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Power Outage Takes Wikimedia Down

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the problem-with-non-absolute-power dept.

Baricom writes "Just a few weeks after a major power outage took out well-known blogging service LiveJournal for several hours, almost all of Wikimedia Foundation's services are offline due to a tripped circuit breaker at a different colo. Among other services, Wikimedia runs the well-known Wikipedia open encyclopedia. Coincidentally, the foundation is in the middle of a fundraising drive to pay for new servers. They have established an off-site backup of the fundraising page here until power returns."

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  1. This is why you don't turn Google down by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    They'll turn the lights off.

  2. Coincidence... ;) by Faust7 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Coincidentally, the foundation is in the middle of a fundraising drive to pay for new servers.

    "You see, guys? This is what could happen if we ever ran out of money. Now cough up some dough!"

    --
    The coolest voice ever.
    1. Re:Coincidence... ;) by xsupergr0verx · · Score: 5, Funny

      So... slashdot the offsite backup?

      --

      Click here for a free picture of an iPod!
  3. News Update by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    After returning from the power outage, the servers have just been slash-fried.

  4. More information here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I found this useful information about power outages:
    http://www.wikipedia.org/search?/power_o utage

  5. Re:What Happened. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Real datacenters don't have PeeCees.

    Oh, maybe one, out at the guard's desk.