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Loud Sound From Fire Alarm System Shuts Down Nasdaq's Scandinavian Data Center

posted by Fnord666 on Sunday April 22 2018, @06:50PM   

MrPlow writes:

Submitted via IRC for SoyCow8317

A loud sound emitted by a fire alarm system has destroyed the hard drives of a Swedish data center, downing Nasdaq operations across Northern Europe.

The incident took place in the early hours of Wednesday, April 19, and was caused by a gas-based fire alarm system that are typically deployed in data centers because of their ability to put out fires without destroying non-burnt equipment.

These systems work by releasing inert gas at high speeds, a mechanism usually accompanied by a loud whistle-like sound. With non-calibrated systems, this sound can get very loud, a big no-no in data centers, where loud sounds are known to affect performance, shut down, or even destroy hard drives.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/technology/loud-sound-from-fire-alarm-system-shuts-down-nasdaqs-scandinavian-data-center/

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Original Submission

• Spectral analysis Spectral analysis (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday April 22 2018, @06:55PM (5 children)

  by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday April 22 2018, @06:55PM (#670440) Homepage

  Can anybody provide a spectral analysis or approximate sound sample of the offending noise? Taking a look at the more prominent spikes could be interesting, even if only for curiosity's sake.

  Also, holy fuck, that guy in the Youtube vid looks almost like a carbon copy of me.

• Re:Spectral analysis Re:Spectral analysis (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 22 2018, @07:21PM (2 children)

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 22 2018, @07:21PM (#670450)

  That video was from Earth 2 -- that is the other you, EF.

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  • Re:Spectral analysis Re:Spectral analysis (Score: 2) by wonkey_monkey on Sunday April 22 2018, @09:13PM (1 child)

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Sunday April 22 2018, @09:13PM (#670486) Homepage

    No... this is Earth 2.

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    systemd is Roko's Basilisk

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    • Re:Spectral analysis (Score: 2) by SanityCheck on Monday April 23 2018, @03:57AM

      by SanityCheck (5190) on Monday April 23 2018, @03:57AM (#670600)

      No this is Earth 2!, oh wait 2! = 2... nm

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• Re:Spectral analysis (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 22 2018, @07:49PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 22 2018, @07:49PM (#670457)

  I guess one could say that this alarm blew the whistle on the Nasdaq. :)

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• Re:Spectral analysis (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 22 2018, @11:21PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 22 2018, @11:21PM (#670519)

  Wow. Stupid *and* ugly. That's two for two!

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