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1. skybrian · 1789596394 · focus · HN ↗

   I wonder if they'll start adding an underground bunker to new data centers so you can put an S3 replica there?

   1. dhx · 1789652521 · focus · HN ↗

      How long would it then take to be able to use the backed up data? Wait for a war to end and a replacement data centre to be built...? By that time most data probably no longer matters (e.g. business no longer exists).

      It's more likely the entire data centre (not just backups) would need to be built underground (or cut and cover) at enormous expense. A price that perhaps for certain data sovereignty reasons the government of Bahrain (or companies in Bahrain requiring it) would be happy to pay?

      Another way to do things on the cheap could be small-scale "covert hosting". Buy an apartment or house, maintain it to give an outside appearance of being an apartment or house, but inside it has a few racks of IT equipment. This has been done in the past for telephone exchanges in some countries, not for security reasons, but rather to hide an ugly bit of infrastructure that due to technology limitations of the time had to be located deep within a residential neighbourhood.

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