| Title | Loud Sound From Fire Alarm System Shuts Down Nasdaq's Scandinavian Data Center | |
| Date | Sunday April 22 2018, @06:50PM | |
| Author | Fnord666 | |
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| from the dept. | ||
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.
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