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It seems almost common to break HDDs just while testing the firealarm. There are several incidents after a quick search. The latest big one was maybe this April
by _trampeltier 8y ago
It seems almost common to break HDDs just while testing the firealarm. There are several incidents after a quick search. The latest big one was maybe this April in the Nasdaq's Scandinavian Data Center.
https://m.slashdot.org/story/339921 https://m.slashdot.org/story/339921
- DyslexicAtheist 8y agonice paper on this: Blue Note: How Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability and Integrity in Hard Disk Drives and Operating Systems [pdf] https://spqr.eecs.umich.edu/papers/bolton-blue-note-IEEESSP-2018.pdf https://spqr.eecs.umich.edu/papers/bolton-blue-note-IEEESSP-...
- apazgo 8y agoAfter this incident, our property owner installed "silencers" on the fire extinguisher system in the data center we rent.
- iriche 8y agoThis issue, according to what I have heard, had to do with the fire suppression system going off by misstake and the explosion that happened when the gas was going to be released caused the vibrations.