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Harvey's impact on hosting business

Intelpentium0Intelpentium0 Member
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What impact can Harvey make in hosting business as its most devastating in the last 50 years at Texas.

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  • FranciscoFrancisco Top Host, Host Rep, Veteran

    Your basement can have 5' of mud water.

    Francisco

  • doghouchdoghouch Member

    @Francisco said:
    Your basement can have 5' of mud water.

    Francisco

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  • Intelpentium0Intelpentium0 Member

    OMG

  • HassanHassan Member, Patron Provider

    @doghouch said:

    @Francisco said:
    Your basement can have 5' of mud water.

    Francisco

    Holy shit... thats terrible

    Thanked by 1scaveney
  • WSSWSS Member

    You're not kidding. That's going to leave a softlayer of mud, feces, and whatever else.

    Thanked by 5yomero adamluk MikePT Waldo19 scaveney
  • LeviLevi Member
    edited August 2017

    Shitty servers, this time for real... Horrible :O

    P.S. that was SL's office space, not DC.

    Thanked by 1MikePT
  • oneilonlineoneilonline Member, Host Rep

    Looks like a scene from the titanic.

    Thanked by 1Hxxx
  • Ole_JuulOle_Juul Member

    oneilonline said: Looks like a scene from the titanic.

    Nah, that pic's from when the neighbor's septic tank broke.

  • doghouchdoghouch Member
    edited August 2017

    @LTniger said:
    Shitty servers, this time for real... Horrible :O

    P.S. that was SL's office space, not DC.

    I'm aware. I just feel terrible for people in flooded areas :/

  • adxnadxn Member, Host Rep

    Hope they don't increase bandwidth pricing cos it already hurts!

  • sureiamsureiam Member

    I believe those are just the softlayer offices not a datacenter. Most datacenters avoid building in areas known for flooding. For example the Level3 datacenter in Houston is much more inland. Also datacenters generally don't build out basements like that..

  • user54321user54321 Member
    edited August 2017

    @intepentium0 said:

    What impact can Harvey make in hosting business as its most devastating in the last 50 years at Texas.

    none. You would have to wipe out complete NA or Europe to see a effect.

  • AidanAidan Member
    edited August 2017

    Francisco said:

    Your basement can have 5' of mud water.

    A moment of silence for all (4) of the basement hosts.

    Thanked by 1Waldo19
  • WSSWSS Member
    edited August 2017

    @Aidan said:

    Francisco said:

    Your basement can have 5' of mud water.

    A moment of silence for all (4) of the basement hosts.

    RIP Music Connection BBS.

    Thanked by 1AuroraZ
  • somewhatwindysomewhatwindy Member

    Yes, datacenters should be safe.

    Dear Oplink.net Client,

    Because Harvey is heading toward south Texas and maybe Houston, we assure you that our datacenter is secure and safe. Our datacenter is in a building that has never flooded during any past storms including Tropical Storm Allison and Hurricane Ike.

    We are located inside a Premier Elite Level3 datacenter in Houston, Texas. The building is a cat-5 rated brick and concrete structure with redundant power feeds and redundant UPS and 24-hour power backup generators. We’re 90+miles from the coast, a very safe distance from tropical storms that Houston receives.

    In the event one power feed goes out, the secondary power feed is capable to take over the load. If both feeds go out, multiple diesel generators are utilized for power. The generators are on 24 hour standby and have a high priority for fuel deliveries. We have had no power losses ever.

    Please be safe during the storm. If you need to reach us please email [email protected] or by phone +1 281-445-9800

    Regards,

    Oplink.net Staff

  • WSSWSS Member

    Cat-5 rated. Not even CAT-5e, huh?

  • ricardoricardo Member

    Seen a pic of an old folks home where they're chest deep in water. crazy.

    Has there been any datacentres having issues? By datacentre, i mean non-residential.

  • Intelpentium0Intelpentium0 Member

    Mumbai too seeing the worst flood in a decade. Affecting daily life of millions.

  • abytecuriousabytecurious Member

    @intepentium0 said:
    Mumbai too seeing the worst flood in a decade. Affecting daily life of millions.

    Yep, This is how the train station looks like.

    (In case you were wondering, trains are still running)

  • jhjh Member

    @ramesh_vish said:

    @intepentium0 said:
    Mumbai too seeing the worst flood in a decade. Affecting daily life of millions.

    Yep, This is how the train station looks like.

    (In case you were wondering, trains are still running)

    Contrast that with the UK where the list of reasons for train cancellation include being too hot, too cold, rain, bright sunlight, a bird on the track, a signalling failure...

    Thanked by 1abytecurious
  • Intelpentium0Intelpentium0 Member

    @jh said:

    Contrast that with the UK where the list of reasons for train cancellation include being too hot, too cold, rain, bright sunlight, a bird on the track, a signalling failure...

    A bird on the track is a valid n genuine reason

  • Ole_JuulOle_Juul Member

    intepentium0 said: A bird on the track is a valid n genuine reason

    I doubt it. They still have cowcatchers don't they? It's really hard to stop or damage a train.

  • WSSWSS Member

    @Ole_Juul said:

    intepentium0 said: A bird on the track is a valid n genuine reason

    I doubt it. They still have cowcatchers don't they? It's really hard to stop or damage a train.

    Yes.

  • budi1413budi1413 Member

    @WSS said:
    Cat-5 rated. Not even CAT-5e, huh?

    Why not CAT6?

  • teamaccteamacc Member

    @WSS said:
    Cat-5 rated. Not even CAT-5e, huh?
    @WSS said:

    @Ole_Juul said:

    intepentium0 said: A bird on the track is a valid n genuine reason

    I doubt it. They still have cowcatchers don't they? It's really hard to stop or damage a train.

    Yes.

    Why not CAT-TLe?

    Thanked by 1Ole_Juul
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