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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. shepherdjerred · · focus · HN ↗
      It seems unreasonable to blame Amazon here. The AZ was destroyed. Are they supposed to have missile&#x2F;drone defense?

      I&#x27;m not going to complain to DoorDash if my order is delayed due to a car crash

      1. Edman274 · · focus · HN ↗
        If a senior leader at Doordash swore to God that your sandwich would 100% guaranteed make it to you, regardless of whether or not there was a car crash, then yeah, maybe you should complain
        1. shepherdjerred · · focus · HN ↗
          Yeah I agree with you. If they made a specific promise to some unlikely case out of their control, then I would expect compensation.

          Did Amazon make such a promise? They didn&#x27;t as far as I know. My understanding is they provide specific guarantees like given an AZ outage, your data is still safe (provided you architect correctly).

        2. earth-tattoo · · focus · HN ↗
          Correct analogy would be: they promised to make 3 copies of my sandwich, from 3 different restaurants, and deliver them by 3 different cars, taking different routes, in case one of them gets in a crash. But in this case all 3 restaurants were bombed by Iran!
      2. jLaForest · · focus · HN ↗
        Wild berries has missle defence now, why not Amazon?
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