| Turkey Machine |
19-01-2012 18:39 |
Re: MAJOR NETWORK ISSUE (17 Jan 2012)
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Originally Posted by Peter_
(Post 35365341)
Unless it is posted on the community forum we could not post it on a public forum as it would be classed as commercially sensitive information and could lose us our jobs, not worth it especially as we are awaiting our payout.
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Masque & DF & any other VM people who help us out: apologies guys, I hadn't realised Virgin's policy was that far-reaching. We definitely don't wanna lose you as you're one of the most valuable assets to this forum. :)
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Originally Posted by Sephiroth
(Post 35365453)
I can imagine what's sensitive. The opposition would seize on any information that might lead them to conclude and expose insuffient resilience on VM's part.
As many techies will know, you can algorithmically re-route when there is a node failure; this put pressure on other nodes but is in any case standard everywhere these days.
Plus you can put in physical resilience so that another device takes over with the same IP address in case of failure of a key device. I suspect that didn't happen. If there is a site failure then, of course, this measure is not effective).
The trick is to do proper reliability analysis, identify the potential critical items and design the risk out accordingly. Just so you know, this is one of the day job things I do.
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Which is exactly the reason why work want to get out of their current set-up - ever since their take-over, and the lies they told about the networks being kept separate, it's degraded to the point where it's not worth it for them any more. It was convenient at the time because about 2 years ago they wanted to move out of another provider's datacentre.
EDIT: Considering this took out a big chunk of leased line connectivity, I can see a considerable backlash of data contracts being re-negotiated and lost as a result of this.
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
(Post 35365763)
Where I work,
a) Cleaners can't enter the server room(s)
b) Rack can't be unplugged accidentally
c) All cabling is neat and tidy, all inter-rack cabling is ducted or under the floor.
I'd expect any serious communications environment to be the same.
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Most of the time this is true, however when many third parties are involved communication does break down. :) |
