Reliable Cloud host ?

Mon Feb 27 02:39:41 UTC 2012

> -----Original Message-----
> From: david raistrick [mailto:drais at icantclick.org] 
> Sent: Sunday, February 26, 2012 7:19 PM
> To: Randy Carpenter
> Cc: Nanog
> Subject: Re: Reliable Cloud host ?
> 
> On Sun, 26 Feb 2012, Randy Carpenter wrote:
> 
> > I don't need that kind of HA, and understand that it is not going to 
> > be available. 15 minutes of downtime is fine. 6 hours is completely 
> > unacceptable, and it false advertising to say you have a "Cloud"
> > service, and then have the realization that you could have 
> > *indefinite* downtime.
> 
> Um.  You and I apparently work in different clouds.

Since it is the weekend, I can't resist writing down a little equation:

Marketing(cloud) <> Technology(cloud)

For some values  of "cloud" perhaps?

p.s. tongue firmly in cheek

- Tony