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A service is only as reliable as the data center that houses it. For those with hands-on experience, that’s just common sense. (Of course, it’s possible to distribute a service among multiple data centers, thereby limiting the impact of a failure in any one center.)
Proponents of cloud computing sometimes seem to imply that the cloud can magically break the chains that join the physical and virtual worlds. But although cloud providers offer a variety of services that help boost resilience and availability, every cloud resource ultimately lives somewhere in mundane reality.
Understanding where your data ...
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