Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 05:09:22 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt <dscheidt@tumbolia.com> To: Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> Cc: Alfred Perlstein <bright@rush.net>, Francisco Reyes <francisco@natserv.com>, FreeBSd Chat list <chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Will Ebay ever learn? Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990723050242.67514B-100000@shell-3.enteract.com> In-Reply-To: <19990723105953.A99187@palmerharvey.co.uk>
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On Fri, 23 Jul 1999, Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > Which is *exactly* the point I am trying to make. You can't just buy > this stuff and install it. You genuinely have to think about it. Like > using a gas system instead of sprinklers. A single machine is a single point of failure. If the datacenter it in burns down, you are out of luck. Even if it doesn't burn down, a small fire can mean commercial power to the building is shut off, which will shut any machine down once the batteries are dead. David To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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