Tag Archives: data center disaster

September, 2009

• 25 September

  Australian data centers prepare for dust storms

  Everyone knows how dust storms are making everyday life difficult for many Australians, but few realize that this natural disaster is also impacting data centers. According to itNews, the dust storms are clogging ventilation filters in data centers across Syndey and Brisbane. At some, the wind has been so powerful …

July, 2009

• 28 July

  HP blows up data center

  In what is a blatant advertisement for its products, HP makes a cool demonstration of its failover server technology by blowing up a data center. The technology demonstrated in the video is used by more than a few companies, including Google. Essentially what happens is when a data center goes …