Re: VMS marketing opportunity

From: JF Mezei (jfmezei.spamnot_at_teksavvy.com)
Date: 09/07/04 

Date: Tue, 07 Sep 2004 11:32:30 -0400

Larry Kilgallen wrote:
> What is the current limit on Cluster distance ?

It is well above what its competitors are. And I believe it is at 400km right
now (Keith Paris can confirm or correct this).

> Certainly there were multiple places in Florida hit, and one would
> not want to have all sites hit.

No matter how big Frances or any other storm is, because VMS allows for the
greatest distance between 2 data centres, it is the best solution. If you
build your data centres to survive flooding, then of of the 2 data centres
400km apart should be able to survive the actual wind damage.

Remember that in a hurricane, the strongest winds are in a relatively focused
area near the centre with winds diminishing significantly as you go away from
the centre. In the case of florida, shoddy construction is really the cause
for all the damage. A mobile home becomes a projectile factory. 200km/h wind
may not destroy your home, but a 2*4 let loose by a mobile home that is
carried to your home at 200km/h will punch through a brick wall.

I went through a category 4 cyclone in Australia in 1996 (Olivia), and the
town (karatha) had been built to australian cyclone standards and there was
barely any damage the next morning (except for fallen branches).

That a weak hurricane cause so much wind damage to florida should ring some
bells as to construction standards.

Australia learned its lesson from cyclone tracy that destroyed Darwin on
christmas eve 1974. (necessitating airlift to evacuate the town the next day
sicne there was no water or power left).

It seems that Florida never learns its lesson. The problem is that even if
your home is well built, if your neighbour isn't built to hurricane standards,
it will become a projectile factory and that will damage your home.

And this comes back to my original message: NOW would be the time to place
some ads about VMS disaster tolerance capabilities because it is NOW that
floridians really think about such things. In a few weeks, they will go back
to living normally and forget that they are in the path of hirricanes every year.

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