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Their CoLo space is the same space shared by AOL and a few other big name tech companies. It's right next to the Greenway, just before you reach IAD going north
by pkill17 14y ago
Their CoLo space is the same space shared by AOL and a few other big name tech companies. It's right next to the Greenway, just before you reach IAD going northeast. That CoLo facility seems pretty unreliable in the scheme of things; Verizon and Amazon both took major downtime this summer when a pretty hefty storm rolled through VA[1], but AOL's dedicated datacenters in the same 10 mile radius all experienced no downtime whatsoever.
Edited: [1] http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/06/30/amazon-data-center-loses-power-during-storm/ http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/06/30/amazo...
- ohashi 14y agoTo be fair, the entire region was decimated by that storm. I didn't have power for 5 days. Much of the area was out. There was a ton of physical damage. That's not excusing them, they should do better, but that storm was like nothing I've experienced living in the area for 20 years.