Google lost part of the data because it was hit by lightning

Lost data only accounts for 1 million of Western Europe's total data, but can also be considered lost to Google.

Google lost 1 million of the total data due to lightning

Last week, Google 's data center in Belgium encountered some problems storing data when the local grid was hit by lightning 4 times. The lightning strikes that occurred on August 13 made the Google data center here use emergency power. However, there is still a piece of data that has disappeared and cannot be recovered.

This data center is part of Google Compute Engine , a service for corporate customers based on Google's huge server to perform high-end tasks. Even popular services like Gmail, Youtube or Google Drive are somewhat affected by this problem.

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In its incident report, Google said the lost data was only about 1 million of the total data in Western Europe. Although it cannot be restored here, customers can be assured that these data have been backed up on many other servers around the world.

Charley David, who works at Azendoo, a French technology company, said his service was greatly affected during the 12 hours."Google has helped fix a small portion of lost data, and we have struggled to recover the rest . " Luckily, his Azendoo company has backed up in another hosting service provided by Google and can completely recover later.

Google said it was solely responsible for the problem, but customers should use its other storage services . " In case Google Compute Engine and Persistent Disks are unavoidable because this is an unpredictable disaster problem."

A partner of Google, the media company Villains, supports the company's approach. They think Google is well prepared for such cases. As for Google, the company also said it is in the process of improving its system with the motto " Data security is our highest priority".

Finally, American technology group apologized to all customers: "We apologize to all customers who were affected last week due to this special incident . " A very encouraging move by Google, somewhat retaining its reputation, as well as improving its image.