Wednesday, April 27, 2011

UPS pulls an Amazon

Got this message for a package I am tracking today, “Due to severe thunderstorms in Louisville, KY (our major air hub), UPS Next Day Air Early A.M., UPS Next Day Air, and International Express delivery times will be delayed today” … “ for delivery throughout the United States.”

Folks that’s called a single point of failure. That’s called a lack of redundancy, and it’s called no geographical fault tolerance.

It’s just like Amazon last week, got all these poor websites run through a single datacenter. C’mon we knew better than that a decade ago.

Spend the money, have two or three. It’s not optional. Do it right, make them hot-hot.

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