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Re:S3 was down by scott_karana on Thursday September 14, 2017 @07:58PM (#15253484)
S3 is only three nines, and EC2 is 99.95%.

That's almost certainly lower than combining reputable VPS providers geo-redundantly, and likely a much higher cost for the "convenience".

And it's not just for geeky pride. You learn the most when things break. Far too many funded startups run poorly architected apps in a single AWS EZ, unlike GP.

https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/sla/

https://aws.amazon.com/s3/sla/

Re:S3 was down by killbrad on Saturday September 16, 2017 @12:24AM (#15262861)
What is EZ and GP?
Re:S3 was down by scott_karana on Saturday September 16, 2017 @01:20PM (#15265548)
I meant to type "AZ", availability zone.

GP is "grandparent", the poster who started the line of discussion. (mrb)