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The BIG EEVblog Server Fire
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Towger:

--- Quote from: peter-h on April 08, 2021, 09:06:11 am ---Also a "mirror" server won't protect you from a clever attack, where only older data is deleted, perhaps over time.

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Royal Bank of Scotland learned that the hard way, it took years to properly sort out: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_RBS_Group_computer_system_problems
In their case it was incompetence. They could have pulled the plug on the main system before it was automatically replicated on the backup system, a couple of hours later.

MadScientist:
I’d be really interested to know what happened and see a layout of the building

Genset fires are not uncommon , ( IC engines etc) and typically are positioned well away from the devices they powered, airgapped by 100s of feet , walls , separate buildings etc. Gensets should be able to burn to the ground and not damage their associated systems. Not to mention comprehensive fire suppression

Someone skimped here at gorilla methinks
Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: MadScientist on April 08, 2021, 09:49:25 am ---I’d be really interested to know what happened and see a layout of the building

Genset fires are not uncommon , ( IC engines etc) and typically are positioned well away from the devices they powered, airgapped by 100s of feet , walls , separate buildings etc. Gensets should be able to burn to the ground and not damage their associated systems. Not to mention comprehensive fire suppression

Someone skimped here at gorilla methinks

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My money's on switchboxes. They really can and do indeed release magic black smoke.
Ian.M:
EEVblog got an honorable mention in the article about the incident at 'The Register': https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/06/webnx_data_fire/

The best unofficial live discussion thread about the incident is at: https://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1842301
It has a lot of stuff that WebNX and GorillaServers were either slow to, or did not, publicly release.
MadScientist:

--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on April 08, 2021, 09:53:59 am ---
--- Quote from: MadScientist on April 08, 2021, 09:49:25 am ---I’d be really interested to know what happened and see a layout of the building

Genset fires are not uncommon , ( IC engines etc) and typically are positioned well away from the devices they powered, airgapped by 100s of feet , walls , separate buildings etc. Gensets should be able to burn to the ground and not damage their associated systems. Not to mention comprehensive fire suppression

Someone skimped here at gorilla methinks

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My money's on switchboxes. They really can and do indeed release magic black smoke.

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Hmm, normally the changeover systems are in the genset space not the supported devices space, the switchgear there would be in use daily using the grid supplies etc and wouldn’t or shouldn’t fail like it did. ( if it did ) , sometimes the changeover system burns out , but again this should be significantly airgapped 
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