OVHcloud's fire, and other unanswered questions
There are still plenty of unknowns to find out
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There are still plenty of unknowns to find out
Like Boris Johnson, OVHcloud has used a defense which makes it look incompetent
Wednesday's flight chaos should focus attention on existing criticism of the system
In South Korea, a data center fire led to government intervention. In France, just silence
As the climate warms, and facilities attempt to minimize cooling for efficiency reasons, we could see a trend for cooling systems failures
We may never know what happened on March 10 2021, when SBG2 went up in flames
Secrecy is no surprise in this industry
Consolidation is producing too many single points of failure
You want to avoid fires. You also want to avoid pressing the panic button
A lot of the stuff people want to do at the Edge is already being done
Dealing with the actual destruction is just the first step...
Just because it's unlikely doesn't mean it won't happen
ARP creates a control plane where decisions about routing electrical can be taken and enacted, based on a real-time assessment of the actual needs of the data center. Peter Judge talks to Ed Ansett about an invention due to be revealed at DCD>London
The airline could win back some trust if it helped to break the secrecy around IT failures
Our latest on the BA outage is here