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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: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 09 2016, @06:04PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 09 2016, @06:04PM (#385881)

    At least planes get inspected every so often. But from what I read in the USA Today, only part of the system failed, the backup came up, and promptly locked up. Because of the half broken nature, the offsites wouldn't fail over. This just screams to me of improper testing of failure modes.

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