MSN response to breaking events: the server has been moved to China in 2006



August 26 morning news, a week ago against the broken submarine cable fault caused by user query MSN MSN "Why not the server moved to China," Liu Zhenyu, vice president of Microsoft's MSN, said this, in fact, MSN servers have been moved back in 2006 to China, but China does not mean that the server will not be affected.

Liu Zhenyu cooperation in the MSN communication with Kabajisi After disclose this information to the SAN's. For why the server in China, MSN is still affected by the issue of submarine cable faults, Liu Zhenyu explanation is that MSN is the only mainland China to provide large-scale IM software globalization services, has not escaped the impact of overseas export fracture.

August 17 undersea earthquake caused more than a number of undersea cables were damaged, then one and a half of the time MSN users experiencing landing difficulties or unable to access the problem. Since 2006, the same earthquake damaged undersea cables, MSN has landed up in January not work. Once again off the face of network MSN users very angry, could not resist accusing "MSN why not turn the server on China."

Microsoft's MSN, according to insiders, as a corresponding qualification requirements ICP Web site, MSN server was moved to Beijing in 2006. "MSN technical level, things are very complex, involving interactions with many other countries, not that the server in China will not be affected."

Will the future network events off again, Liu Zhenyu and can not give definitive answers, "like natural disasters can not give the same is expected." But let Zhenyu quite pleased that after the incident off network operators to communicate with MSN urgent priority to provide backup routers MSN, MSN failure to resume normal day and a half after the landing.

"Taiwan's earthquake disaster in 2006 led to about one month can not login MSN, and afterwards we had lessons learned, and develop response plans for similar events, this is only one and a half we can to resolve the causes of this failure." Zhenyu said .

Appears in Liu Zhenyu, MSN user population is very valuable in the future will continue to do more in the population based on the value of mining, while devoting more energy to do service, such as the Messenger as the core of social networks, combined with Bing search, and MSN radio services.