Re: Very huge email service
On Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 04:08:42AM -0500, Chris Wagner wrote:
> At 10:02 AM 11/24/99 +0100, WOL - Andreas Plesner Jacobsen wrote:
> >Another solution, which has already been proposed is a geographical
> >split of the machines.
>
> Another bad thing about using one monolithic centralized system is that
> you're one power failure, one natural disaster, one terrorist attack away
> from total 100% system loss. Whats the old addage... don't put all your
> eggs in one basket. :)
While splitting the load based on a few servers in different cities/regions
is a very convenient implementation, it has the disadvantage that if users
change locations, their address would change. The govt. might want to
ensure that every citizen gets a lifetime email address - not quite an
unreasonable request...
My $.02,
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