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    "title": "eBay outage",
    "url": "https://performancezen.com/2005/05/10/ebay-outage/",
    "datePublished": "2005-05-10",
    "dateModified": "2005-05-10",
    "language": "en-US",
    "description": "Ummm...wow. This points to a catastrophic failure in the backup power systems in this hosting facility. [here and here and here] TDavid makes a very good point: when your systems…",
    "author": "spierzchala",
    "publisher": "Performance Zen"
}
```

# eBay outage

Ummm...wow. This points to a catastrophic failure in the backup power systems in this hosting facility. [[here](http://news.com.com/2061-10786_3-5701233.html) and [here](http://www.makeyougohmm.com/20050510/1831/) and [here](http://techdirt.com/articles/20050510/0212233_F.shtml)]
TDavid makes a very good point: when your systems become large enough, the power consumption alone would stun most people. One [article](http://www.energyusernews.com/CDA/ArticleInformation/features/BNP__Features__Item/0,2584,67992,00.html) points out that in 2001, a new Qwest facility in Sunnyvale,CA would require enough power to drive 1.2 million families. Another http://www.masselec.com/news/spring_summer_2001/News5.htm about a hosting facility in Billerica, MA talks about having six (6) 1.5 **MEGAWATT** backup generators.
You have to imagine what the power demands of [Google's](http://www.google.com/) 100,000 servers must be, even distributed worldwide.