If aliens attacked, they would probably cover up all the clouds with their war ships. So, doubt if replication would work, unless it's a basement private cloud. :)
K. --- http://blitz.io http://twitter.com/pcapr On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 4:21 PM, Brandon Wirtz <[email protected]> wrote: > I was hoping to get some Googler to reply so I could quote them in an > article that said “Google says GAE Engineered to Survive Attacks By Aliens” > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alfred Fuller > Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 1:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [google-appengine] Re: Massive EC2 outage > > > > Ya, I would worry more about orbital to ground attacks, and even then they > would probably target high population areas, military bases or governing > bodies (or the power plants/facilities near these targets). In this case I > think the odds are more that users will lose the ability to access your site > from their end, rather then a high replication datastore issue. > > On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Geoffrey Spear <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Apr 25, 2:54 pm, "Brandon Wirtz" <[email protected]> wrote: >> If aliens attack and shut down all the communication satellites will High >> Replication protect us? > > Unless they take out lots of fiber optic cables as well, they won't > have much effect. Satellites introduce way too much latency. > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
