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AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran

530 points · 452 comments · berkeleyjunk

  1. curuinor · · focus · HN ↗
    They guaranteed 11 9's durability, didn't they?

    e: Yep

    <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aws.amazon.com&#x2F;s3&#x2F;storage-classes&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;aws.amazon.com&#x2F;s3&#x2F;storage-classes&#x2F;

    1. beejiu · · focus · HN ↗
      The SLA excludes force majeure.
      1. the8472 · · focus · HN ↗
        Making a probabilistic claim while excluding a factor that dominates those statistics is... is quite creative accounting.
        1. unethical_ban · · focus · HN ↗
          Are you suggesting that their technical documents have separate availability numbers to predict geopolitical events and war?
          1. throwawaythekey · · focus · HN ↗
            The sales pitch should change from &quot;probabilistically we will NEVER lose your data&quot; to &quot;you are most likely to lose your data due to wars, terrorists, software bugs, someone losing the master encryption key, the government forcing us to...&quot;.

            Offsite backups are sadly rare these days, and aws sales is the main reason why.

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