----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike" <mike-na...@tiedyenetworks.com>
> On 04/29/2011 12:35 PM, Joly MacFie wrote: > > *http://aws.amazon.com/message/65648/*<http://aws.amazon.com/message/65648/> > > So, in a nut shell, Amazon had a single point of failure which touched > off this entire incident. > > I am still waiting for proof that single points of failure can > realistically be completely eliminated from any moderately complicated > network environment / application. So far, I think murphy is still > winning on this one. Well, in fairness to Amazon, let's ask this: did the failure occur *behind a component interface they advertise as Reliable*? Either way, was it possible for a single customer to avoid that possible failure, and at what cost in expansion of scope and money? Cheers, -- jra
