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That time we unplugged a data center to test our disaster readiness - Dropbox

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“That time we unplugged a data center to test our disaster readiness // By Krishelle Hardson-Hurley, Ross Delinger, and Tong Pham • Apr 25, 2022 On Thursday, November 18, 2021, Dropbox did not go down. On a normal day this would be a non-event—a sign that everything was operating as usual. However...” (from the page’s text)

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