Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
Site disaster
English answer:
the term site disaster would normally refer to the physical location
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Arkadiusz Piatek
Sep 15, 2004 07:27
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Site disaster
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The text refers to data protection within IT environments. Causes of downtime and data loss are shown, i.e.: human error, software program malfunction, hardware or system failure, computer virus and... site disaster. Should it be interpreted as "a company's website" or rather a physical place where company is located?
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the term site disaster would normally refer to the physical location
IMHO
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Note added at 12 mins (2004-09-15 07:39:41 GMT)
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Looking at it another way, \'Disaster recovery\' usually refers to business continuation after events such as: loss of connectivity, loss of power, loss of offices due to fire etc.
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Note added at 12 mins (2004-09-15 07:39:41 GMT)
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Looking at it another way, \'Disaster recovery\' usually refers to business continuation after events such as: loss of connectivity, loss of power, loss of offices due to fire etc.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks a lot! Analysing the whole para again I'm sure your interpretation is absolutely right."
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Tegan Raleigh
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website disaster
If you type "site disaster" into Google, the majority of the hits you get related to IT refer to "site disaster" as a problem with the website, as in the link below.
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Note added at 46 mins (2004-09-15 08:14:03 GMT)
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The highest hit for \"site disaster\" is for HP Storage Works-- it refers to \"multi-site disaster tolerant solutions\"... I can\'t imagine multiple physical sites going down, but I can imagine multiple websites going down simultaneously.
Also, in the Microsoft Windows server page, the question \"Site system down?\" is framed in terms of \"site recovery\"
http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/techinfo/administration/20...
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Note added at 46 mins (2004-09-15 08:14:03 GMT)
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The highest hit for \"site disaster\" is for HP Storage Works-- it refers to \"multi-site disaster tolerant solutions\"... I can\'t imagine multiple physical sites going down, but I can imagine multiple websites going down simultaneously.
Also, in the Microsoft Windows server page, the question \"Site system down?\" is framed in terms of \"site recovery\"
http://www.microsoft.com/smserver/techinfo/administration/20...
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Peer comment(s):
| agree |
mrrobkoc
2 mins
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| neutral |
Deborah Workman
: If the context is web IT only, but based on the little text we've been given here, it seems that the context is the whole IT environment.
6 mins
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| agree |
Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
: In this context, site diaster refers to "website disaster".
13 mins
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| disagree |
Mathew Robinson
: The second link you provided specifically describes "site disaster" as "floods, power outages, storms, fire, and so on".
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2 hrs
Ramesh Madhavan
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Website's server crashes
Server is the central place where the company's web site resides. Server crashing is not a common occurrence but it DOES happen. All hell breaks loose when this happens.
Incidentally, it has nothing to do with the company's brick and masonry. :-)
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Note added at 1 day 6 hrs 28 mins (2004-09-16 13:55:58 GMT)
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In response to Techtrans\' comments, I would like to submit this for peer evaluation:
“The text refers to data protection”:
Server crash blitzes Florida\'s e-voting records:
The department for elections has admitted that server crashes have wiped out the voter records from the Miami-Dade county elections in 2002.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/28/florida_votes/
“Causes of downtime and data loss are shown,…”
ANL/UC cluster down due to server crash
http://news.teragrid.org/announcements/archive/20040308_01.p...
QED!
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Note added at 1 day 6 hrs 31 mins (2004-09-16 13:58:14 GMT)
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They say: You can wake-up a man who is asleep; not the one who pretends to be asleep.
Incidentally, it has nothing to do with the company's brick and masonry. :-)
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Note added at 1 day 6 hrs 28 mins (2004-09-16 13:55:58 GMT)
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In response to Techtrans\' comments, I would like to submit this for peer evaluation:
“The text refers to data protection”:
Server crash blitzes Florida\'s e-voting records:
The department for elections has admitted that server crashes have wiped out the voter records from the Miami-Dade county elections in 2002.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/28/florida_votes/
“Causes of downtime and data loss are shown,…”
ANL/UC cluster down due to server crash
http://news.teragrid.org/announcements/archive/20040308_01.p...
QED!
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Note added at 1 day 6 hrs 31 mins (2004-09-16 13:58:14 GMT)
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They say: You can wake-up a man who is asleep; not the one who pretends to be asleep.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
: Hi Ramesh, the number of agrees does not always represent the correct answer!! You are certainly right, "it has nothing to do with the company's brick and masonry". Here "site disaster" refers to website/server problems.
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Thanks Saleh
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Mathew Robinson
: The report is about 'causes of downtime'. The companies internet/intranet not working is 'downtime' and not the cause. e.g. Website not working = "downtime" : power failure = cause of website not working. Hope this clarifies.
1 day 1 hr
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I respect your opinion but I am a bit confused. What exactly do you mean by "it is causes of downtime but not the cause"? Can you please explain the reason for disagreement?/// Please see added notes.
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| neutral |
nlingua
: Site Disaster refers to a physical problem with the site housing the company's IT infrastructure , and is the reason that off-site data backup is a component of disaster recovery plans -- btw a "disagree" is not meant to be taken as personal affront!
2 days 7 hrs
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1 day 8 hrs
Not for grading
In answer to Ramesh:
Unfortunately (or fortunately) the peer comments section isn't geared to accomodate debates.
I looked at the links you supplied and neither have any reference to "site disasters".
Nobody is debating whether a website failure causes problems, we all know from bitter experience that it does, but "site disaster" is not interchangable with "website failure".
The asker is referring to an IT text about "causes of downtime" which lists "site disaster" as one of the possible causes. IT can encompass everything from desktop computers to global WANs. A website failure would not be the cause of a monitor not working, for example.
Downtime is the period of time an item is unable to perform its given task and/or is unavailable for use. If a website is not working, it is in "downtime" until the cause is identified and rectified.
http://www.dbazine.com/weaver1.shtml
This link (supplied by Tegan) clearly defines downtime from "site disaster" as "floods, power outages, storms, fire, and so on". I have yet to see a website on fire (and wouldn't know the email address for the fire brigade if I did).
Can I say QED too? ;)
Unfortunately (or fortunately) the peer comments section isn't geared to accomodate debates.
I looked at the links you supplied and neither have any reference to "site disasters".
Nobody is debating whether a website failure causes problems, we all know from bitter experience that it does, but "site disaster" is not interchangable with "website failure".
The asker is referring to an IT text about "causes of downtime" which lists "site disaster" as one of the possible causes. IT can encompass everything from desktop computers to global WANs. A website failure would not be the cause of a monitor not working, for example.
Downtime is the period of time an item is unable to perform its given task and/or is unavailable for use. If a website is not working, it is in "downtime" until the cause is identified and rectified.
http://www.dbazine.com/weaver1.shtml
This link (supplied by Tegan) clearly defines downtime from "site disaster" as "floods, power outages, storms, fire, and so on". I have yet to see a website on fire (and wouldn't know the email address for the fire brigade if I did).
Can I say QED too? ;)
Peer comment(s):
| neutral |
nlingua
: It is easier on everyone's egos if negative opinions are posted as "neutral". What say you?
1 day 1 hr
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