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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (129410)	7/31/2001 10:07:43 PM
From: Victor Lazlo	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

" strong physical security, as well as backup power and redundant internet connection ? " Sarmad, it's not a life-support system. Replicated databases can be restarted pretty quickly if there is a problem. Contrary to whatever hyperbolic advertising is out there, in most cases, it really is not the end of the world if an e-commerce site goes blank even for several hours. AMZN and EBAY hae both had their share of blackouts. It's just like a radio station. There are a couple of stations I listen to a lot here - they both have odd dead times on occasion for a minute or more at a time - but I still listen to them. I don't turn the dial and never go back. Victor

To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (129410)	7/31/2001 11:59:36 PM
From: Glenn D. Rudolph	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 164684

I hope you don't mind my asking. Do you host your own web site at your own location ? And if your on-line operation was much larger, would you pay to have it located in a place that provided strong physical security, as well as backup power and redundant internet connection ? Sarmad, I do not host my site at my own location. It is hosted the the cable ISP I use which has a much more powerful server than I. However, I definitly have strong physical security. I do not know what Exodus has but if I had to guess, my security is better. I have backup power. I do not have redundant internet connections. I would pay to have it hosted in a more secure location than my ISP but only if that would cost me less that redundant internet connections. My point is strong physical security is in place and should be for most major firms as is backup power. Redundant high speed internet connections is a different story.