[kictanet] Storm Clouds are brewing

[robert yawe]

Hi,

The message below was sent out by SwiftGlobal about a failure at their data 
centre which gives a clear sign that we are not ready for public clouds as the 
current ones seem to have turned into storm clouds and are beating down hard.

 
Dear Customer,
This is to notify you that there  will has been a power problem since Monday 
27/6/2011 late afternoon at  ILH (Town) which is our redundant  site. This 
involved a total shutdown on power  last evening as they replaced a contactor 
which got burnt during the day's power  fluctuations. The generator was also not 
working to allow these electrical works  to be completed. 

 
During this exercise there was service interruption to all  clients and services 
terminated at this Location i.e (co-located server,  webserver). This also 
causing slow internet speeds due to an overload on servers  at the main site. We 
continue to experience this interruption as they are still  working on the power 
issue.
 
We regret the inconvenience this has caused you. Kindly bear  with us as this 
crucial exercise is carried out we will keep you  updated.
 
For any further queries, please feel free to contact our  support desk on 
6921000 or write to support at swiftglobal.co.ke
 
The message clearly indicates that swift have no long run power backup and are 
also dependent on a shared backup generator.  A data centre must been able to 
operate for at least 6 hours with no external power.

What is also more interesting is that the statement and sequence of  events 
listed by SwiftGlobal are very similar to those of KRA when there systems went 
down a few weeks ago.  Could this mean that apart from me there is no one else 
in the country with the local expertise to design a industry standard data 
centre?  

Regards Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya


Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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