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Re: availability and resiliency


From: Lionel Lauer <longword () newsguy com>
Date: Sat, 30 Sep 2000 03:54:10 +1000


On Fri, 29 Sep 2000 17:39:04 +0100, Andrew Bangs <andrewb () demon net>
wrote:


On Thu, Sep 28, 2000 at 02:39:40PM -0600, Irwin Lazar wrote:
Hi all,
Does anyone know if a template exists for what it takes to provide 5 9's of
availability, 4 9's etc.for Internet data centers?  Specifically I'm looking
for something that would say "if you want 5 9's of availability, here's what
you need to do", and so on.

For 5 9s you need:

1) Lots of money
2) Lots of clue
3) Lots of luck
4) Lots of balls

You can do 4 9s with any 3 of the above.

Too true.

But you forgot to include 'halfway-clued management' - without that you
haven't got a hope in hell of even getting three 9's. ;)

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