Reliable enterprise-class disk drives are critical for any trustworthy data center.

Redundant storage system designs are necessary.

Failover power and cooling is essential.

But sometimes none of that matters.  This video from Data Center Knowledge of a Vodaphone data center in Turkey demonstrates why remote disaster recovery is just as important as any other investment.  Store whatever data you value both “here” and “there”.

The video starts out almost comical; by Minute Six the situation has become dramatically more serious.