* Posts by strobeonline

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The Navitaire cock-up, filleted

strobeonline
Happy

We may never know

Real time snap-shotting to remote site and prevention of data loss is all very well but does not of itself allow for a remote system to assume the production takeover and data integrity protection as a failover site.

In order for a remote site to assume production processing with the same level of protection (and surely that should be the aim if attempted) requires a minimum of three sites and preferably four in the loop. This is of course incredibly complex to maintain and monitor - read expensive and slower to build.

I would guess that decisions were made for primarily financial reasons whose implications were either UNexplained, UNaccepted or (in a worst case) UNrecognised by any of the decision- makers.

UNbelievable in this age perhaps? After 30 years in the ICT infrastructure business, I view it as the inevitable result of adoption of new technology at low (no?) cost without reading the small print that says your mission critical services are only as good as the least expensive component . Perhaps instead of avoiding capital investment they need to adopt the old adage . If you need something doing well, do it yourself?

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