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I toured a data center in Tornado alley back when leasing cages was pretty common. I asked them about disaster planning regarding getting completely wiped off
by chasd00 2y ago
I toured a data center in Tornado alley back when leasing cages was pretty common. I asked them about disaster planning regarding getting completely wiped off the map and they sorta scoffed at me. Literally two weeks later a tornado missed them by about a 1/4 mile. Would have loved to be a fly on the wall after that.
another story, a small company I worked for contracted with a small data center. They did things right and ran a tight ship. However something happened like a lightning strike or so other electrical fault and a critical component welded itself into a position they could t get out of. I wish I could remember the details better but they were down multiple days.
- latchkey 2y agoSwitch builds their DCs with two roofs... https://www.switch.com/switch-shield/ https://www.switch.com/switch-shield/ The Switch one I'm in (Grand Rapids Pyramid), the servers are about 3/4's underground.