[154268] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: FYI Netflix is down
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roy)
Sat Jun 30 11:42:24 2012
Date: Sat, 30 Jun 2012 08:41:49 -0700
From: Roy <r.engehausen@gmail.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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On 6/30/2012 12:11 AM, Tyler Haske wrote:
>> 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. :/
> .
>
It doesn't change my theory. You add that complexity, something happens
and the failover routing doesn't work as planned. Been there, done
that, have the T-shirt.
