well one would think that they could at least get power redundancy right...
On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 1:07 AM, Roy <[email protected]> wrote: > On 6/29/2012 10:38 PM, jamie rishaw wrote: > >> you know what's happening even more? >> >> ..Amazon not learning their lesson. >> >> they just had an outage quite similar.. they "performed a full audit" on >> electrical systems worldwide, according to the rfo/post mortem. >> >> looks like they need to perform a "full and we mean it" audit, and like >> I've been doing/participating in at dot coms for a decade plus: Actually >> Do >> Regular Load tests.. >> >> Related/equally to blame: companies that rely heavily on one aws zone, or >> arguably "one cloud" (period), are asking for it. >> >> Please stop these crappy practices, people. Do real world DR testing. >> Play "What If This City Dropped Off The Map" games, because tonight, >> parts >> of VA infact did. >> >> ... >> > > I am not a computer science guy but been around a long time. Data centers > and clouds are like software. Once they reach a certain size, its > impossible to keep the bugs out. You can test and test your heart out and > something will slip by. You can say the same thing about nuclear reactors, > Apollo moon missions, the NorthEast power grid, and most other technology > disasters. > > > >
