On Fri, May 06, 2005 at 06:04:07PM -0700, Ray Saintonge wrote:
Tim Starling wrote:
Currently the main vulnerable points appear to be
network and power, and
we've experienced problems with both in the last 6 months. I'm not an
expert on either, but I'm assured securing these services to a
reasonable degree is possible.
I would suggest suggest that any new major backup colo in North America
should be in a different power grid area. This would protect from the
possible consequences of a major blackout such as occurred in 2003. As
I understand the situation North America has two major power grids, one
in the East and one in the West. Only Texas and Quebec have independent
grids.
Agreed.
I'd further recommend that a West Coast location NOT be in California,
for economic reasons (and, by extension, political reasons that affect
politics). Washington state seems to provide a good balance of sorta
regional technological "savvy" and livable costs. Plus, y'know, if it
turned out to be a good idea to move me to the new location, I'd really
like an opportunity to live in Washington for a while.
Heh.
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