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What Happened When Delta Went Down Yesterday?

posted by takyon on Tuesday August 09 2016, @03:34PM   Printer-friendly
from the you're-grounded dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

Cringley speculates like hell:

Delta Airlines last night suffered a major power outage at its data center in Atlanta that led to a systemwide shutdown of its computer network, stranding airliners and canceling flights all over the world. You already know that. What you may not know, however, is the likely role in the crisis of IT outsourcing and offshoring.

Do any Soylentils have inside/better information?

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  • (Score: 2) by frojack on Tuesday August 09 2016, @06:02PM

    by frojack (1554) on Tuesday August 09 2016, @06:02PM (#385880) Journal

    Agreed. Old Software is not the problem.

    Not having an offisite backup MAY be a problem, but it is a secondary problem, not a causal event.

    The problem seems to be they were running on shore power only, and had zero, or inadequate on site backup power.

    Its also possible they didn't have control of their uplink to the network, no redundant links and left that in the hands of some telco with equally inadequate backup.

    I doubt Cringley.

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