RE: 503 errors earlier today
04-06-2021, 07:18 PM (This post was last modified: 04-06-2021, 07:18 PM by Black Aeronaut.)
04-06-2021, 07:18 PM (This post was last modified: 04-06-2021, 07:18 PM by Black Aeronaut.)
SB and SV are hosted at the same datacenter in Ogden, Utah.
Apparently what had happened was that they were load-testing a backup generator that powers some of the core routers and the fire suppression system.
And then the generator caught on fire.
For whatever reason, the fire department would not move in until they shut down power to the ENTIRE data center, even though the circuits in question were completely isolated from the server farms.
I have no idea how the hell water got into the server farms, but it didn't hurt the server rack that SV is in. SB, on the other hand, seems like it got wet and will be undergoing recovery to get what little was lost. (SV gets backed-up every 15 minutes, so I assume SB does the same.)
Apparently what had happened was that they were load-testing a backup generator that powers some of the core routers and the fire suppression system.
And then the generator caught on fire.
For whatever reason, the fire department would not move in until they shut down power to the ENTIRE data center, even though the circuits in question were completely isolated from the server farms.
I have no idea how the hell water got into the server farms, but it didn't hurt the server rack that SV is in. SB, on the other hand, seems like it got wet and will be undergoing recovery to get what little was lost. (SV gets backed-up every 15 minutes, so I assume SB does the same.)