As people have probably noticed, we have been having some sporadic downtime and connection instability off and on for a month, and more so this week.
The long-term issues have been because of a large-scale consistent DDoS on the primary upstream provider that is used for the data center, and is not related to our server, the data center or any other customers at the data center. This has especially affected international players, as the node attacked is primarily used for international routes. Even when the routing has been changed, there are often still issues because of how large the attack is and how it affects the performance of the upstream provider.
On top of the DDoS affecting the upstream provider, there has also been a (smaller) attack targeted specifically at servers in the data center, and the data center itself. As of this morning, the attack had eaten through around 83TB of bandwidth. To help remedy this, another line was added as well as additional DDoS protection which they have been fine tuning.
Because of the connection issues at this data center, Stealth and I have talked and we will be looking to move to one of the new data centers that he has been working on getting set up within a month (or possibly two). This means we will get shiny new upgraded servers, and we will also be making some infrastructure changes.
The long-term issues have been because of a large-scale consistent DDoS on the primary upstream provider that is used for the data center, and is not related to our server, the data center or any other customers at the data center. This has especially affected international players, as the node attacked is primarily used for international routes. Even when the routing has been changed, there are often still issues because of how large the attack is and how it affects the performance of the upstream provider.
On top of the DDoS affecting the upstream provider, there has also been a (smaller) attack targeted specifically at servers in the data center, and the data center itself. As of this morning, the attack had eaten through around 83TB of bandwidth. To help remedy this, another line was added as well as additional DDoS protection which they have been fine tuning.
Because of the connection issues at this data center, Stealth and I have talked and we will be looking to move to one of the new data centers that he has been working on getting set up within a month (or possibly two). This means we will get shiny new upgraded servers, and we will also be making some infrastructure changes.
