Yep.. Distributed and redundant servers in several different locations is one better option. Phillips 66 refinery in Borger, Texas had back up systems and communications triplicated. Had their own cellular system as well to two way radio, long range cordless system and several techs get HAM licenses plus hosting repeaters. This was back in mid 90s...wonder if insurance going to cover Deltas losses?
On Aug 9, 2016 5:43 PM, "Mike Hammett" <[email protected]> wrote: > Cloud is grossly overrated. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions <http://www.ics-il.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/ICSIL> > <https://plus.google.com/+IntelligentComputingSolutionsDeKalb> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/intelligent-computing-solutions> > <https://twitter.com/ICSIL> > Midwest Internet Exchange <http://www.midwest-ix.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/mdwestix> > <https://www.linkedin.com/company/midwest-internet-exchange> > <https://twitter.com/mdwestix> > The Brothers WISP <http://www.thebrotherswisp.com/> > <https://www.facebook.com/thebrotherswisp> > > > <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXSdfxQv7SpoRQYNyLwntZg> > ------------------------------ > *From: *"Travis Johnson" <[email protected]> > *To: *[email protected] > *Sent: *Tuesday, August 9, 2016 6:32:11 PM > *Subject: *Re: [AFMUG] OT Delta failure > > They keep all their servers in the same central location?? You would think > someone the size of Delta would know better. They should look into this new > thing called "the cloud"... I've heard it's an up-and-coming new technology > that might really help them. LOL > > Travis > > > On 8/9/2016 5:18 PM, Chuck McCown wrote: > > “According to the flight captain of JFK-SLC this morning, a routine > scheduled switch to the backup generator this morning at 2:30am caused a > fire that destroyed both the backup and the primary. Firefighters took a > while to extinguish the fire. Power is now back up and 400 out of the 500 > servers rebooted, still waiting for the last 100 to have the whole system > fully functional” > > Many running on XP I am told. “Server has been up for 6.3 years, never > reboot this server...” > > > >
