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On Tue, 28 Aug 2001, Grant A. Kirkwood wrote: > Once upon a time, while talking with a customer about a particular LA > datacenter's fault tolerant features (you know, generators, UPS, HVAC, > diverse fiber entrances, etc...), they very calmly asked me what > procedures we had in place in the event that a major earthquake struck > the southland and dropped LA into the ocean or otherwise put the city > underwater. I told them very bluntly that if an earthquake of that > magnitude were to hit LA, I would *not* be overly concerned with their > servers/circuit/etc., assuming I was still breathing. They were quite > taken aback. ;) Evidently they took the term "fault tolerant" literally. (Sorry, couldn't resist) - SLS ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scott L. Stursa 850/644-2591 Network Security Officer [email protected] Academic Computing and Network Services Florida State University "That's why you go to FSU - to watch the Seminoles and get drunk" - FSU student interviewed by WCTV, broadcast of 2001.8.27
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