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ISP Recovers in 72 Hours After Leveling by Tornado

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the now-that-is-what-i-call-disaster-recovery dept.

aldheorte writes "Amazing story of how an ISP in Jackson, TN, whose main facility was completely leveled by a tornado, recovered in 72 hours. The story is a great recounting of how they executed their disaster recovery plan, what they found they had left out of that plan, data recovery from destroyed hard drives, and perhaps the best argument ever for offsite backups. (Not affiliated with the ISP in question)"

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  1. Don't think so.... by GoofyBoy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    >But just as Aeneas in Virgil's Aeneid endured the worst the gods had to offer

    A single tornato is NOT the worse thing that could happen. It is pretty bad, but never underestimate how messed up God can make you.

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    The surprise isn't how often we make bad choices; the surprise is how seldom they defeat us.
  2. thankfully, its an generic "isp" mentioned... by zippity8 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    otherwise -- were the ISP linked from the story, we'd have to see if they can also recover from a Slashdotting within 72 hrs! ;)

    Could it actually be that a /. article has an effect close to a tornado?