August 22, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Online auctioneer eBay (ebay.com) confirmed Thursday that it experienced a power outage in its Web hosting facility that resulted in the entire auction service being down for nearly three hours.
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The power outage occurred on Wednesday night between 8:55 p.m. and 11:45 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time.
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According to reports, the power outage took place at a Qwest (qwest.com) facility in Santa Clara, California, a location for many of eBay?s Web servers.
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The power outage came amid reports that eBay is seeking to bolster its redundancy and disaster recovery capabilities through the diversification of facilities to other geographic regions.
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The company is said to be currently seeking nearly 200,000 square feet of facility space in the Denver, Colorado area for Web hosting and server space.
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