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>> I think the "real" difference between a desktop and a server is
>> probably fault-tolerance.
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> Yep. And when downtime starts costing you thousands of dollars per
> second, you start doing things like having two independent entirely
> separate power companies supplying the power to your building, along
> with several independent ways of getting to your networks, including
> both satellite and land lines, as well as several leased lines
> guaranteed not to be in physical proximity and terminated in different
> states.
>
> Now, maybe a large bomb in the building or an airliner crashing into it
> would have taken it out, so they're probably behind the times compared
> to (say) google, but it was pretty impressive for 20 years ago.
Fortunately, my employer does not need to go to such lengths. ;-)
Dealing with *one* ISP is quite hard enough... (And then there's the
fact that in the UK there is only one IP carrier. Unless you happen to
live in London.)
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