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Exodus Files For Chapter 11 Protection

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the who's-protecting-your-online-data dept.

rit writes: "Albeit a bit expected, it is shocking to find that Exodus Communications has gone ahead and filed for bankruptcy. Exodus is one of the largest hosting facilities, and their major competitor, Above.net (owned by MetroMedia Fiber) is in pretty much the same boat ... circling the metaphorical drain of the dot-com world." Note that filing for protection from creditors while reorganizing is not the same as hanging up a big "closed" sign -- Exodus is still operating, and hopefully will be able to keep the LEDs turned on for a good long while (since Slashdot is hosted there).

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  1. Slashdot may want to rethink... by Xenopax · · Score: 0, Funny

    First VA Linux, then Exodus, next thing you know we'll find out that slashdot's boxes are running on BeOS!

  2. At least they named themselves well... by xFoz · · Score: 5, Funny


    Dictionary.com defines:Exodus

    exodus
    n.
    1. A departure of a large number of people.

  3. Slashdot hunts for new hosting service by Bonker · · Score: 5, Funny

    Vendor 1: "You had *how many* hits during the World Trade Center Crisis? Jesus Christ! I don't think we served that much data in 1998 and 99 put together!"

    Vendor 2: "We can host your website, but we'll need to add some servers... and some bandwidth capabilities... and some reinforced steel floors to keep those servers from damaging the foundation when they crash and...:"

    Taco: "How Much?"

    Vendor 2: "One Million Dollars! Err... One Hundred Billion Dollars!"

    Vendor 3: (Runs away crying)

    Vendor 4: Of course I can host your website Mr. Malda. All you need to do is sign here on the dotted line... in blood please. Your harem of Natalie Portman clones and your Beowulf Cluster of Slashdot Cruisers will also be arriving shortly. Thank you for doing business with us. I assure you that your soul will be in *very* good hands.

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  4. 1 year ago by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1 year ago, we started a new web application. We already had a cage at Exodus, but we need more room. It was almost impossible to get a 8 rack cage at that time. We managed to finally get one, and we set up our equipment. Since that time, I haven't been back there for about 8 months. Just went back there the other day and was suprised to see empty cages galore.

  5. Who Now? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I'm about to start running a (very high volume) site. Who would you choose to host right now?
    AboveNet?
    Verio?

  6. No more "first post" by garoush · · Score: 4, Funny

    "...is not the same as hanging up a big "closed" sign -- Exodus is still operating, ...for a good long while (since Slashdot is hosted there)."

    Oh great, I see it coming. Very soon, everyone at /. is going to post in the hopes of being the Last Post.

    For once we finaly have an opportunity to out-post those First-Posters clones.

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  7. I guess this means by mrsmalkav · · Score: 3, Funny

    that if Exodus starts selling some of their real estate, my living-in-a-colo dream will come true! Screw that living in a wired warehouse crap. I want my building to be ON the backbone and protected from the strongest earthquakes and bomb attacks, et al. Yeah! I'll be l33t!

    I swear, every time I went there and saw all the space that they were preparing during their expansions - I just wanted to grab a skateboard or some blades and just ride around. Either that or an office chair :) Ohhh the raised floors were smooooth and the room was so biiiig. *sigh*

  8. Re:my rejected ask slashdot from yesterday... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    "I know of a few co-location providers that have disappeared over the past couple years and wanted to know what steps people were taking to make sure that their data is up and running..."

    Well we started by having dual Co-Location presences with two major world-class providers, Exodus and AboveNet... Doh!

  9. genius! by alienmole · · Score: 4, Funny
    that if Exodus starts selling some of their real estate, my living-in-a-colo dream will come true! Screw that living in a wired warehouse crap. I want my building to be ON the backbone and protected from the strongest earthquakes and bomb attacks, et al. Yeah! I'll be l33t!

    You realize you've just given either Neal Stephenson or William Gibson the framework for their next novel.

    I can see it now, Hiro Protagonist will move from his U-Stor-It to the nearest Exodus IDC...

  10. Vendor 4 by wiredog · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think we do business with that guy. He's always flaming us...

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  11. Re:Interesting piece about Exodus Hosting centres. by cjsnell · · Score: 3, Funny


    The kevlar fronting and bulletproof glass is for when their investors come-a-calling.

  12. EXODUS CUSTOMERS: CO-LO WITH ME by Snafoo · · Score: 2, Funny

    In my attractive one-bedroom flat.

    I have a DSL link!!
    x2 inbound bandwidth! Great for those sites that, er, you know, have lots of uploads and comments and stuff!

    ...Like Slashdot. CmdrTaco, bring me the servers. I'll set up IP_MASQ and we'll be up and running in no time. We'll show those bastards how to do hosting!

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