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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   Printer-friendly

MrPlow writes:

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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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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 22 2018, @08:29PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 22 2018, @08:29PM (#670471)

    deployed in data centers because of their ability to put out fires

    "Fire alarm" is not the proper term.
    The fact that it makes noise is coincidental to how it works and what its primary task is.
    What these things are is a fire suppression system.

    releasing inert gas

    There's the giant clue, right there.

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  • (Score: 0, Offtopic) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday April 22 2018, @08:46PM (1 child)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday April 22 2018, @08:46PM (#670476) Homepage

    So while you're here being informative, can you tell me whether or not these systems sound like a queef?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @07:57PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday April 24 2018, @07:57PM (#671295)

      Your comments are painfully stupid.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 23 2018, @12:04AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 23 2018, @12:04AM (#670534)

    releasing inert gas
    There's the giant clue, right there.

    Aha, thank you. So this is a non-flammable mega-fart system.

  • (Score: 1) by shrewdsheep on Monday April 23 2018, @01:37PM

    by shrewdsheep (5215) on Monday April 23 2018, @01:37PM (#670730)

    What is the danger of suffocation when these go off, ie. how fast do they work?