SFist: Booze Knocks Out Some of Your Favorite Sites

EclipseTuliphead

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 21:59:47 -0800

It's not that 365 doesn't have backup batteries and generators... it's that those backup plans FAILED. Those generators never started up when they should have. Even better, this is not the first time this has happened to 365. Most admins/techs I know that have to use 365 hate that place - my fiance included. 365 isn't necessarily cheapo tier II or tier III; they're the main choice in SF. They're geographically close to companies like CNet and Sixapart, and doing realtime backups of constantly-changing data is expensive to do, outragelously so especially if you do it outside of the city where you are located: ie, it makes no financial sense for CNet to colo anywhere outside of SF. Especially since a site like that isn't losing revenue other than advertising when they're down - they're not selling anything. Anyway, a lot of admins and IT folks had a bad day yesterday. Wonder if the bars were packed last night?

mariconsoy

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:14:16 -0800

Further to my last posting: Any decent co-lo site would never advertise or even confirm its location. Decent places have UPS [un-interuptable power sources] i.e. back-up batteries and generators. Major hosting sites would not even have a site in SF due to earthquake dangers. You get what you pay for, and this place sounds like a cheapo tier II or tier III provider. Hope SFist doesn't use brand x...

mariconsoy

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 20:02:56 -0800

Any decent co-lo or hosting site is highly secure. People can't just walk around, can't have liquids with them etc. Even employees of the place have to have a reason to be in the server hosting areas. This story is hard to believe

ChinaNob

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 13:10:40 -0800

I love it when the blogosphere bitch slaps the blogosphere.

guest

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:20:37 -0800

The local newpaper "zinged" had already printed a correction, 4 days earlier. Now that is what we call Journalism!

MisterPlow

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:12:15 -0800

Where's the angry nerd mob now, Brock??

guest

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 12:06:34 -0800

exhibit a in why blogs won't replace journalism, and why bloggers aren't real journalists. jesus, is the tiniest bit of fact-checking (that doesn't involve zinging the local newspapers) too much for you to handle?

Ginger

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 11:48:24 -0800

I cast the same shadow of doubt over at MetrobloggingSF and the OP had the audacity to chide me. Like I said at Metro, it appears that most of the blogosphere does not understand how a colo works.

guest

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:59:50 -0800

Dudes, valleywag is practically the National Enquirer for geeks. Unless said drunken employee somehow managed to sabotage a major underground PG&E facility that took out half the city as well as 365 Main, this is completely major b.s. Try datacenterknowledge.com for a more reputable source.

guest

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:47:40 -0800

Is there any actual proof of this drunk employee story? Even the comments on the Valleywag post cast considerable doubt on it. It doesn't sound believable and it's kinda irresponsible to continue repeating it like it's true.

guest

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:44:34 -0800

Did you bother to read the comments on that link? I guess not, since you repeat the bullshit rumor in the article itself.