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Re:AWS Says It Can't Restore Some Data from Mideast Faciliti... by cyberax on Thursday September 17, 2026 @01:36PM (#49744005)
Yes, normal S3 is at least triply-redundant. But it's possible for S3 to lose some data if two DCs are down and a disk dies in the single remaining DC.

AWS doesn't use parity for S3, they actually mirror the data.

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