Re: DR plan

From: What's in a namespace <xml_at_ns.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:39:35 +0100
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"EdStevens" <quetico_man_at_yahoo.com> schreef in bericht news:1166636669.193628.151670_at_i12g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>
> EdStevens wrote:
>> madunix wrote:
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> > recover 1 hour max time, the site will be about 35Km away,system must
>> > be restored to the last transaction, on the backup site we are thinking
>>
>> <snip>
>>
>> Where is this DR site? The diameter of Earth is approximately 7,926
>> miles (12,753 km). That would mean the farthest you could get from
>> anywhere on the planet would be 12,753 km/2 = 6,376.5 km.
>>
>> Geostationary orbit is at approximately 35,786 km. Sounds like your DR
>> site is on a geostationary satellite. An interesting DR solution, with
>> a very unique set of problems all its own ......
>
> My bad. 35Km = 35 kilometers. too much computer shorthand caused me
> to see the 'K' and immediatly translate to 'thousands'.
>

You've got me wondering, thanks for the explanation. I live 35 km from my office, get there in 30 minutes without warp speed....

Shakespeare
(what's in a distance?) Received on Wed Dec 20 2006 - 14:39:35 CST