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By: Michael Fidler

Michael Fidler — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:34:17 +0000

I was just thinking about this, and what do you do if the power grid goes down in California for example. A likely scenario. Your local customers will probably not be able to get to you, but the rest of the world still can. Wouldn’t you want to also spread your risk across geographical area as well? How many large hosting companies offer this kind of service?

By: Rob Diana

Rob Diana — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:21:19 +0000

Michael,

For something like an ecommerce site, “Run” is probably the appropriate answer

Insurance only helps with the loss, and I agree there is only so much you can do. A host outage is one of those issues, but what about limiting a feature like Twitter does? As much as we complain about Twitter, they do have a good idea there.

By: Michael Fidler

Michael Fidler — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:16:45 +0000

I was just being a smart Ass on the friendfeed post. But honestly, isn’t this what Business Interruption Insurance is for? Obviously taking whatever preventive measures is prudent, but there’s only so much you can do. Have a Happy 4th of July!