[flymasterv]

Man, don’t be a “hero” trying to restore a lower ping to someone trying to buy a kindle in Jeddah.

[ok_dad]

What about local hospitals which may have service from that data center? There are heroes needed everywhere, all the time.

[flymasterv]

Their lack of multiple AZ’s isn’t the guy making 30k a year’s problem.

[Imustaskforhelp]

> What about local hospitals which may have service from that data center? There are heroes needed everywhere, all the time.

Off-site backups/Multi Cloud Strategy while encrypting data (and keeping the key safe, key point) might be a better strategy for such mission critical infrastructure.

[stonogo]

In that case, the hero was the person who avoided relying on a single AZ when they deployed to cloud.