Comments on: Amazon S3 Goes Down http://elliottback.com/wp/amazon-s3-goes-down/ Internet & Technology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:01:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chris http://elliottback.com/wp/amazon-s3-goes-down/#comment-1179988 Chris Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:59:14 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/11/21/amazon-s3-goes-down/#comment-1179988 Absolutely wrong. When done properly, third-party web services and hosting solutions can be extremely reliable and cost-effective. Many of our hosting and web clients are on a great hosting platform that have redundant backup and daily or weekly backups to S3 storage. We weren't down a single time last year. By the way -- regarding this web form -- what is the point of a custom CSS style to make the text I'm typing lighter? The goal is to see what you type. This is a good example where design and functionality go separate ways. Absolutely wrong. When done properly, third-party web services and hosting solutions can be extremely reliable and cost-effective. Many of our hosting and web clients are on a great hosting platform that have redundant backup and daily or weekly backups to S3 storage. We weren’t down a single time last year.

By the way — regarding this web form — what is the point of a custom CSS style to make the text I’m typing lighter? The goal is to see what you type.

This is a good example where design and functionality go separate ways.

]]> By: Elliott Back http://elliottback.com/wp/amazon-s3-goes-down/#comment-570627 Elliott Back Sun, 15 Apr 2007 20:21:05 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/11/21/amazon-s3-goes-down/#comment-570627 Yes, I work in Enterprise IT. Yes, I work in Enterprise IT.

]]> By: bob http://elliottback.com/wp/amazon-s3-goes-down/#comment-569818 bob Sun, 15 Apr 2007 09:19:03 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/11/21/amazon-s3-goes-down/#comment-569818 "I’ve always been against third-party web services solutions." Have you ever worked in enterprise IT? Jeez. “I’ve always been against third-party web services solutions.” Have you ever worked in enterprise IT? Jeez.

]]> By: cjcm http://elliottback.com/wp/amazon-s3-goes-down/#comment-268052 cjcm Wed, 22 Nov 2006 06:24:11 +0000 http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/11/21/amazon-s3-goes-down/#comment-268052 So if you were in Amazon's shoe, how would you architect the solution for Amazon? BTW, nice new logo for Amazon, I would have replaced the arrow with another, one pointing right down :) So if you were in Amazon’s shoe, how would you architect the solution for Amazon?

BTW, nice new logo for Amazon, I would have replaced the arrow with another, one pointing right down :)

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