[AusNOG] Primus Melbourne down again

[Campbell, Alex]

Luck? Datacenter operators make their own luck.

Primus have just done a REALLY bad job of it.


On 9/08/09 5:48 PM, "Paul McMahon" <paul at mcmahon.com> wrote:

> Unbelievable strike of luck primus has had!!... glad I dont have kit in there.
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> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Jason Sinclair
> <Jason.Sinclair at staff.pipenetworks.com> wrote:
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>> That said ­ it ³appears² power has been restored to our devices. Waiting 100%
>> confirmation but will advise if I hear anything.
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>> Jason
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>> From: Matthew Moyle-Croft [mailto:mmc at internode.com.au]
>> Sent: Sunday, 9 August 2009 5:42 PM
>> To: Jason Sinclair
>> Cc: ausnog at ausnog.net
>> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Primus Melbourne down again
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>> Fuses usually fail to protect something ...
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>> MMC
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>> On 09/08/2009, at 5:09 PM, Jason Sinclair wrote:
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>> Hi All,
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>> I can also confirm there appears to be total power loss there. We are
>> attempting to establish contact with someone to ascertain what is going on,
>> however that has not been successful yet. I can confirm we have anecdotal
>> evidence that mains power was lost due to a fuse blowing and unfortunately
>> the gens could not sustain the load (something about 650KvA versus 1000 odd
>> KvAŠŠŠ.).
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>> If I hear something concrete will update.
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>> Jason
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>> From: ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net
>> [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Campbell, Alex
>> Sent: Sunday, 9 August 2009 4:30 PM
>> To: ausnog at ausnog.net
>> Subject: [AusNOG] Primus Melbourne down again
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>> Hi all,
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>> Primus Melbourne has lost power again, since about 3:55pm. Our racks have
>> lost both feeds, and Internode, iiNet and a bunch of others seem to be down
>> as well. The PIPE Melbourne IX looking glass does not paint a pretty picture
>> (all but about 5 peers are down).
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>> Anyone managed to get through to the NOC and get any useful info? I just
>> spoke to the datacenter manager who said HE was having trouble getting
>> through to them.
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>> More awesomeness from the most useless pack of... oh nevermind...
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>> Alex
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