Temporary Suspension of the Services Due to an Earthquake

[Heady]

people live and die, buisnesses strive and live on. the whole world didnt stop on 9/11, pearl harbor , ect ect
SE is large company and can afford to move to where the ground dont shake. and where power is stable. im almsot sure they can move to california where they have some sorta headqaurters, however i dont promise ground wont shake but you wont have to turn off power for a week. ive lost family friends from 9/11, pearl harbor, and current war in middle east so i do give you my condolences but as a company load that crap up put it on a plane sent it to where ever is stable and setup shoop.

Yea, they can pack up all the equipment in a few crates, chart a freight plane in the aftermath of a natural disaster and setup shop in Cali no problem. Im sure there on that right now. <.<

[Cream_Soda]

ive lost family friends from 9/11, pearl harbor, and current war in middle east so i do give you my condolences

Gonna stop you here.

You've never personally met a single person who died @ pearl harbor.

[Sp1keBahamut]

people live and die, buisnesses strive and live on. the whole world didnt stop on 9/11, pearl harbor , ect ect
SE is large company and can afford to move to where the ground dont shake. and where power is stable. im almsot sure they can move to california where they have some sorta headqaurters, however i dont promise ground wont shake but you wont have to turn off power for a week. ive lost family friends from 9/11, pearl harbor, and current war in middle east so i do give you my condolences but as a company load that crap up put it on a plane sent it to where ever is stable and setup shoop.

Disaster recovery sites are very very expensive. I'm sure they have considered this and also considered the expense of setting up a duplicate (or near duplicate) DR site. For something that is critical like your communication platform it is essential. I'm sure for the playonline and forums sites they have a full DR. I agree with SE when comparing potential loss of income / server outages vs the cost. In its place they are likely doing hourly backups and moving them offsite and finally out of the area completely should a complete disaster occur.

In this case they had three options:

1. Move the physical servers to a new colo outside of Japan - This is painful and expensive an can take months to return back to normal.
2. Create a duplicate of the system offsite at another colo and restore from existing backups, slightly less expensive but can take a week or more in most cases to come back online.
3. Shut down the servers for a week while the dust clears.

I suspect it isn't just the local power savings they are concerned with but also the IT staff operating the servers. If they have families and responsibilities then doing either of the first two will take 100% of their time to accomplish in a reasonable fashion. I am happy they took the steps of being nice to the employees and allowing them to take care of themselves rather than the game as a priority.

[breau]

people live and die, buisnesses strive and live on. the whole world didnt stop on 9/11, pearl harbor , ect ect
SE is large company and can afford to move to where the ground dont shake. and where power is stable. im almsot sure they can move to california where they have some sorta headqaurters, however i dont promise ground wont shake but you wont have to turn off power for a week. ive lost family friends from 9/11, pearl harbor, and current war in middle east so i do give you my condolences but as a company load that crap up put it on a plane sent it to where ever is stable and setup shoop.

yes i agree take a shovel, put it on a plane? do you really know what you talking about? if that easy they already would have done!!!!!!!!!!
breau, alexander/bastok