Just a warning to anyone that is looking for hosting in California. I had hosting at a server in Southern Cali in January, but The server was constantly down for "rolling blackouts". And, because there was a clause in the contract that said the hosting wasn't guaranteed due to "forces of nature" (power outages included), I didn't receive one penny back for the outage time.

The hosting company didn't have enough generators to cover everyone's servers too... so some people were out more than others.

Just a warning to all that they appear to be having more rolling blackouts in the state, so take note, and if you are looking for a server, either choose one that's not in California, or read the contract very carefully!

here's a news clip:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010319/ts/power_woes.html

Thanks

Originally posted by nleavens
Just a warning to anyone that is looking for hosting in California. I had hosting at a server in Southern Cali in January, but The server was constantly down for "rolling blackouts". And, because there was a clause in the contract that said the hosting wasn't guaranteed due to "forces of nature" (power outages included), I didn't receive one penny back for the outage time.

The hosting company didn't have enough generators to cover everyone's servers too... so some people were out more than others.

Just a warning to all that they appear to be having more rolling blackouts in the state, so take note, and if you are looking for a server, either choose one that's not in California, or read the contract very carefully!

here's a news clip:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010319/ts/power_woes.html

Thanks


Good advice that many people might neglect to consider when choosing a provider. However, if you can make sure your provider is in the same block, grid or area that will be subjected to blackouts, that includes a hospital, clinic, etc. they will never be subjected or affected by such things. In fact, if there was a downed line even, that block would be the priority and probably have some redundant lines to that block, due to the nature of such places within that block. I'm in California, and I'm lucky that I'm both near a hospital and also that we have a different power provider, but certainly something to consider if you aren't -- and a lot of businesses that I've noticed, even enough Internet providers, are near enough to such places.

Hi nleavens

Are you sure the January outages were due to rolling blackouts? We happen to be based in So. CA (San Diego), however I am not aware of any rolling blackouts in any of Southern California prior to today.

Quote from CNN.com: "...The blackouts earlier in the year were confined to the northern part of the state, affecting more than 675,000 homes..." (http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/03/19/california.blackout.02/index.html)

I agree that you should carefully select providers with regards to backup power (regardless of where the provider is located), however quality datacenters will have sufficient backup power sources in place to fully power the entire datacenter (again, regardless of where they're located).

Mike Griffin

im on southern cali too, never had *any* blackouts :P

Yeah, we'll see how redundant things are when Cali falls into the ocean :D

Originally posted by mgriffin
Are you sure the January outages were due to rolling blackouts? We happen to be based in So. CA (San Diego), however I am not aware of any rolling blackouts in any of Southern California prior to today.

Quote from CNN.com: "...The blackouts earlier in the year were confined to the northern part of the state, affecting more than 675,000 homes..." (http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/03/19/california.blackout.02/index.html)

Even in the article the thread starter posted:

"Rolling outages were last ordered Jan. 17 and 18, but they were limited to parts of Northern California..."

I live down here too, and no rolling blackouts during the month of January.