How redundant is your network, really?
The well publicised GoDaddy outage on Sept 11 this year should be a huge wakeup for everyone to find out, just how good their network is designed.So, you have multiple data links to multiple carriers, redundancy, failover, the works, even a wireless/microwave link in case someone digs up the entire block including your fibre. You've also got dual power supplies in your routers, switches, and servers, even redundant routers and switches, they are all protected by dual channel mains supplies, each with their own dedicated UPS and battery bank, both connecting into the grid by two separate diverse paths, backed up by two generators.
You can go to bed tonight and sleep easy can't you... Or can you?
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