Hurricane Rita Information
Some Pixelwave Design client's websites are hosted on web-servers within a datacenter basedd in Houston, Texas. As I am sure you are aware, this area of the US is about to be affected by Hurricane Rita. Based on discussions with the datacenters, they do not expect any problems as a result of the hurricane within the area, however, measures they have taken are listed below.
- 36/48hrs of fuel is on site to power diesel generators)
- An additional backup generator has been installed
- A drainage canal is built beside the Datacenter to divert heavy rain fall
- Guaranteed contracts for additional fuel within 2hrs
I obviously hope that all these preparation will turn out to be unnecessary, but as an extra precaution I am recommending that clients make a back-up of their websites. This is especially important for those of you with dynamic database driven sites and features such as content management systems, online shops, forums etc where data is changed regularly. You should be making these back-ups routinely anyway.
I will, over the next few hours, be making back-ups myself of all databases stored on the Texas based servers and already have backups of the home directories.
Hopefully this will all come to nothing, but it is better to be safe than sorry.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding any of this, please don't hesitate to contact me.
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