SoKy Local Business or "SoKybiz"

Did you see in the news that MySpace blamed a power outage for their website being down not once but TWICE this weekend? You've got to be kidding. I'm just a lowly webmaster who hosts websites and I know better than to rely on a datacenter with no power protection.

MySpace Outage Blamed on L.A. Power Loss
Jul 24, 1:41 PM (ET)
By ANICK JESDANUN

NEW YORK (AP) - The popular social-networking site MySpace.com suffered a pair of extended outages over the weekend because of power problems at a key data center in the Los Angeles area, the company said Monday.

In a message to MySpace users, company co-founder and President Tom Anderson said MySpace "has been screwy" since Saturday because of failures in both the main power supply and the backup generators. Visitors to the site were given an opportunity to play Pac-Man while waiting for the restoration of their personal profile pages.

Found at myway.com

My hosting company's data center, (Soky.net)  boasts a secured environment established to comply with the strict requirements of both Data and Telco Grade facilities. Each center provides UPS and diesel generator power backup, redundant HVAC systems, environmental monitoring, double detection pre-action fire suppression.  Wouldn't you think the people in charge of the most visited website in the world would have some kind of power generator backup?

I'm sorry... but I don't buy it. Even in my little ol' office I have a UPS that allows me time to save my work when the power goes out. What's wrong with these people?

Bringing me to my disaster preparedness point; which seems to becoming a theme around here. Does your small business have power protection for critical equipment? Computers, cash machines, network routers, hubs and server? No? Well you should! Protect that investment with the right equipment and you'll even receive a rider that will insure your connected equipment. I'm no expert, but it just seems like common sense to me.

This was posted by SoKy : 5:16 PM