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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:

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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  • (Score: 2, Interesting) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday April 22 2018, @10:38PM (1 child)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Sunday April 22 2018, @10:38PM (#670511) Homepage

    " The sudden shock of coldness can damage some stuff. "

    I see that you don't work on anything important, then. Thermal shock chambers are a thing in the real-world.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 23 2018, @01:33AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 23 2018, @01:33AM (#670567)

    you don't work on anything important

    Almost all of the stuff produced on this planet is NOT Mil-spec.

    In that same facility that I mentioned, there was commercial grade stuff being produced at the same time that military grade goods were being produced.
    ...well, until NAFTA came along and all of the non-military stuff was sent to the maquiladora in Tijuana.

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