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Re:Fire declared in OVH SBG2 datacentre building by zelly on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @02:53AM (#26408899)
Yup, I've never heard of a fire taking out a Big Cloud DC. They actually know what they're doing and don't put server racks in shipping containers stacked on top of each other. If you want quality in life, sometimes you have to pay for it.

Personally I'll continue to use these third world cloud providers. But I like to live on the edge.

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Re:Fire declared in OVH SBG2 datacentre building by zelly on Wednesday March 10, 2021 @09:57PM (#26419668)
> Apple fire

Their solar panels on the roof caught on fire. Presumably there was no actual disruption in service computing-wise.

> Google fire

2006, still a young company at that point. Also this was way before GCP where they were responsible for other people's services.

> AWS fire

Data center caught on fire while it was under construction. Drunk construction workers messed up, not AWS. Presumably no computers were even inside yet. This is completely different from OVH completely burning down while all their customers' data went up in flames.

If these are the best examples of Big Cloud messing up, this is quite the endorsement.

It's funny how the OVH CEO tells everyone to go activate their DRPs while the company didn't have enough foresight to install fire suppression systems.

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Re:Fire declared in OVH SBG2 datacentre building by jiofih on Thursday March 11, 2021 @12:14PM (#26426402)
These are just the first examples I could find. Fires account for 20%+ of all DC outages in the industry. But taking the time to find a reason to invalidate each one, it seems like you have your mind set.
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