Dependence on social networks is considered one of the most serious “cyber diseases”. Every day, tens of millions of users around the globe visit their personal accounts, chatting with friends, discussing the latest events in the world. Social networks have entered our lives so tightly that it already seems unusual to spend a day without looking at least for a second. According to statistics, about 30% of the population uses the VKontakte social network in Russia daily.
Therefore, it can be argued that human life without social networks is impossible. Many may deny this, but they will never agree to an experiment in which they will be isolated from communication on the Internet. Although this happens involuntarily for a reason beyond the control of people - VKontakte stops working. This can happen for various reasons, but it always provokes a violent reaction from the audience of a social network. So, let’s try to figure out why VK doesn’t work.
How is VK arranged?
For many, this social network is just a means of communication, and they rarely thought about the principles of its work. Nevertheless, it should be given to developers, because the project works quite stably, despite the huge number of requests (about 200 billion a day). VKontakte servers are located in four data centers in Moscow and St. Petersburg, and their number is estimated at about ten thousand, and there is a huge load on everything.
An interesting fact is that about 10 hard drives that store user information are out of order every day, but thanks to the data duplication system, losses can be avoided. Sometimes it happens that the VK page does not work for the reason that information about it was stored on the disk that turned out to be damaged. However, after the specialists of the data center replace it, performance is restored.
Reasons for unavailability of VK
There can be several reasons for why VK does not work. Due to the sustainability of the project, they are mainly associated with problems for the user himself - this happens more often than system failures. For example, there was a disconnection. You can diagnose this by trying to download any other website. In this case, you need to find out the reason for the suspension of access to the Internet. It happens that VK doesn’t work now because the site itself has been added to the black database for the filter. As a rule, this happens at workplaces and in institutions, as the employer deliberately prohibits workers from accessing sites that may distract him from his affairs. Sometimes it happens that everything is in order, but the site still does not load. If in this case “VK” does not work, what should I do? To find out the true reason, just visit other social networks. The failure of VKontakte is such a “momentous” event that news of this spreads extremely quickly. In this case, it remains only to wait.
Inaccessibility of individual services
It happens that, for example, video recording or music in VK does not work. This is due to a loss of communication with servers that contain this type of content. So, in the fall of 2014, many users had problems playing most of the audio recordings. Many believed that this was due to a statement by the leadership on the fight against piracy. However, this turned out to be only an assumption. The true reason was that in the Moscow data center, media were replaced that contained audio and video content. As a rule, for this reason, one or another section of the VK is not available.
Pausing peripheral programs
Many people install special add-ons for VKontakte, which provide more opportunities for using a social network - plugins. Very popular are various video and audio downloaders and browser add-ons that allow you to communicate in the mode of viewing sites. It often happens that VK Saver does not work. What to do in this case? Tip number one is to reinstall the add-on. There are errors in the system that block the program, which can be fixed by reinstalling the component.
It may also be a version update when the old one becomes irrelevant. If after the procedures described above the plugin does not work, then it may be the browser. It should also be reinstalled, checking compatibility with Adobe Flash Player, the problems of which, by the way, may also be one of the reasons why the music in VK does not work. However, now there are many analogues of any programs, so if one does not work, then the other will work.
Stop VKontakte
There are always reasons for the inaccessibility of the social network, because malfunctions are tens of thousands of dollars lost for the company. Why doesn’t VK work? In most cases, this is due to loss of communication between servers and users' computers, namely, if this happens due to the company, the fault lies with the provider that provides communication services for VKontakte.
Sometimes there are problems with the leading servers responsible for the overall functioning of the system. Such problems are resolved quickly enough, because the state of the equipment is constantly monitored by specialists. There are also intentional shutdowns of servers in order to avoid more serious breakdowns. So, for example, in the summer of 2014, during the abnormal heat, several main social network servers were disconnected. In this case, whether VK will work depended on weather conditions.
Signs of inoperability "VKontakte"
When the social network is about to stop working, signals appear that indicate crashes. This is because a separate server is responsible for each segment of the system, and, basically, only one breaks down, and the rest continue to function for some more time. Attendants notice a malfunction, turn off all other servers, fix the breakdown and restart the devices. Rarely can problems be solved without turning off the power. For example, if you notice that messages or any other data are missing, it means that “VK” is not working, and now it will be turned off.
Mobile application "VK"
The VKontakte mobile application for various platforms can be considered one of the most popular programs in the Market. Every day millions of people use it, so stopping his work will also not go unnoticed. A separate group of servers is responsible for it, which has a connection with the main ones. Therefore, quite often it happens that the application does not work, and with the site version everything is in order. Nevertheless, such breakdowns have a local scale, therefore, if “VK” does not work, today its performance will be restored. Perhaps the problem is in the version of the program itself. To do this, it is recommended to update it from the official platform application store. Sometimes the speed of the Internet does not allow downloading data, in which case it is necessary to test on other sites. If they open well, and the data in the application does not load, it means that it does not work. You need to wait a bit and try to log in again. Usually, work is established within two to three hours.
What to do if you can’t log in to your VK account
If "VK" does not work, what to do in such a situation? First you need to make sure that you have a network connection on your computer, and if it’s ok, then try to access the site through the anonymizer, a special site that allows you to change your IP address and bypass the filter. If it turned out, then the problem is that the site has been added to the list of unwanted. To solve this problem, contact your network administrator or the person who installed the filter. If this does not help, then you should contact the official representative office of VKontakte on Twitter. There, the administration promptly publishes information about the inaccessibility of the site and the estimated time for recovery. Problems with the mobile application can be caused by the inaccessibility of its servers, which will also be reported on the official Twitter of the organization. In this case, you can try to access the social network through mobile browsers.
The biggest outages
Recently, the site has not stopped its work for a long time, and there have been few questions about why VK does not work. The last trip was recorded on January 24, 2015, approximately at 8 pm Moscow time. The largest in recent years can be considered a summer outage due to abnormal heat. Then VKontakte was turned off a little less than a day to give the technician a respite and create a small cooling system. Now the site crashes once or twice a month, but this has not always been the case. During the period of rapid development of the project, when the audience grew exponentially, VK turned off several times a day, after which a decision was made to expand the technical base.
Conclusion
So, we figured out why the VKontakte site is sometimes unavailable. Due to the fact that this is a very large system, it’s quite difficult to keep track of every little thing, so intermittent failures occur. Sometimes peripheral programs give them, for example, if VK Save does not work, but this is no longer related to the social network. However, if “VK” does not work, immediately in the service centers will be engaged in its adjustment and soon access will be restored. In any case, the inaccessibility of the project for many is a big disappointment, although this is wrong, because we have time to relax and do more important things, for example, walking and hobbies. As its creator, Pavel Durov advised, it is not necessary to allow virtual communication to replace real. Probably, his departure from the project is associated with a rethinking of some of the values ​​of life. As he stated in his last interview, what he created will sooner or later devour him.