OVH datacenter SBG2 in Strasbourg on fire ????

Fri Mar 12 00:18:34 UTC 2021

There are plenty of websites still down: https://www.centrepompidou.fr/en/.

It surprises that important sites don't do mirroring.

-R.

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Subject: Re: OVH datacenter SBG2 in Strasbourg on fire ????

Several government websites have been impacted by fire. But >90% was operationnel during the same day after the incident.
There are DRP (seems to be working) and backups in other datacenters. There must remain exceptions or minor things broken.
But I think it's a pretty good result.

Johann

Le ven. 12 mars 2021 à 00:24, Rod Beck <rod.beck at unitedcablecompany.com<mailto:rod.beck at unitedcablecompany.com>> a écrit :
It is terrible timing with the company planning an IPO and also because the French government has heavily backed OVH. I think some government websites went down. France has a statist tradition that leads it to get involved in industries where has no expertise.

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Subject: Re: OVH datacenter SBG2 in Strasbourg on fire ????

>> Statement (in French) from Octave Klaba, containing some discussion
>> of the development of the fire (starts at ~ 4:30):
>> https://www.ovh.com/fr/images/sbg/index-fr.html
> English:
> https://www.ovh.com/fr/images/sbg/index-en.html

and a few hundred of us hoping we never have to stand in front of that
camera to explain a similar incident

a few things stood out: where backups are located, the ability to build
a lot of new servers and the supporting infra, ...  but in a week or two
i hope he can tell us results of more analysis.

randy

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