With reference to the recent power outage
http://news.opensuse.org/2008/10/10/power-outage-in-area-where-most-opensuse-servers-are-located/
Maybe this single point failure could be avoided in the future, somehow?
I mean, it was my understanding that there was an automatic mirroring system
for SUSE software repos. But, there can be no system if the loss of any
single node can wipe out the ability of the entire network to switch paths.
That is, if a simple loss of electricity to ONE node can be so crippling maybe
the entire system needs more redundancy.