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Datacenter Security: A Cautionary Tale from Last.fm

russ.garrett.co.uk 2 min read

Last.fm has presence in three datacenters in the London area - this is currently more because of necessity than redundancy; datacenter space is at a real premium in the UK and we can’t fulfill our power growth needs at just one site. We operate our own 20 gigabit fibre ring between these, which means we can basically…

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