Cloud Crisis
At the beginning of September, millions of people across the globe briefly endured a cloud computing crash when Gmail went down for 100 minutes.
September 30, 2009 at 08:00 PM
2 minute read
Cloud computing–the internet-based storage of digital information–has become increasingly commonplace in both the consumer and corporate legal worlds. Using the technology has many advantages as well as several disadvantages. (Read “Cloud Control” for the full scoop on cloud computing.)
One of the most frequently cited cloud-related risks is the problem of servers hosted “in the cloud” crashing and eliminating users' ability to access their information. This could happen with myriad types of data: e-discovery files hosted outside the corporate firewall, customer data or enterprise backup data.
At the beginning of September, millions of people across the globe had to briefly endure just that type of crash. It turned a common, scary “what if” scenario into widespread reality, at least for an hour and a half. Gmail, Google's online e-mail client, went down for 100 minutes Sept. 1, leaving the majority of its 150 million users unable to get to their accounts.
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