[rescue] Perverse Question

[Dave McGuire]

On Thursday, June 19, 2003, at 09:18 AM, Patrick Giagnocavo 
+1.717.201.3366 wrote:
> It is the admin's fault.  There are many ways of minimizing database
> downtime.  The admins should have planned for the case where the
> server crashes.
>
> In the case of eBay, since they do so many transactions, you can
> compare them to a bank or stock trading firm.  How many of those firms
> have recovery times measured in hours?

   Well...there are reasons why those firms typically run their big 
stuff on mainframes.

     -Dave

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