On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 03:15:07AM -0400, Andrew D Kirch wrote:
On 6/30/2012 3:11 AM, Tyler Haske wrote:
How to run a datacenter 101. Have more then one location, preferably far apart. It being Amazon I would expect more. :/
Amazon has many datacenters and tries to make it easy to diversify.
Based on? Clouds are nothing more than outsourced responsibility. My business has stopped while my IT department explains to me that it's not their fault because Amazon's down <snip>
It *is* their fault. You can blame faulty manufacturing for having a HDD die, but it's IT's fault if it takes out the only copy of your database. AWS 101: Amazon has clearly-marked "Availablity Zones" for a reason. Oh, and business 101: have an exit strategy for every vendor. This outage is mighty interesting. It's surprising how many big operations had poor availability strategies. Also, I've been working on an exit strategy for one of my VM/colo providers, and AWS + colo in NoVa is one of my options.
The cloud may be a technological wonder, but as far as business practices go, it's a DISASTER.
I wouldn't say so. Like any disruptive service, you're getting an acceptably lower-quality product for significantly less money. And like most disruptors, it operates by different rules than the old stuff. Regards, Aaron _______________________________________________ FoRK mailing list http://xent.com/mailman/listinfo/fork