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Re:Wildfire threatening the power grid that supplies San Fra... by sliverstorm on Saturday August 24, 2013 @01:48PM (#6269256)
This sort of thing is EXACTLY WHY both Google and Amazon have datacenters all over the world.
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Re:Wildfire threatening the power grid that supplies San Fra... by tomjen3 on Saturday August 24, 2013 @08:22PM (#6270349)
Sure, except us west is only in NC and many businesses aren't likely to shift availability zones.
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Re:Wildfire threatening the power grid that supplies San Fra... by sliverstorm on Saturday August 24, 2013 @08:57PM (#6270433)
If you host a site that needs five nines or whatever in only one availability zone, it's your own darn fault.
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