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	<title>Comments on: Power Outages In San Francisco Bring Down Major Websites</title>
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		<title>By: metin2 yang</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-712916</link>
		<dc:creator>metin2 yang</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 03:29:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Someone needs to wake up the person in charge of the maintenance for these things</description>
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		<title>By: Nikki</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-380182</link>
		<dc:creator>Nikki</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Dec 2007 14:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Questions on power station it is necessary to solve on state level.</description>
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		<title>By: trademark registration</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-359577</link>
		<dc:creator>trademark registration</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:55:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I really think something needs to be done about all these power outages. I mean you would think that the public would learn the havoc that one single power station can wreak if it should happen to go out. Don&#039;t even get me started on the fact that these things are usually rigged up so that if one were to go out, half of the state is out of power. Someone needs to wake up the person in charge of the maintenance for these things. It&#039;s one thing for the power to go out in a single area, but quite another when it happens to affect web sites all over the place.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I really think something needs to be done about all these power outages. I mean you would think that the public would learn the havoc that one single power station can wreak if it should happen to go out. Don&#8217;t even get me started on the fact that these things are usually rigged up so that if one were to go out, half of the state is out of power. Someone needs to wake up the person in charge of the maintenance for these things. It&#8217;s one thing for the power to go out in a single area, but quite another when it happens to affect web sites all over the place.</p>
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		<title>By: trademark registration</title>
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		<dc:creator>trademark registration</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:20:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Kind of scary to think that we&#039;re all so vulnerable.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kind of scary to think that we&#8217;re all so vulnerable.</p>
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		<title>By: Los lÃ­mites de la Cibercultura &#171; El Malestar en la Cibercultura (futuro de una ilusiÃ³n)</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-272337</link>
		<dc:creator>Los lÃ­mites de la Cibercultura &#171; El Malestar en la Cibercultura (futuro de una ilusiÃ³n)</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] primeros servidores que cayeron fueron los de Technorati y LiveJournal, entre otros, luego los de Skype y Facebook&#8230; quÃ© estarÃ¡ pasando en el [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Emerson Sampsell</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-271533</link>
		<dc:creator>Emerson Sampsell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking from a IT Officer perspective this is why we put in place monitoring checks and have failover built in-You never know when things like this will occur, but an automatic failover and monitoring solution pays off...Glad some of us invested-</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking from a IT Officer perspective this is why we put in place monitoring checks and have failover built in-You never know when things like this will occur, but an automatic failover and monitoring solution pays off&#8230;Glad some of us invested-</p>
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		<title>By: O &#8220;grande&#8221; crash da Internet de&#8230; SÃ£o Francisco &#171; Q u i n t u s</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-270376</link>
		<dc:creator>O &#8220;grande&#8221; crash da Internet de&#8230; SÃ£o Francisco &#171; Q u i n t u s</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2007 14:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Moral da histÃ³ria: NÃ£o prometam uptimes de 365 dias por ano&#8230; E as empresas que estÃ£o a fazer outsourcing massivo dos seus centros de dados talvez devam reavaliar esta sua polÃ­tica&#8230; Murphy hÃ¡-de inevitavelmente acabar por lhes ensinar o preÃ§o da sua arrogÃ¢ncia&#8230; Como ensinou aos proprietÃ¡rios de certa companhia de transporte marÃ­timo&#8230;  Fonte: LaughingSquid [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Moral da histÃ³ria: NÃ£o prometam uptimes de 365 dias por ano&#8230; E as empresas que estÃ£o a fazer outsourcing massivo dos seus centros de dados talvez devam reavaliar esta sua polÃ­tica&#8230; Murphy hÃ¡-de inevitavelmente acabar por lhes ensinar o preÃ§o da sua arrogÃ¢ncia&#8230; Como ensinou aos proprietÃ¡rios de certa companhia de transporte marÃ­timo&#8230;  Fonte: LaughingSquid [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Richard</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-264732</link>
		<dc:creator>Richard</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2007 20:03:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>according to their Press Release , 
they never initialized the software 
nor did they test the hardware 
which would have activated 
in the event of a power outage.

http://www.365main.com/press_releases/pr_8_1_07_365_main_report.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>according to their Press Release ,<br />
they never initialized the software<br />
nor did they test the hardware<br />
which would have activated<br />
in the event of a power outage.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.365main.com/press_releases/pr_8_1_07_365_main_report.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.365main.com/press_releases/pr_8_1_07_365_main_report.html</a></p>
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		<title>By: Backup your Zoho Creator data to Dabble DB &#171; Land of ZC</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-262708</link>
		<dc:creator>Backup your Zoho Creator data to Dabble DB &#171; Land of ZC</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2007 15:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] (with the possible exception of Salesforce), given the recent power outage in San Francisco affecting some high profile sites, as OAD becomes more commonplace such an unpleasant scenario for a small or medium-sized business [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] (with the possible exception of Salesforce), given the recent power outage in San Francisco affecting some high profile sites, as OAD becomes more commonplace such an unpleasant scenario for a small or medium-sized business [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Awesomecast &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Episode 4</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-259096</link>
		<dc:creator>Awesomecast &#187; Blog Archive &#187; Episode 4</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 16:12:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Data center outage in San Fran [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Web Worker Daily &#187; Blog Archive Creating an Online Disaster Plan &#171;</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-258587</link>
		<dc:creator>Web Worker Daily &#187; Blog Archive Creating an Online Disaster Plan &#171;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] software maintained by other people. When it all works, it&#8217;s great. But what do you do when the power fails to Web 2.0? Or when a service you&#8217;re depending on runs out of cash and closes its virtual [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] software maintained by other people. When it all works, it&#8217;s great. But what do you do when the power fails to Web 2.0? Or when a service you&#8217;re depending on runs out of cash and closes its virtual [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Backup delicious to gmail &#124; Foobr, forever beta</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-257889</link>
		<dc:creator>Backup delicious to gmail &#124; Foobr, forever beta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 13:17:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] recent events have shown us it does not matter how large or popular a site is, sometimes it will go down. Because [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] recent events have shown us it does not matter how large or popular a site is, sometimes it will go down. Because [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Entertainment catch-up &#187; TravelBlog Archive &#187; NDBT</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-256422</link>
		<dc:creator>Entertainment catch-up &#187; TravelBlog Archive &#187; NDBT</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 05:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Power Outages In San Francisco Bring Down Major Websites. Haha - SF is the center of the world. (Best part: &#8220;The funny thing is that The Onion predicted all of this a couple of weeks ago.&#8221;) [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Power Outages In San Francisco Bring Down Major Websites. Haha &#8211; SF is the center of the world. (Best part: &#8220;The funny thing is that The Onion predicted all of this a couple of weeks ago.&#8221;) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: All Things Web 2.0 Major Web 2.0 Sites Down from Power Outage - They need a lesson from Big Business. &#171;</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-256120</link>
		<dc:creator>All Things Web 2.0 Major Web 2.0 Sites Down from Power Outage - They need a lesson from Big Business. &#171;</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 16:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] San Francisco website Laughing Squid has a write-up of the power outage [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] San Francisco website Laughing Squid has a write-up of the power outage [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Breaking: The Onion praneÅ¡a apie totalinÄ¯ interneto lÅ«Å¾imÄ… &#124; MARiUS GRiCiUS</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-255923</link>
		<dc:creator>Breaking: The Onion praneÅ¡a apie totalinÄ¯ interneto lÅ«Å¾imÄ… &#124; MARiUS GRiCiUS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] rimtai:Â  Laughingsquid straipsnyje apie Å¡Ä¯ Ä¯vykÄ¯ sudÄ—tos neveikusiÅ³ svetainiÅ³ nuotraukos.Â  Gerai pastudijavus matosi, kad kai kurie net [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Want To Get Attention? Deny Geeks Their Internets : Wonderful Thoughts</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-255845</link>
		<dc:creator>Want To Get Attention? Deny Geeks Their Internets : Wonderful Thoughts</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 02:58:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] made something go really wrong with a datacenter (hosting company) based in downtown San Francisco. Several big sites (Technorati, LiveJournal, TypePad, RedEnvelope, Craigslist, Yelp, Netflix - even Second Life) went [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] made something go really wrong with a datacenter (hosting company) based in downtown San Francisco. Several big sites (Technorati, LiveJournal, TypePad, RedEnvelope, Craigslist, Yelp, Netflix &#8211; even Second Life) went [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Michael T. Halligan</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-255818</link>
		<dc:creator>Michael T. Halligan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There are no surprises here. San Francisco&#039;s Mission St. Substation feeds half a dozen significant datacenters (365main, Level3, Coloserve, 400 Mission, and 650 Townend) and has suffered 3 serious outages in the past 7 years. California itself had 2 straight summers of rolling blackouts, which only subsided thanks to the dot-com crash. California is running out of duct-tape.

365main, usually runs a good operation, and is one of the best datacenters in California.. However, it&#039;s also the most expensive datacenter in California, and should have a better track record than it&#039;s lower-cost competitors like 200 Paul and Coloserv.

In May, 2007 we moved our infrastructure out of 365, off of California&#039;s cancerous power grid, and into a more reliable, greener, and cheaper grid.. Yeah, we moved to Seattle. This was the best decision we ever made.

Most of our experience with 365 was extremely positive, however pricing, and power density problems forced us to move. I can&#039;t list all of the good things 365main did, but here&#039;s a list of 365&#039;s power problems as we experienced them:


In April, 2005 365main had an outage that affected all customers for 50 minutes due to a failed EPO valve. 365 handled that outage spectacularly, claling all of their customers within 15 minutes of the outage.

In February, 2006 365main experienced a partial outage for 3 seconds that only affected some customers, but caused problems in their Telco spine, affecting connectivity.

In October, 2006 365main had a backup generator fail, but supposedly no customers were directly affected, but customers were not allowed to enter the building between 3:29 PM and 4:40 PM.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are no surprises here. San Francisco&#8217;s Mission St. Substation feeds half a dozen significant datacenters (365main, Level3, Coloserve, 400 Mission, and 650 Townend) and has suffered 3 serious outages in the past 7 years. California itself had 2 straight summers of rolling blackouts, which only subsided thanks to the dot-com crash. California is running out of duct-tape.</p>
<p>365main, usually runs a good operation, and is one of the best datacenters in California.. However, it&#8217;s also the most expensive datacenter in California, and should have a better track record than it&#8217;s lower-cost competitors like 200 Paul and Coloserv.</p>
<p>In May, 2007 we moved our infrastructure out of 365, off of California&#8217;s cancerous power grid, and into a more reliable, greener, and cheaper grid.. Yeah, we moved to Seattle. This was the best decision we ever made.</p>
<p>Most of our experience with 365 was extremely positive, however pricing, and power density problems forced us to move. I can&#8217;t list all of the good things 365main did, but here&#8217;s a list of 365&#8217;s power problems as we experienced them:</p>
<p>In April, 2005 365main had an outage that affected all customers for 50 minutes due to a failed EPO valve. 365 handled that outage spectacularly, claling all of their customers within 15 minutes of the outage.</p>
<p>In February, 2006 365main experienced a partial outage for 3 seconds that only affected some customers, but caused problems in their Telco spine, affecting connectivity.</p>
<p>In October, 2006 365main had a backup generator fail, but supposedly no customers were directly affected, but customers were not allowed to enter the building between 3:29 PM and 4:40 PM.</p>
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		<title>By: SF power outages crash major sites &#124; Television Blog Online</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-255735</link>
		<dc:creator>SF power outages crash major sites &#124; Television Blog Online</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Craigslist was down. And Technorati, Yelp, LiveJournal and many more, thanks to six back-to-back power outages in the SOMA neighborhood of SF. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Craigslist was down. And Technorati, Yelp, LiveJournal and many more, thanks to six back-to-back power outages in the SOMA neighborhood of SF. [...]</p>
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		<title>By: teknoloji &#187; Web 2.0'Ä± elektrik Ã§arptÄ±</title>
		<link>http://laughingsquid.com/massive-power-outages-hit-san-franciscos-soma-district/comment-page-1/#comment-255679</link>
		<dc:creator>teknoloji &#187; Web 2.0'Ä± elektrik Ã§arptÄ±</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 19:28:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] yÃ¼zÃ¼nden 45 dakika ile 3 saat arasÄ±nda deÄŸiÅŸen sÃ¼relerde bu sitelerin kullanÄ±cÄ±larÄ±na servis verememiÅŸ. GerÃ§ek sebep elbette net olarak bilinmiyor; jeneratÃ¶rler mi devreye giremedi yoksa [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] yÃ¼zÃ¼nden 45 dakika ile 3 saat arasÄ±nda deÄŸiÅŸen sÃ¼relerde bu sitelerin kullanÄ±cÄ±larÄ±na servis verememiÅŸ. GerÃ§ek sebep elbette net olarak bilinmiyor; jeneratÃ¶rler mi devreye giremedi yoksa [...]</p>
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		<title>By: dannyman.toldme.com : San Francisco Power Failure Killed Many Web SiteS</title>
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		<dc:creator>dannyman.toldme.com : San Francisco Power Failure Killed Many Web SiteS</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 18:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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