[83936] in North American Network Operators' Group
Katrina: directNIC Stays Online - Blog + Images
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chris Gilbert)
Wed Aug 31 09:49:20 2005
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 15:47:43 +0200
From: Chris Gilbert <Chris@LainOS.org>
To: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <OF0F1D761A.B3CECAAD-ON8025706E.004837FC-8025706E.00490744@radianz.com>
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For those that don't know, directNIC as well as some other NOCs are
located together in a high-rise in New Orleans.
Despite everyone's warnings (including my own!) some tough-as-nails guys
from directNIC stayed behind to battle the hurricane and keep the
networks online.
[snip]
While the safety of our staff is paramount and most were safely
evacuated, a small group of key personnel stayed behind to safeguard our
data center and make sure that all of our services remained online and
stable. During this time, while we spent a great deal of effort battling
broken windows, incoming water, and flying debris, our hosting and
registration services remained online and worked flawlessly.
[/snip]
Link: http://www.directnic.com/katrina.php (Pictures too!)
It also mentions the power shortage, and that they are using diesel
generated power.
I remember a week or two ago people were talking about building
redundant datacenters, off-grid power, failure mitigation, etc.
I think if nothing else, this is at least a success story of building a
NOC which can provide critical infrastructure that will survive major
disasters.
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Regards,
Chris Gilbert
