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Re: Issues with Gmail
From: "Robert Mathews (OSIA)" <mathews () hawaii edu>
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 13:33:55 -0400
On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 5:05 AM, Randy Bush <randy () psg com> wrote:
[....] the internet is a wonderful demonstration of building a reliable network out of reliable components. but what we have with google mail (and apps) is two scary problems o way too many users relying on a single point of failure. so it makes the nyt when it breaks because of the number of users affected, and
I choose to not assume to "what/which single point of failure" this reference by Randy applies. However, we can take confidence in the fact that Google's Gmail service architecture is distributed; not to be interpreted of course, as suggesting that within the distribution, there isn't a single point of failure. Perhaps, from a network operations point of view, the point needs elaboration.
o too many foolish people giving their private data to a data miner to whom they actually yeild rights to those data and who seems to store them for a scary long time.
Naturally, this is a separate issue, and indeed a very prickly one, which is beyond the charter of NANOG. Therefore, I refrain from penning any thoughts on it. All the best, Robert. --
Current thread:
- Re: Issues with Gmail, (continued)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Scott Brown/Clack/ESD (Sep 01)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Glenn Johnson (Sep 01)
- Re: Re: Issues with Gmail tome . nerd (Sep 01)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Glenn Johnson (Sep 01)
- Re: Issues with Gmail shasan (Sep 01)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Kevin Stange (Sep 01)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Nick Hilliard (Sep 01)
- Re: Issues with Gmail AMuse (Sep 01)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Randy Bush (Sep 02)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Martin Hannigan (Sep 02)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Jay Farrell (Sep 02)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Robert Mathews (OSIA) (Sep 02)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Michael Thomas (Sep 02)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Robert Mathews (OSIA) (Sep 02)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Michael Thomas (Sep 02)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Martin Hannigan (Sep 02)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Scott Brown/Clack/ESD (Sep 01)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Jeff Kell (Sep 01)
- Re: Issues with Gmail up (Sep 01)
- Re: Issues with Gmail Jon Kibler (Sep 01)