Linden Lab not having a good time - nor are the users
Things settled down considerably after this-morning's breakage on the Second Life grid, but apparently it was too good to last.
Statistical data feeds went dark at 4:40PM SLT (US Pacific) today, and at approximately the same time DNS problems screwed up logins, teleports, region crossings, and actually just about everything crossing simulator boundaries. Linden Lab's ops team is trying to get everything fixed, but everything DNS-related has some settling lead-time.
There's supposed to be an hour's worth of downtime for the land auction system for maintenance at 8:00PM SLT - unless everyone involved with that is busy running around and screaming about the current problems.
All in all, the last two weeks have represented an unusually rocky run for Second Life. Stability hasn't been this poor in a very, very long time, and we're starting to wonder just when we can look forward to some improvement.
On the plus side, communication from Linden Lab has improved considerably since Monday morning. Maybe all the communicators were out for the weekend.
[Update: 6:10PM SLT - Things seem to be settling down a little, though 25,000 users were dropped in the process]
