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. How to run a datacenter 101. Have more then one location, preferably far apart. It being Amazon I would expect more. :/
On 6/30/12 12:11 AM, Tyler Haske wrote: there are 7 regions in ec2 three in north america two in asia one in europe and one in south america. us east coast, the one currently being impacted is further subdivided into 5 availability zones. us east 1d appears to be the only one currently being impacted. distributing your application is left as an exercise to the reader.