain, it's possible this created a huge power failure that caused the entire system to be corrupted.

Hmmm...Lower Manhattan, Wall Street, a center of world markets. They seem to be humming along without a hitch. DRF--screwed for the second time in 3 weeks.

Why are we making excuses for these imbeciles? They obviously have not made any significant investment in redundancy. Just call it like it is.

I think the Blizzard of '96 really hampered their infrastructure. They simply haven't been able to recover.

I would not be surprised in the least to find out they've suffered a catastrophic data breach and have no way of recovering from it. This makes no sense at all. We'll find out tomorrow when it's still down and their excuse has to change again.

don't mess with timeform.....don't ask them "what are YOU gonna do about it?" "they ain't playin!" as they say on the streets.

I was warned by DRF there could be delays in the print edition for Friday.

DRF was somehow able to hit the streets with a timely print edition for us in SoCal.

It sure appears the issue with PPs and internet content is taking a backseat to the immediate concern of the printed page. Hopefully everything returns to normal soon and everybody can get back to their equine routine.

i think the problems started when they moved from DC to AC power..darn you nikola tesla!!

seriously, tho...hope they get it fixed by monday. i plan to buy the card online and play gp.
plan that is....

They are giving away free PPs for today and Friday.

http://pp.drf.com/freePPs.jsp

I got the email and went to the site, neither work, lol, unless traffic is too heavy. Whats the point for free PPs for today when the East coast is half over.

Edit, now its working.

I just went to the free PPs site and had no problems downloading ALL the PPs for today and tomorrow.

Part of lower Manhattan they are in (TriBeCa) I believe is quite vulnerable to flooding as their data offices are near the Hudson River. That area has flooded numerous times in weather like what they got during Derby week.

So what? WHERE IS THE OFF-SITE REDUNDANCY?

No excuses there, they needed that, and Derby week (and Sandy before that) should have taught them that lesson!!

Of all the things to put in an area that's notoriously known for flooding, A data center should not be one of them. High rent and high insurance to boot. I expect a increase in the form prices soon.

Has anyone seen or heard an update from them? Free PP's are swell, but was really hoping to know if we can expect Formulator to be operational by Monday ( realizing of course there is not a chance, but would like to know officially)

Two and a half days now--beyond embarrassing.

There is no way possible that this is simply a "power" or "infrastructure" issue. I'm getting the feeling it will be more like weeks, not days.