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Stupid Data Center Tricks

Posted by timothy on from the ejector-seat-toilet dept.

jcatcw writes "A university network is brought down when two network cables are plugged into the wrong hub. An employee is injured after an ill-timed entry into a data center. Overheated systems are shut down by a thermostat setting changed from Fahrenheit to Celsius. And, of course, Big Red Buttons. These are just a few of the data center disasters caused by human folly."

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  1. Re:bad article is bad by X0563511 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Oh. And the summary text is, verbatim, the first part of the article. Wow, Timothy... this was just bad.

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    For large sets, this will be our guide even unto death, for the LORD will work for each type of data it is applied to...
  2. Re:Network meltdown due to hub cross-connects by FlyMysticalDJ · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Cat o'nine tails? More like cat-5 cables! amirite?