tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post5348823492369298852..comments2024-03-28T07:23:23.408-07:00Comments on DSHR's Blog: Amazon's OutageDavid.http://www.blogger.com/profile/14498131502038331594noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-8033975974142141932018-09-18T16:35:22.125-07:002018-09-18T16:35:22.125-07:00Following Amazon's excellent example, Microsof...Following Amazon's excellent example, Microsoft has released an analysis of Azure's September 4th outage, which <a href="https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/09/17/azure_outage_report/" rel="nofollow">Richard Speed reports on for <i>The Register</i></a>. It is fascinating reading, describing a sequence of correlated failures starting with:<br /><br />"A lightning strike at 0842 UTC caused one data center to switch to generator power and also overloaded suppressors on the mechanical cooling system, shutting it down."David.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14498131502038331594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4503292949532760618.post-70351754113384283752012-11-10T20:32:51.599-08:002012-11-10T20:32:51.599-08:00A lot of issues of this class are described in det...A lot of issues of this class are described in detail in "Normal Accidents" which was written about other complex systems. It was written 20 years ago, and is completely applicable. As they say NNUTS.LagPokerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04520543701924395859noreply@blogger.com