Re: 1 minutes: best downtime story

From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:24:58 -0500
Message-ID: <CAJvnOJad9_mmGaZ=weX_GKx5y6rdq8YC6O7hxw=N-wZDMVQ96A_at_mail.gmail.com>

Many years ago working for a defense contractor, we were not allowed to turn on the AC until a specific date on post. Rather than get an exception, they opened the door to the computer room to the outside. Within 6 months we lost every disk drive due to unfiltered air. On Thu, Mar 14, 2013 at 4:20 PM, Lange, Kevin G <kevin.lange_at_ppoone.com>wrote:

> Half a Million Dollar AIX system kept having main system drive failures
> costing the Electric Utility who owned the Nuclear Plant undergoing its
> 18 month Maintenance Outage about One-Hundred Thousand dollars a day in
> delay costs.
>
> Cause: 1 25 cent chip on the hot-swap carriage the disk was mounted in.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy Schneider
> Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 4:07 PM
> To: oracle-l
> Subject: 1 minutes: best downtime story
>
> Hey all -
>
> I'm writing a paper about top causes of downtime. As one component of
> research, I'd like to get some input from you!
>
> One minute, two sentences. First sentence: describe what went down.
> Second sentence: describe why. (I have to categorize all of these.)
> Everyone should have at least one downtime story so I'm hoping for a lot
> of feedback!
>
> Answer about any technology - database, operating system, etc.
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Jeremy
>
>
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> Pythian Consulting Group
> Chicago
>
> +1 312-725-9249
> http://www.pythian.com
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Andrew W. Kerber

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