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AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran

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Re: AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran

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Post by kibwen »

carefree-bob wrote: post #10

This is the flipside of data residency requirements that countries are now starting to require. If the EU wants to keep data in the EU, then great, but when the war comes and energy and infrastructure are hit, people would have wished for backups in North America, Asia, and the middle east.

For long-term backups you want offline cold storage in an underground facility in a friendly jurisdiction, not a datacenter.

Re: AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran

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Post by watwut »

carefree-bob wrote: post #10

This is the flipside of data residency requirements that countries are now starting to require. If the EU wants to keep data in the EU, then great, but when the war comes and energy and infrastructure are hit, people would have wished for backups in North America, Asia, and the middle east.

War did not randomly came. America intentionally caused it.

And has lawless goverment and unaccountable tech industry making it bad place for data.

Re: AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran

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Post by BonoboIO »

carefree-bob wrote: post #10

This is the flipside of data residency requirements that countries are now starting to require. If the EU wants to keep data in the EU, then great, but when the war comes and energy and infrastructure are hit, people would have wished for backups in North America, Asia, and the middle east.

If you can not restore data from EU based Amazon Datacenters because it’s destroyed … you will definitely have better things to do like packing your go bag or buying the last groceries for a while.

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Post by numpad0 »

carefree-bob wrote: post #10

This is the flipside of data residency requirements that countries are now starting to require. If the EU wants to keep data in the EU, then great, but when the war comes and energy and infrastructure are hit, people would have wished for backups in North America, Asia, and the middle east.

I don't think this is a flipside, unless you're thinking from the PoV of data itself rather than its owners.

Re: AWS says it can't restore some data from mideast facilities struck by Iran

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Post by aprilthird2021 »

watwut wrote: post #12
carefree-bob wrote: post #10

This is the flipside of data residency requirements that countries are now starting to require. If the EU wants to keep data in the EU, then great, but when the war comes and energy and infrastructure are hit, people would have wished for backups in North America, Asia, and the middle east.

War did not randomly came. America intentionally caused it. And has lawless goverment and unaccountable tech industry making it bad place for data.

I wonder if Amazon can sue the US govt bc they basically caused this material loss to their business. I'm sure they cannot. Maybe a lawyer can explain why?
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