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Amazon's cloud outage left tens of thousands without Alexa, Roombas and Ring apps, with some users complaining they couldn't get back into their homes
UK Daily Mail ^ | 12/9/2021 | Gina Martinez

Posted on 12/09/2021 5:29:19 AM PST by fruser1

Some Ring customers said that they spent time rebooting or reinstalling their apps and devices before finding out about the outage on social media.

Many rely on a phone app to enter their homes, rather than a code that can also be used, with those that had forgotten the latter stuck outside their own homes as Ring doorbells went down.

A source told DailyMail.com that the cause of the outbreak was a power failure in Virginia and not a malicious hacking.

The nearly eight-hour outage also disrupted the company's shipping operations on Tuesday, threatening to create lasting logjams during the Christmas season.

The outage shut down communications between Amazon and the fleet of thousands of drivers it relies on, preventing drivers from getting route assignments or packages.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: andagain; cloud; smart
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To: Flick Lives

Most big data centers have at least two separate power sources.

I am not saying they are lying, but that seems very odd to me.


21 posted on 12/09/2021 6:37:54 AM PST by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
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To: Flick Lives

Great point. I manage several data centers and we have more double wide trailer sized generators than I can even count.


22 posted on 12/09/2021 6:44:01 AM PST by JerseyDvl (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: fruser1

One day last week after picking my two granddaughters up from school,when we got home I realized Pop Pop forgot his house key! No worries. Just slid the kitchen window up,moved some dishes from the sink and fired the eight year old in there were she went around and unlocked the kitchen door. Who knew?


23 posted on 12/09/2021 6:52:05 AM PST by 4yearlurker (Freedom is just an injection away Comrades.)
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To: conservativeimage

LOL!


24 posted on 12/09/2021 6:54:40 AM PST by SgtHooper (If you remember the 60's, YOU WEREN'T THERE!)
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To: Flick Lives

Exactly. I thought that server farms usually had rather robust backup generators.


25 posted on 12/09/2021 7:23:16 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: P8riot

Judy Collins approves of your comment.


26 posted on 12/09/2021 7:24:55 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: fruser1

One of the clients for AWS is Canvas which is a platform that a lot of universities use for their online courses. Canvas was down during this outage, and that meant a helluva lot of students across the country couldn’t take their online tests.


27 posted on 12/09/2021 7:29:00 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: fruser1

A “power outage” for 8 hours will somehow delay all shipments for 3 days.


28 posted on 12/09/2021 7:58:00 AM PST by Do_Tar (I wish I was kidding.)
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To: fruser1

I have no sympathy for those who have become too technologically dependent.


29 posted on 12/09/2021 8:25:11 AM PST by Wuli ( a)
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To: fruser1
that's why everyone who relies on the internet to unlock their house needs some sort of backup plan ... maybe something like this bolted on the wall next to the back door:
30 posted on 12/09/2021 9:37:48 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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