Unforeseen twin shutdown knocks out Twitter service
In an unexpected turn of events, Twitter experienced a two-hour outage on a specified date, marking a noteworthy incident in the world of social media. The outage was caused by a simultaneous failure of two parallel data center systems, a situation that Mazen Rawashdeh, VP of engineering, described as an 'infrastructural double-whammy.'
The outage commenced at approximately 4:30 PM UK time. Instead of the familiar 'fail whale' image, visitors to Twitter.com encountered an error message reading, 'Twitter is currently down for maintenance. We expect to be back in a few moments.'
Rawashdeh went on to explain that the June outage was attributed to a 'cascading bug', a type of bug whose effect is not confined to a particular software element but rather cascades into other elements. This bug caused the two data centers to collapse simultaneously, a situation that is unusual given that the data centers are designed to be redundant, with one system taking over when another fails.
In response to the incident, Twitter is investing aggressively in its systems to avoid a similar situation in the future. Rawashdeh emphasised this commitment, stating that the company is investing heavily to prevent such outages from recurring. The exact data centers and their operating company cannot be determined from the provided information, as the two specific data centers that collapsed the previous day are not explicitly identified by name in the search results.
The June outage was noteworthy due to the involvement of a 'cascading bug', a rare occurrence in Twitter's history. The outage lasted for nearly two hours, causing a brief disruption in the flow of information on the popular social media platform. Despite this, Twitter's team is working diligently to ensure that such incidents do not occur in the future.
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