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

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cmiles8 · 1789596948 · focus · HN ↗
This interview with an AWS leader isn’t aging well, from CBS Sunday morning:
Pogue asked, "I don't mean to give anyone ideas, but let's say I figured out that one of these unmarked buildings was an AWS data center, and I blew it up. Are you saying that it's so backed up and redundant that you probably wouldn't notice?" Wood replied, "Yeah, you wouldn't notice. I mean, we might be a bit upset, but you wouldn't notice!"
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1. echoangle · 1789599282 · focus · HN ↗
  Isn’t the problem that multiple datacenters in one zone were blown up?
  1. nobodyandproud · 1789600481 · focus · HN ↗
    They had nine years and more money than god to build redundancy in an unstable region.
    wmf · 1789604626 · focus · HN ↗
    They did build redundancy but most of it was bombed.
    recursivegirth · 1789604980 · focus · HN ↗
    [dead]
    seizethecheese · 1789605835 · focus · HN ↗
    > genocide datacenters
    recursivegirth · 1789606536 · focus · HN ↗
    [Palantir](<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palant%C3%ADr" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palant%C3%ADr) would like a word.
    simondotau · 1789617396 · focus · HN ↗
    Moral condemnation has little coercive force unless it is backed by material power.
    mitxela · 1789625454 · focus · HN ↗
    AWS is one of the biggest military contractors, they're a valid target

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