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recent bookmarks from jmWHAT WENT WRONG IN BRITISH AIRWAYS DATACENTER IN MAY 2017?2017-05-31T13:42:11+00:00
http://up2v.nl/2017/05/29/what-went-wrong-in-british-airways-datacenter/
jmMinutes later power was restored was resumed in what one source described as “uncontrolled fashion.” Instead of gradual restore, all power was restored at once resulting in a power surge. BA CEO Cruz told BBC Radio this power surge caused network hardware to fail. Also server hardware was damaged because of the power surge.
It seems as if the UPS was the single point of failure for power feed of the IT equipment in Boadicea House . The Times is reporting that the same UPS was powering both Heathrow based datacenters. Which could be a double single point of failure if true (I doubt it is)
The broken network stopped the exchange of messages between different BA systems and application. Without messaging, there is no exchange of information between various applications. BA is using Progress Software’s Sonic [enterprise service bus].
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