The point that you seem to be missing is that, considering the size of the Steam network and the sheer number of users, there should have been more than one location for the Steam network to fall back on. Many of the companies you mentioned probably were rather small in comparison; any large company should have a sense of redundancy and backup. What if a tree fell on that building? That would have been the end of Valve, because they couldn't recover from losing their entire network like that. Yes, people are suffering from a storm, but people have to suffer through horrid issues all the time. The troubles of one geographic location should not affect another one halfway around the world.
Geographic redundancy would have prevented this issue. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If a power outage that affected over a million > poeple in a large geographical area (and is STILL > affecting people) isn't a good enough explanation > for a short outage, then I'm thinking there may not > be one good enough for some around here. I'm > reasonably sure that if it was a small yeild nuke, > we'd be hearing about how valve servers should have > been rad-hardened. > > Valve was not the only people to go down. Banking, > commerce, and other private and public networks also > were affected. No company can predict and prepare > for every systemic failure that can happen. > > And yes, I am and administrator. I have been for > around 5 years. The only thing that valve OWES me > is a REASONABLE attempt to keep things running. > > And to all the admins out there without hearts three > sizes too small. Merry Christmas, and Happy New > Year! > > >Honestly, this is an administrators list. Most of > us here are going to very > >coldly and to the fact discuss the impact of the > outage. If you are overly > >sensitive or feel the need for a sleeve to cry on > about the human side of the > >Northwest storm then I'd suggest you unsubscribe > and head over to Fark for a > >group hug. Valve should provide us with a > reasonable explanation as to why > >they have all of their eggs in one geographical > basket. They've had nearly > >ten years to plan and deploy preventative measures > against such a failure. > > > >-Mike- > >~~~~ > >-Mike- is: Biker ~ Slacker ~ Iconoclast ~ Eclectic > Thinker > > > >----- Original Message ---- > >From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > >Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 9:26:59 AM > >Subject: RE: Re: [hlds] Post-outage thoughts > > > >Lets keep things in perspective people. Over a > million people without power > >or heat int the middle of winter. Christmas > planning for lots of those are > >out the window because of lost wages, loss of life, > and loss of basic > >services, and people are whining about not being > able to play a computer game > >for a few days, and then exorcising Valve about not > having things back online > >immediately. > > > >Lets think about things based on the effects on > real people lives instead of > >using a tragedy to puff one's resume. > > > >It's nice to see the spirit of the holidays on > display. > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view > the list archives, please > >visit: > >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view > the list archives, please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
