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Thread ID: 102197	2009-08-10 21:09:00	Kiwibank down for maintenance :(	Gobe1 (6290)	PC World Chat

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800056	2009-08-12 05:05:00	There is absolutely NO Internet Banking application that will run 24/7/365 . All applications/servers need to have downtime at some point, usually on a regular basis . Most businesses have planned outages scheduled for outside normal business hours . For an online banking system, this is generally in the wee hours, when most (sensible) people are tucked up in bed . However, unplanned outages can and do occur for various reasons . I suspect this is what was encountered here . No point in making a fuss about it - as is attributed to Forrest Gump (misquoted): "**** happens . " Perhaps someone should suggest a stand -by server,or that too easy?	Cicero (40)
800057	2009-08-12 05:34:00	Or perhaps get their IT to do upgrades/maintenance at night?? like 1am instead of 8am I certainly leave my non essential reboots and upgrades when there is no one in the office	Gobe1 (6290)
800058	2009-08-12 07:40:00	Or perhaps get their IT to do upgrades/maintenance at night?? like 1am instead of 8am I certainly leave my non essential reboots and upgrades when there is no one in the office As I mentioned - I suspect the outage reported here was an unplanned one. I seriously doubt that any IT department would be dumb enough to schedule an outage part way into a business day... Even Kiwibank. :)	johcar (6283)
800059	2009-08-12 23:19:00	Haw Haw, are you sure? Normally an outfit like that (ie bank) would have plenty of redundancy that this would never happen. I know medium businesses with multi site switching just for email? The world crashes down when you cannot access your email.	Gobe1 (6290)
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