Tag Archives: disaster

April, 2010

• 5 April

  Data centers ride out Baja earthquake

  The 7.2 magnitude earthquake that shook Mexico and southern California caused a fair share of damage in some areas, but it was no sweat for data centers in the Silicon Valley. As buildings rocked and picture frames toppled, servers were safe thanks to the seismic isolation technology used in many …

January, 2010

• 15 January

  .HT domain still operational after earthquake

  The 7.0-magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti earlier this week has killed 50,000 people and destroyed much of the capital. Currently, access to the nation is mainly limited to the few relief planes that can get in. Amid this tragedy there is at least some hope for Haiti, as its DNS …

September, 2009

• 18 September

  Flood ravages Vodafone data center

  This isn’t the first data center flood covered here at Internetblog, but most certainly the worst. In the video above, you can watch as several feet of water rush into Vodafone’s Istanbul data center and destroy thousands of pounds worth of server hardware and data. Immediately after the flood, Vodafone …

August, 2009

• 18 August

  Flight447.com registered two years before plane crash

  On June 1, 2009, Air France Flight 447 created a new page in history when it crashed off the coast of Brazil on its way to Paris. Eager to cash in on public interest, domainers flocked to register any domain bearing the flight’s name. Many were surprised to find out, …

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 …

June, 2009

• 16 June

  Data Center's Worst Nightmare Comes True

  I hope whoever owns this data center (likely a telecom provider) has good flood insurance. Considering the cost of equipment, time it takes to set up and configure several dozen servers, and most importantly, all the data these machines store, wouldn’t you think the owner of all this stuff would …