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Video here. This will be Disaster Recovery 101 material. https://mobile.twitter.com/abonin_DNA/status/1369538028243456000 https://mobile.twitter.com/abonin_DNA

• raverbashing 6y ago
  Ouch, that's not pretty... but it seems that the fire was constrained to 1 or 2 sectors (inside the building) - per their updates Not sure how good were the fire suppression systems of the building.
  • baggy_trough 6y ago
    Looks like a lot of those containers/compartments are melted.
• Rapzid 6y ago
  Or disaster prevention. I'm curious how their fire suppression system failed so spectacularly..
  • rgj 6y ago
    I think they failed to install it. They only mention smoke detection: https://www.ovh.com/world/us/about-us/datacenters.xml https://www.ovh.com/world/us/about-us/datacenters.xml
    • lorenzhs 6y ago
      In French but with pictures: https://lafibre.info/ovh-datacenter/ovh-et-la-protection-incendie https://lafibre.info/ovh-datacenter/ovh-et-la-protection-inc... - probably a different OVH data centre, but they clearly have sprinklers there. The argument they made against gas extinguishers is by the time they have to use it, the data is gone anyway, and it's only going to trigger in the affected areas. It's also far safer for the people working there.
      • Rapzid 6y ago
        That's very interesting find! Google translate seemed to do a good enough job on it for me. 8 years ago and there are people in that thread ripping on what they see in the photos.