Amazon Cloud Hit By Real Clouds, Knocking Out Popular Sites Like Netflix, Instagram

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 06:02 AM

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 07:01 AM

You would think with this type of investment and customer base there would be back-up generators designed to handle this type of issue. I know other server farms that have been built recently are up to speed with this technology in properly maintained and sizes units.

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 07:09 AM

No wonder I couldn't watch Downton Abbey S. 1 on Netflix last night. Good to know!

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 11:21 AM

Couldn't figure out why Hulu+ was working and not Netflix last night. Now I know.

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 01:17 PM

just another example of how dependent we are on electricity. it's only a matter of time before terrorists figure out how to take down our electric grid. it will total chaos.

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 03:31 PM

Looks like these companies donât believe in Backup Data Facilities (BDF).

I retired from a bank and we had a PROFESSIONAL IT shop. We even tested our ability to go to BDF every month.

So much of the robustness of cloud computing.

My particular cloud is a 1 terabyte Western Digital disk pluged into my router. Disk cost $99.95 at WalMart.

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 03:32 PM

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 06:14 PM

ok its about time to understand that is called government control and its not a power problem its a government problem and its about who will control what in the coming years and how much will go missing if yi know what i mean by missing?

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 06:15 PM

LOL, just because it's in a cloud, it does not mean they do not have to test data center power generators. This one will go down in the books as a classic example of poor testing methodology.

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 06:16 PM

LOL, just because it's in a cloud, it does not mean they do not have to test data center power generators. This one will go down in the books as a classic example of poor testing methodology.

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 06:33 PM

Reddit too??? site says: "emergency maintenance" what does that mean?

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Posted 30 June 2012 - 10:24 PM

One thing I don't think people realize is that power generators only work LOCALLY. The servers themselves probably didn't turn off (and lose data) but if the internet backbone itself lost power or was damaged, it would disrupt service. Some things are unavoidable.

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Posted 01 July 2012 - 02:15 AM

The whole concept of cloud computing is one that wouldn't permit problems that amazon has had. The problem for amazon and many other "cloud" companies is they have falsely marketed a service for years and apparently the people are cool with it.

There never should of been an east/west/north/south or whatever when it comes to a 'cloud' because your suppose to be utilizing the power and strength of multiple locations all at the same time.

But these companies all get what they pay for when problems like this arise and take them out. They sought the cheap way to host their platforms and have paid the price for it.

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Posted 01 July 2012 - 02:18 AM

ShawnDolen, on 30 June 2012 - 10:24 PM, said:

One thing that you probably don't understand is how the internet works. The internet is highly successful because even if one or two "backbones" would fail usually companies have several choices in the event of a problem.

I don't recall reading that the internet was out and amazons equipment was all up and ready to roll. I recall reading that amazon had another outage just like it's had many many many other times before.

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Posted 01 July 2012 - 03:08 AM

So, business down because you're on a cloud and own nothing? Well, I've been saying this ever since the term "cloud" was invented. Huh, didn't take long, eh?