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  Post #8 (permalink)   01-03-2010, 10:53 AM
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Originally Posted by handsonhosting View Post
Can you define "global redundant network"?

If you do not need to have data in different locations, if a data center goes offline (like they do - it's not UNCOMMON), how does the data stay active for viewers on the web? Doesn't the data need to be replicated to an outside machine SOMEWHERE?
I'll give an example. Having a good and stable connections with 2 or 3 major U.S. carriers + NTT and another one to Asia and 2 more to Europe... (let's say Tiscali and Interoute) will be enough to say you have a "global redundant network".
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