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I really wanted to reply here with a link to something I recall reading from back when Katrina happened, but I can't find it. If I remember correctly it was so
by motrm 2y ago
I really wanted to reply here with a link to something I recall reading from back when Katrina happened, but I can't find it.
If I remember correctly it was someone called Usurper or The Usurper and they chronicled their journey at the time looking after a DC during Katrina. It may not have been a whole DC, possibly it was a business and their (smaller set of) servers, but my memory fails me.
Unfortunately I can't remember what medium it was written on - a blog of some sort? Heck, it could even have been on the Something Awful forums given the year.
I remember stories of struggling to find fresh sources of gas for the generator and all the fun involved in getting it from A to B.
Anyone else remember that? I'd love to have another read of it now, and I think some of you might too. It'll offer a bit of insight of what's to come this year too.
- juliansimioni 2y agoYes, that was the interdictor blog! https://interdictor.livejournal.com/2005/08/27/ https://interdictor.livejournal.com/2005/08/27/
- motrm 2y agoInterdictor! That's the one! Looks like the posts start at https://interdictor.livejournal.com/?skip=340 https://interdictor.livejournal.com/?skip=340 and newer ones can be found via the 'Next 10' link at the lower right. Thanks Julian!
- juliansimioni 2y agoThere's also the infamous bucket brigade from Hurricane Sandy. There was a Stack Overflow podcast about it but it looks like it disappears, here's a read though: https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/reliving-sandy-how-data-center-operators-coped-during-the-record-storm/ https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/analysis/reliving-sand...
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