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Re:Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video] by _trampeltier on Sunday June 24, 2018 @07:54PM (#17389008)
It seems almost common to break HDDs just while testing the firealarm. There are several incidents after a quick search. The latest big one was maybe this April in the Nasdaq's Scandinavian Data Center.

https://m.slashdot.org/story/339921

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Re:Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video] by DyslexicAtheist on Monday June 25, 2018 @05:14AM (#17390964)
nice paper on this:

Blue Note: How Intentional Acoustic Interference Damages Availability and Integrity in Hard Disk Drives and Operating Systems [pdf] https://spqr.eecs.umich.edu/papers/bolton-blue-note-IEEESSP-...

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Re:Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video] by apazgo on Monday June 25, 2018 @07:21AM (#17391445)
After this incident, our property owner installed "silencers" on the fire extinguisher system in the data center we rent.
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Re:Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video] by iriche on Monday June 25, 2018 @07:21AM (#17391446)
This issue, according to what I have heard, had to do with the fire suppression system going off by misstake and the explosion that happened when the gas was going to be released caused the vibrations.
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