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Loud Sound From Fire Alarm System Shuts Down Nasdaq's Scandinavian Data Center
Interesting way to destroy hard drives.
A loud sound emitted by a fire alarm system has destroyed the hard drives of a Swedish data center, downing Nasdaq operations across Northern Europe.
The incident took place in the early hours of Wednesday, April 19, and was caused by a gas-based fire alarm system that are typically deployed in data centers because of their ability to put out fires without destroying non-burnt equipment.
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The end is nigh.
Should have bought solid state drives instead of spinning rust.
Gas based fire alarm ... ?
This article is a load of crap.
Gas fire suppression not a loud ‘fire alarm’. Gas can damage the hard drives when deployed. It’s a known issue, nothing new, nothing surprising. Happened many times before.
I think they mean fire suppression system (removing oxygen from the building so the fire doesn't have any to use)
Supposedly the 130+ decibels sound resonated with the HDDs and destroyed everything.
Reminds me of this (Borland C++ 3.1)
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@stefeman
So essentially, one could destroy all of the HDDs with an air horn. Doubt all the details were given.