On Thu, 2 Mar 2017 20:58:29 -0600 OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote:
> Can you say "single point of failure"? One of the comments that the article made was that Amazon suggested to programmers to have their hosting done on more than one zone site, but many did not because of the extra expense. Craig > On Thu, Mar 2, 2017 at 8:21 PM, Craig via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Tuesday's Amazon Web Services mega-outage knocked offline not > > only websites big and small, by yanking away their backend storage, > > but also knackered apps and Internet of Things gadgets > > relying on the technology. > > > > In fact, the five-hour breakdown was so bad, Amazon couldn't > > even update its own AWS status dashboard: its red warning icons were > > stranded, hosted on the broken-down side of the cloud. > > > > ... > > > > Other IoT devices were also impacted and caused some rather > > surreal scenarios for their owners. We're told that > > cloud-connected lightbulbs, thermostats, and similar gear, > > stopped working properly as their backends fell over. > > > > > > Craig > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > *“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many > of our people need it sorely on these accounts.”* – Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few > who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric > fence for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2012 Passat TDI DSG, 44 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > Craig ---------------------------------- Present: '82 240D/3.0 Bluebell 285 kmi (Still need to fix leaking oil pressure gauge and do something about the failed hood paint and attend to the headlight switch -- and now I need to do something about the broken left rear trailing arm) '89 Chevrolet G20 Beauville Van (affectionately dubbed the BRV, the Big Red Van) Past: '95 E320 Sebastian 135 kmi RIP '94 E420 Oskar 127 kmi RIP '86 190E/2.3 '72 220/8 '64 190Dc Emma '72 220D/8 Herman 186 kmi _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
