On 7/6/06, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I don't generate my own electricity or purify my own > water; I leave that to professionals who understand how to engineer > facilities that deliver 99.9999% of the time. Name one. :)
Water, electricity and telephones. Internet providers, on the other hand, are working at four nines at best.
My T1 has been on 100% of the time since I got it four or five years ago. The local power company, on the other hand, blips on us every 3 to 6 months with nary an excuse or logical reason.
Blips happen. Electrical distribution is a lot harder than it looks. Otoh, I've hardly ever had the UPSes run completely down before the power comes back on.
The trick is to find that place who really can deliver five 9s. I've used two different hosting companies, big names, folks you would think have figured it all out, and I've had entire days of being down. I'm a little nervous of trying out yet another company....
I'm considering picking a provider with a good rep, and looking for a backup MX service, like those offered by DynDNS. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
