[AusNOG] Global switch Level 4 Hard disk's

[Matt Perkins]

A good question. I would think it would be covered under equipment 
breakdown policy. As there was no fire. I would think most people would 
not be insured for this sort of thing.  It's a good question for your 
broker.

Matt


On 14/01/14 6:41 AM, Alex Samad - Yieldbroker wrote:
>
> Question
>
> Who pays for this ? If you were in the suite and lost 20-40 drives, 
> would insurance cover it and if not do you have any claim on GS if it 
> was done in error. Or is it a case of you know the risks, buyer beware.
>
> Curious
>
> Alex
>
> *From:*AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] *On Behalf Of 
> *James Braunegg
> *Sent:* Monday, 13 January 2014 10:19 PM
> *To:* John Edwards; ausnog at lists.ausnog.net
> *Subject:* Re: [AusNOG] Global switch Level 4 Hard disk's
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> Dear All
>
> I'd love to know if any Server or Storage Vendors have any meantime to 
> failure reports based on exposure to different fire suppression 
> systems, very interesting Read / Topic !!!
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> From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of 
> John Edwards
> Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 10:06 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Global switch Level 4 Hard disk's
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> On 13 Jan 2014, at 2:00 pm, Brad Gould <bradley at internode.com.au 
> <mailto:bradley at internode.com.au>> wrote:
>
> > Sudden pressure increase or temperature drop with a gas dump?
>
> >
>
> I'm with Brad,
>
> Gas expansion is an endothermic process.
>
> The temperature will drop significantly - more than you could effect 
> with a block of ice. In a data centre, the air temp will be back to 
> normal in one cycle, so humans may not notice the difference.
>
> Disks are spinning at 10K rpm, operating at 55 degrees. It's not 
> surprising that they would fail with a sudden drop in temperature. 
> 3.5" SATA drives are going to be hit harder than 2.5" SAS drives, 
> simply because they are bigger and will contract further.
>
> Pressure increase on a gas drop will be negligible, and most hard 
> drives are effectively sealed anyway.
>
> Someone hit a hot hard drive performing a transfer with a CO2 fire 
> extinguisher, and let us know the result :)
>
> John
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