Gmail Goes Down, Google Apologizes

If you are a frequent Gmail user, Tuesday was likely a frustrating day for you. Due to a maintenance mishap, Gmail was down for more than an hour. Google says that the outage affected just about everyone — including individuals and businesses who pay for a premium version of Gmail.
During a routine maintenance, Google took some of their servers offline. However, when they did that, they underestimated the stress that act would have on their other servers. The result was a giant headache for everyone involved.
Google apologized for the Gmail outage and says that they have taken steps to make …read more