Burlington Coat Goes Dark for 36 Hours

Now, this is a great illustration for a previous post. If one thinks in terms of a one day worth of lost revenues, it is not such a big deal. If you think in terms of a lifetime user value, the calculation might be different.

Data Center Knowledge:

November 19th, 2009 : Rich Miller

Not many major retailers would take their online store offline for more than a day to conduct planned maintenance. That’s what Burlington Coat Factory did this week, allowing its main web site to go dark for nearly 36 hours as the company performed a major software and hardware refresh, which included an upgrade to an Oracle app server, according to Storefront Backtalk (link via The Server Room) . [Read the rest]

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