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

530 points · 452 comments · berkeleyjunk

  1. bojangleslover · · focus · HN ↗
    I think people are overthinking this. I'm the first one to criticize AWS (I run a competitor, carolinacloud.io) but I don't think we should hold it against them when they lost data due to their hard drives being physically bombed.
    1. paulddraper · · focus · HN ↗
      Of course not.

      The surprising thing is that multiple availability zones were bombed simultaneously.

      And to my knowledge, they haven’t even yet said 2+ AZs were compromised.

      1. TeMPOraL · · focus · HN ↗
        Turns out that "availability zones" in cloud parlance seem to have nothing to do with geographical availability. Apparently they're logical splits and are more about billing than anything.
        1. torginus · · focus · HN ↗
          How often does an AZ go down while the other 2 still work?
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