PG&E’s Power Outage Wipes Out the Web

Last Tuesday, faulty electrical breakers caused a blackout in downtown San Francisco that took down my company’s Web site along with some of the Web’s hottest Internet properties, like Technorati, Craigslist, Yelp, Six Apart, CNet and Second Life.

Technorati looked like this:

The culprit was 365 Main, a key data center which houses the servers for a number of Web companies in downtown San Francisco. When the power outage hit, the backup generators in its “state-of-the-art electrical system,” which should have started immediately, did not kick in until nearly 45 minutes later. However, for companies that suddenly found themselves offline and scrambling, it took anywhere from 1 hour to 11 hours to get servers rebooted and Web sites operational.

It would be interesting to know how much revenue was lost due to the breakdown of 365 Main.

For the complete story, read Circuit breakers wipe out the Web.

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