Company was hosting cardiac patient monitoring on EC2
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Company was hosting cardiac patient monitoring on EC2
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Re: Company was hosting cardiac patient monitoring on EC2
#2Actual quote in the Amazon support forums from this company:
"This not just some social network website issue, but a serious threat to peoples lives!"
Re: Company was hosting cardiac patient monitoring on EC2
#3That's not even stupid, that is moronic.
Re: Company was hosting cardiac patient monitoring on EC2
#4Actual quote in the Amazon support forums from this company: " This not just some social network website issue, but a serious threat to peoples lives! "
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Re: Company was hosting cardiac patient monitoring on EC2
#5Hmm... That would rather seem to be the monitoring company's own fault. Admittedly I haven't used ec2 for about 3 years, but I seem to recall there being an explicit disclaimer about how it wasn't supposed to be used for this kind of uptime-critical application. I want to say it even specifically mentioned medical stuff.
Re: Company was hosting cardiac patient monitoring on EC2
#6"We'll gladly agree to take care of grandma as long as you understand we only guarantee a 99% uptime. Good? Good. Sign here."
Re: Company was hosting cardiac patient monitoring on EC2
#7Wow, this is the worse idea I've ever seen since a freaking while. Poor him (or them) though.
Re: Company was hosting cardiac patient monitoring on EC2
#8Surely this must be criminal? This is one area where atleast 99.9999% uptime should be mandatory.
Re: Company was hosting cardiac patient monitoring on EC2
#9Epic fail for the company which is hosting on their kit. Whoever threw it on there is a total dick. There is nothing wrong with EC2 here. It's just not the right tool for the job.
If they are monitoring cardiac patients, they should, at least for non-critical people, have the instrumentation cache the data and send when available over leased lines.
If it is critical, it should be PROPER HARDWARE attached to the POTS network (like we have in the UK!) with multiple redundant networks over several distinct carriers and multiple monitoring stations.
It sounds like their product is a) crap and b) dangerous if used for critical care.
Re: Company was hosting cardiac patient monitoring on EC2
#10Troll?