[Trombone-l] FW: Fwd: TTF offline status

[Eric Edwards]

 Any word on the Forum?

Thanks
Eric 



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-----Original Message-----
From: trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu [mailto:trombone-l-bounces at samford.edu]
On Behalf Of Walter Barrett
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2008 2:13 PM
To: Bone Trombone-L
Subject: [Trombone-l] Fwd: TTF offline status
Importance: High

An update from Richard Byrd on the status of TTF...

Begin forwarded message:

>
> Date: June 1, 2008 3:14:50 PM EDT
> Subject: TTF offline status
>
> More details; now we know WHY the core router is offline.  I have used 
> Houston-based ThePlanet as my datacenter for years--since well before 
> they became "The Planet," in 1995.  However...
>
> Houston, TX (AHN) -- An explosion Saturday evening at a Texas-based, 
> privately held server hosting provider has caused server outages 
> effecting 9,000 servers and 7,500 customers.
>
> According to The Planet's website, at about 5 p.m. Saturday electrical 
> gear shorted, creating an explosion and fire that knocked down three 
> walls surrounding their electrical equipment room.
>
> No injuries were reported and no servers were damaged or lost.
>
> The Houston company, which provides servers for small and medium sized 
> companies, said it has its entire support team working around the 
> clock to get the servers back on line.
>
> They estimate they will be up and running by Sunday afternoon.
> That's from last night.  I spent a quarter hour on the phone with a 
> contact I have on the inside at The Planet--the nitty gritty is that 
> one of their main power couplings exploded, blowing out three walls 
> and filling the datacenter with poisonous gas (mercury would be my
> guess) and the fire and air quality didn't even allow anyone in to 
> work until around midnight CDT this morning.
> They are *saying* that no servers were destroyed; if that is the  
> case, when power and bandwidth are restored, we'll be back online.   
> If some hardware was destroyed and it turns out to be ours, then I'll 
> have to deploy a new one.  In any case, I'm watching it closely.
> Please pass this email around to all and sundry so everyone knows 
> what's going on.  (Yes, I have good backups!) I'm also considering for 
> the future a Google-hosted emergency news page.  Should have done it 
> before, dammit.
> r
>

Walter Barrett

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