Is Tokyo Earthquake safe?
So, I'm considering to migrate from Fremont DC to Tokyo, as it is closer to me.
But what about Earthquake safety? Where does DC literally located in Tokyo?
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"The TELEHOUSE building is earthquake-resistant and built on firm ground"
@praetorian:
At a guess, linode is in the FUCHU data centre for KDDI.
http://www.telehouseglobal.com/globallo … japan.html">http://www.telehouseglobal.com/globallocations/japan.html "The TELEHOUSE building is earthquake-resistant and built on firm ground"
Interesting, do they have some kind of availability rating?
I mean, what forecast do we have: will Tokyo be more stable than Foremont with its power outage?
@TheClient:
Interesting, do they have some kind of availability rating?
I mean, what forecast do we have: will Tokyo be more stable than Foremont with its power outage?
Per status.linode.com, there have been no reported outages for Linode Tokyo since it launched.
In other words: there's no such thing as a "forecast" for availability. The datacenter will fail, eventually. The response when that happens will be how the datacenter's reputation is judged. This might take years or decades: Fremont was absolutely fine for the better part of a decade until things went awry over the past year.
I'm sure the Linode staff wouldn't drop $50K on extra bag fees to hump all that gear all the way to Japan just to put it in a currently-shitty datacenter. So, I figure now is probably the time to get a good run
@hybinet:
I wouldn't be surprised if Tokyo stood up better than Fremont in a similarly-sized earthquake, given what I've heard about Japan's insanely strict building standards.
I was in Japan during the Kobe earthquake in 1995. Most of the deaths were from people being burned alive in the fires after the quake; their wooden houses collapsed and pinned them down as natural gas fires swept through the city. On the TV news, you could hear people screaming as they fried while the reporters were covering the story from Kobe, and yes it was horrible. For that size of earthquake nothing can keep the buildings or datacenters up.
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James
Meanwhile, Linodes in Tokyo seem to be running fine.
Looks good so far.
As for KDDI, it's the second largest telecommunications company in Japan with NTT being the first - if I was to put a datacentre with someone it would be with either of those two - seems like a good choice to me. KDDI are slowly becoming quite a powerhouse in Japan with them being ahead of the curve offering 1gbs net connections to households in tokyo and cell networks connections becoming some of the best here.
As for typhoons, several roll through town in a given year aren't a massive issue - I have little doubt that if a blackout did occur, a company like KDDI wouldnt have any problems.
Earthquakes on the other hand are a different kettle of fish as zun zun posted and Tokyo is due for a very large earthquake in the near future (the tokai earthquake) - that's just the risk of Japan, you never know where or when a big earthquake will hit, but then the Fremont facility must also be in the same situation as its also close to several fault lines too.
@crazyfruitbat:
KDDI are slowly becoming quite a powerhouse in Japan with them being ahead of the curve offering 1gbs net connections to households in tokyo and cell networks connections becoming some of the best here.
cough KDDI bagged the IPhone 5 cough - heh heh
James
@Guspaz:
rumours are that KDDI will get a rumoured phone that is rumoured to be announced on October 4th… There are so many rumours flying around here, and they may not even announce the iPhone 5, but the iPhone 4S instead.
That's just a rumor.
James