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

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  1. cmiles8 · · 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. krick · · focus · HN ↗
      That is actually surprising to me. Claims like that are pretty common, they make sense and they should be true, so even though I don&#x27;t really know AWS (&#x2F;Backblaze&#x2F;Azure&#x2F;whatever) redundancy planning in enough detail, I used to trust them. It&#x27;s really worrying when they outright say it will be ok, and then a week later it turns out to be not ok.
      1. sandeepkd · · focus · HN ↗
        The devil is always in the details. Somehow I feel that when we offload the responsibility to some one else we get this feeling that the other person&#x2F;entity would be doing full diligence and whatever else is required to carry out the job perfectly. However in reality most of the times they just do the bare minimum to pass your evaluation criteria to get the job.
        1. rob74 · · focus · HN ↗
          Especially with Amazon, who are well known for squeezing every last bit of profit from their employees, contractors etc., it doesn&#x27;t really sound surprising. &quot;Offsite backups?! Sure, you could have had that if you had found the right page in the AWS console and if you would have paid 50% extra!&quot;
          1. andwur · · focus · HN ↗
            Oh sorry, you picked &quot;AWS Backup&quot; but you actually needed to use &quot;Backup AWS&quot; to solve that problem. Perhaps hop on a call with our sales engineering and cost magnification teams to guide you to a better, more solutioned, tomorrow?
            1. xxs · · focus · HN ↗
              I sounded all legit until the comma after &quot;solutioned&quot;. I suspect that might be a fake.
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