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System Status Update: DNS Error Issue | Zerigo DNS services
July 23rd, 2012 
Brad Canham Starting at around 06:00 AM CST, July 23, 2012 Dotcom-Monitor began to detect a higher than usual number of DNS-related errors. The errors were sporadic and happening in bursts every couple of hours.
We are still looking for a root cause, but we believe issue started with a DDoS on Zerigo DNS services. We have a large number of our clients using Zerigo for their DNS hosting. Zerigo took their servers down due to the DDoS DNS this morning.
Researching DNS issue reports
July 23rd, 2012 Brad Canham Dotcom-Monitor is researching internal and external systems for clarification regarding reported DNS and other issues. We will update with additional details today.
Website Server Speed Test – Impact of Traffic Loads on Euro Sites [Infographic]
July 18th, 2012 Dan Oksnevad Website Server Speed Test – As worldwide soccer fans went crazy about Euro 2012, the Dotcom-Monitor team took advantage of an opportunity to study how popular media site servers covering Euro 2012 behave when thousands of visitors converge on these websites. Dotcom-Monitor ran website server speed tests and monitored the most popular media site servers covering Euro 2012 from June 8 – June 15, which enabled us to validate how the performance of these media website servers changed and how well the tech teams had prepared for a surge in website traffic due to the Euro 2012 event.
How to use BrowserView Monitoring™ [Video]
July 16th, 2012 Dan Oksnevad The video below demonstrates how to quickly set-up a browser-driven monitoring task using the Dotcom-Monitor BrowserView Monitoring platform.
