Ars link http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-takes-data-centers-offline-with-flooding-power-outages/
For a similar post see http://cliffsesportcorner.blogspot.com/2012/10/nerd-news-internet-hubs-hurricane-sandy.html
Showing posts with label Colocation Center Coloc. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Colocation Center Coloc. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Nerd News: Internet Hubs & Hurricane Sandy
For those wondering why problems in New York affect Teamliquid and other net based services, this is interesting http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9233080/Storm_forces_Internet_hubs_to_run_on_generator_power
The article linked above is about what they call "carrier hotels," more formally known as Colocation Center (coloc for short), see Wikipedia for more information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colocation_centre
Short version is those two Colocation Centers are a major node from Transatlantic internet traffic, right now both of them are running on their generators.
The article linked above is about what they call "carrier hotels," more formally known as Colocation Center (coloc for short), see Wikipedia for more information http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colocation_centre
Short version is those two Colocation Centers are a major node from Transatlantic internet traffic, right now both of them are running on their generators.
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