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To: Lynn who wrote (40061)	1/3/2001 11:33:54 PM
From: Charles Tutt	Respond to of 64865

I believe they have a variety of hardware, some of which is from Sun. Charles Tutt (TM)

To: Lynn who wrote (40061)	1/4/2001 12:06:18 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 64865

CNet article suggests EBays most recent downtime, was something to do with the storage systems... news.cnet.com But recent uptime may have rested on some unsteady shoulders. In explaining Wednesday's troubles, eBay said it had "known for a while that a potential problem existed in our shared disk hardware," but had chosen "to delay the recommended upgrade because we had developed a series of work-arounds that had previously proven effective." ------------------------------------------------------------- Found this on Sun's website: Powered by Sun : eBay sun.com What Does It Mean To Be Powered By Sun? The Internet Runs On Sun When you're the world's personal trading community[tm], your customers expect access to auctions all day, all night, all the time -- whenever the trading urge strikes. So eBay® didn't take any chances when it came to determining its premier supplier of servers, software, storage, and service. With more than 1.8 million daily unique visitors, eBay counts on Sun Microsystems Enterprise[tm] servers running the Solaris[tm] operating environment, as well as Sun StorEdge[tm] storage devices to help keep its site up and running. And Sun's Professional Services team is assisting eBay technical experts in designing the company's future-generation architecture. Sun's proven combination of technology performance and service helps to continually advance eBay's site reliability, availability, and scalability. So eBay can better manage its tremendous database volumes while continuing to grow its infrastructure needs. And eBay customers can rest assured their auctions will always be there -- every time. More than 85 percent of ASPs and ISPs run on Sun technology. So if you're looking for the kind of Internet success eBay has enjoyed, you want to be powered by Sun.