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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mar 26, 2006, at 6:21 AM, neal rauhauser wrote: They had no off site backup of any of their data and there was no configuration information on their network beyond my recall of what I'd help install two years before the tornado. This is certainly a testament to the value of clean livin', but I sure wouldn't recommend that as a DR strategy.This is still my favorite tornado/network related item: http://home.hubris.net/owenc/tornado/ Back in the early days I was out of the town for I think one of the first times ever after starting the business (at ISPC maybe?). I logged on to see a huge drop in the number of people dailed up at a time when it should have been going up. I was a bit freaked out when I noticed at the same time the temperature had fallen 40 degrees in about 20 minutes. A quick call home let me connect the dots. Chris - -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chris Owen ~ Garden City (620) 275-1900 ~ Lottery (noun): President ~ Wichita (316) 858-3000 ~ A stupidity tax Hubris Communications ~ www.hubris.net ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (Darwin) iD8DBQFEJubTElUlCLUT2d0RAsFFAJ0QhF/Qt+q/5chaiNWwVI8TWcjkWwCeM3gV MDdprIKLFjM8FIGykOrMwfc= =rSZ1 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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