Many services dependent on Amazon Cloud

[JamesA1]

We noticed that Netflix (Canada and U.S.) was down last night, and it turns out that many other web services were too because a severe lightning storm knocked out some Amazon Cloud servers in Virginia (see http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57464342-71/modern-life-halted-as-netflix-pinterest-instagram-down/). Seems like things are getting more interconnected and more fragile all the time! Coincidentally RFD was down at the same time. Wonder if there's any connection?

[Drew87]

We noticed that Netflix (Canada and U.S.) was down last night, and it turns out that many other web services were too because a severe lightning storm knocked out some Amazon Cloud servers in Virginia (see http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57464342-71/modern-life-halted-as-netflix-pinterest-instagram-down/). Seems like things are getting more interconnected and more fragile all the time! Coincidentally RFD was down at the same time. Wonder if there's any connection?

Yes - RFD uses Amazon Cloud - the admins have said that on the Sites and Comments forum.

[gnuman]

Clouds and lightening don't mix. You would think there would be more redundancy when something like this occurs.

[xalex0]

Clouds and lightening don't mix. You would think there would be more redundancy when something like this occurs.You can get redundancy by using multiple amazon datacentres.

[_Allan_]

Clouds and lightening don't mix. You would think there would be more redundancy when something like this occurs.

Doesn't lightning start in the clouds? (http://www.physlink.com/education/askexperts/ae120.cfm) http://iamallan.com/emotes/angelharp.gif

[ichpen]

Yes the marketing machine continues to perpetuate cloud concepts as fool proof and redundant. Seems everyone is calling their server a cloud these days.

It's not a cloud if its not geographically redundant.