[AusNOG] RISK - IT Industry - Concern Over Equipment Being, Installed in Data Centre Facilities

[Mark Andrews]

In message <87e90767-39b6-6443-b2d0-10da57e4f119 at gmail.com>, Alan Maher writes:
> I would respectfully suggest that the biggest risk to any data centre,
> (excluding a disgruntled employee) would be from small aircraft.
> While the safety record of large passenger jets has improved beyond
> previous years, the safety record of small planes has not.
> Locating a data centre outside the flight path of large planes is a good
> idea, but that makes no difference to small planes which seemingly
> crash constantly in the US, and without due regard to where they crash.
> Just type into google, small plane crash, and you will get the drift.
> As for the Chinese Space station, I suspect the Chinese have sufficient 
> technology
> available to bring it down with missiles, and if not, the then US or 
> Russia would.
> Most likely over the Pacific Ocean, like all the others .
> 
> Cheers
> Alan Maher

Missiles are not a good idea in space.  They just create more space
junk.

The space station should almost completely burn up on re-entry and
as the Chinese don't have control there will be no bringing it down
over the South Pacific.

Mark
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