N.J. Data Center Outage Takes Down Services

By | Jan 25, 2013
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New Jersey Data Center Outage Takes Down Services (via slashdot)

A power outage at a key New Jersey data center on the afternoon of January 24 disrupted several state services, including its Labor Department, which processes unemployment claims. The power failure, which occurred at about 2 PM ET, shut down most of the state’s network, causing “disruptions across…


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  1. BY Cicuta says:
    | January 25, 2013

    That tells me they “probably” did not have a backup generator. If they did not, what is wrong with Data Center professionals?

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