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Originally posted by eek View PostDown the pub on Friday I was chatting to a mate who works elsewhere and I jokingly suggested that the next phase will be to move from outsourcing back to IAAS using amazon or someone else to provide the infrastructure.
Following a phone call this morning his IT Director wants to meet me to discuss my proposal.
All dev works in there but NO production or live data...
Anyone that has the guts to argue, just point out that EC2 had an outage in Ireland that took both sides of the storage zone down and lost data
Not quite up to full production yet.
Amazon's Cloud Crash Disaster Permanently Destroyed Many Customers' Data - Business Insider
I would consider looking into it as the DR solution though.Comment
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Originally posted by mos View PostI feel very uneasy making living that way ... but I agree that there is plenty of dough to be made.
Can well believe that .... what timing have they planned and who is to blame ?Comment
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostWell the answer to this is simple.
All dev works in there but NO production or live data...
Anyone that has the guts to argue, just point out that EC2 had an outage in Ireland that took both sides of the storage zone down and lost data
Not quite up to full production yet.
Amazon's Cloud Crash Disaster Permanently Destroyed Many Customers' Data - Business Insider
I would consider looking into it as the DR solution though.
also even Amazon tell you to backup your data elsewhere as nothing is perfect.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostMistakes occur and are learnt from. If Amazon made the same mistake again it would be an issue until they do they probably won't.
also even Amazon tell you to backup your data elsewhere as nothing is perfect.Comment
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Originally posted by bobspud View PostYes but the tb's mount up fast and if you start to copy data cross zones and back up to a third party it starts to get comparable to a dedicated solution.merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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Originally posted by eek View PostDown the pub on Friday I was chatting to a mate who works elsewhere and I jokingly suggested that the next phase will be to move from outsourcing back to IAAS using amazon or someone else to provide the infrastructure.
Following a phone call this morning his IT Director wants to meet me to discuss my proposal.If UKIP are the answer, then it must have been a very stupid question.Comment
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