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I remember a data center that supposedly had dual fibre links to the outside. Found out later (after someone cut the fibre) that they actually linked back up j
by protomyth 9y ago
I remember a data center that supposedly had dual fibre links to the outside. Found out later (after someone cut the fibre) that they actually linked back up just outside of town. I understand lawyers were needed.
- makomk 9y agoA certain important data center near here has dual fibre links, as mandated by their redundancy requirements. They're installed along both sides of the same major road.
- dmurray 9y agoThat's not so bad. The typical mode of failure for fibre lines is not flooding or tornadoes or landslides or anything else that would affect both sides of the road at the same time. It's someone digging up the road, which is unlikely to happen on both sides simultaneously.
- mentat 9y ago"unlikely"
- FooHentai 9y ago'Fully Diverse Paths' is something we take great pains to verify with our WAN provider, for exactly that reason. Because it is said that if you are heading into the woods and worried you might get lost, take a length of fiber with you. If you get lost, simply bury the fiber in the ground. In five minutes a man in hi-viz with a backhoe will come along and dig it up.
- jacquesm 9y agoIn a pinch, a piece of CAT5 will do.