[LINK] OT: Westpac's 20th century disaster recovery centre for sale

[Roger Clarke]

[ I have memories of Westpac (still called Bank of NSW until 1982) 
establishing its first hot-site in Edgecliff.  Maybe that was mid-1970s?

[ The reason I remember it is that one of the disaster scenarios was a 
nuclear explosion that destroyed or at least rendered inoperative key 
infrastructure in the financial district in Sydney's mid-CBD.

[ Both locations are about 2km from Garden Island Naval Base, where US 
nuclear-powered and -armed vessels sometimes moored: 
https://maps.app.goo.gl/2rayDixe83P3EyPV9

[ I have this intertwined in my mind with NZ's distaste for those 
vessels, which places the date as somewhere late 70s to late 80s:
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/politics/nuclear-free-new-zealand/ship-visits

[ (Memory's a dangerous thing, so I can't vouch for the accuracy of my 
impression of it being Edgecliff, or being mid-70s).

[ I wonder how many failure-points there are in Westpac's 21st century, 
dispersed, multi-supplier, everyone-points-at-everyone-else, 
network-based fallback / hotsite / disaster-recovery arrangements. ]


Westpac disaster recovery centre hits the market
1990s data centre was repurposed in 2017.
Richard Chirgwin
itNews
Mar 15 2024 6:36AM
https://www.itnews.com.au/news/westpac-disaster-recovery-centre-hits-the-market-605840

Westpac has put its former Chatswood disaster recovery centre on the market.

Westpac disaster recovery centre hits the market
JLL Capital Markets is selling the facility at 26 Smith Street, Chatswood.

A Westpac spokesperson told iTnews the property was originally built in 
the early 1990s. From then until 2018, it operated as a data centre.

That was followed by a refurbishment to operate as a business continuity 
centre “for short term occupancy for a limited number of people.”

The spokesperson said the bank no longer needs the property, so is 
selling it in a campaign closing April 9.


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