Tell HN: Wells Fargo completely offline

Re:Tell HN: Wells Fargo completely offline by ptr on Thursday February 07, 2019 @04:01PM (#19108556)

Yes water isn't typically used in datacenters, halon gas can be used for example. But the noise of the nozzles releasing the gas can actually damage disk drives.

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Re:Tell HN: Wells Fargo completely offline by regecks on Thursday February 07, 2019 @04:09PM (#19108614)

There's a nozzle for that :) - http://www.fire-protection.com.au/news/hush-nozzle

From what I understand, using water/dry pipe isn't unheard of. Some prefer it over Halon - https://blog.equinix.com/blog/2014/03/26/we-must-protect-thi... .

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Re:Tell HN: Wells Fargo completely offline by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday February 07, 2019 @04:24PM (#19108729)

> We think water is superior to using the firefighting chemical compound Halon, because water Is less damaging to technology and Halon can destroy circuit cards.

Did not know Halon could destroy circuit cards. Apparently it also damages the Ozone.

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Re:Tell HN: Wells Fargo completely offline by saagarjha on Thursday February 07, 2019 @04:38PM (#19108840)

Yeah, some of them are literally CFCs.

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Re:Tell HN: Wells Fargo completely offline by xdlachx on Thursday February 07, 2019 @05:30PM (#19109272)

yeah, the data center affected apparently had a halon gas suppression system.

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