On Sun, 7 Dec 2008, Lisa Muir wrote:
> Or actually host in a datacenter.... power outage?? I'm unaware of any
> datacenter here which doesn't have both battery UPS backup and
> generator backup on automatic standby.
>> Anyone having power outage "again" is hosting from their bedrrom or
> sitting room, or have their heads in the "clouds" ;-)
I've seen "proper datacenters" with both UPS and generator loose power
on more than one occasion. All the redundancy in the world is still
subject to operator error.
-Ronan
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