Gros problème d'hébergement pour Linode.com (mon fournisseur de VPS), la facilité de THE PLANET à Dallas a subi une grosse coupure de courant; c'est un fusible dans un UPS qui a sauté, transférant sa charge sur l'autre UPS mais qui a lui aussi sauté à cause que c'était une trop grosse charge.
6 heures d'arrêt pour tous leurs clients... Linode.com y compris.
J'ai hâte que mon serveur revienne en ligne; il va y avoir beaucoup de messages en attente pour ma boîte de réception, je sens que SpamAssassin va rouler un bon bout de temps.
Pour référence, voici le résumé des événements à The Planet ce matin:
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ThePlanet Network : online!---
Dallas Linode Hosts : coming online now
ETA : 30-90 minutes for all nodes to be back online
Please *DO NOT* issue reboots -- your Linodes will come back online automatically
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*** 2005-03-31 9:24 AM Eastern
It appears as though ThePlanet, the datacenter which houses the Linode
equipment in Dallas, suffered massive equipment failure. They are
currently working to restore access.
The Linodes in the Fremont, CA Datacenter are still up and functioning
correctly, however customers in that datacenter should not issue reboots,
as the main Linode database runs from ThePlanet datacenter.
I apologize for the downtime. Updates to follow...
-Chris
At approximately 4:15AM CST, a pair of redundant Powerware 500KVA UPS units
failed creating a power failure in section B of our DLLSTX2 datacenter.
Emergency teams were deployed within minutes and power was restored
within minutes but intermmittment power outages did occur until 6:45AM CST.
Powerware, JT Packard, and electricians are currently onsite with over
100 Planet technicians working to resolve the issue. We do not anticipate
any further outages . A formal RFO will be released once the team debriefs.
We apologize for all issues that has caused.
Lance Crosby
COO & Legal Counsel
TP / TC / SM / Insomnia365
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*** 2005-03-31 10:54 AM Eastern
Response from TP:
We will be performing a sweep of the data center as soon as this issue is
completely resolved to reboot and ensure connectivity of all Active servers.
Thank you for your patience in this matter.
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*** 2005-03-31 11:43 AM Eastern
Location: DLLSTX2
Severity: Level 5
Description:
At 4:09AM CST, a power failure occurred in a redundant pair of Powerware UPS
units feeding power to section B of the DLLSTX2 datacenter. The power failure
was caused by a faulty fuse in UPS unit B-1. As the load transferred to UPS
unit B-2, the spike in the load created an overloaded breaker and UPS B2 also
lost power. This resulted in a power outage to the main power distribution
unit feeding section B of the datacenter floor. Emergency teams were notified
and the power was restored within 20 minutes. The power continued to cycle
until 6:45AM due to the faulty fuse and the inability of the redundant UPS
units to remain in bypass mode. Customers may have noticed several power
cycles during this time period. Powerware, JT Packard, and electricians found
the problem and replaced the faulty hardware and fuses. At 6:45AM, all electrical
service was restored to normal and the NOC team began to bring all servers
back online. The technical staff is currently placing a console on all servers
to verify server restarts. Customers with operating systems that require a file
check may have experienced extended downtime during the file check. Powerware
and JT Packard will continue to monitor the UPS systems for the next 24 to 48
hours. The Planet does not anticipate any further outages.
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*** 2005-03-31 12:00 AM Eastern
fmerrill-03/31/2005 11:00:15:
Investigating to see if we can't get power back online for you.
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Firm aims to settle dispute
Judge imposes stiff penalty on Packard in copyright case
By RICK ROMELL
rromell@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Dec. 11, 2006
Slapped with a contempt finding and a huge financial penalty, a Madison-area tech firm and its founder are moving to settle a theft and copyright infringement case.
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Last Tuesday, a judge in Tennessee ruled that JT Packard & Associates Inc. and its founder, Jeff Cason, had violated an earlier order to surrender software and data belonging to plaintiff MGE UPS Systems Inc.
With the contempt finding, federal Judge William J. Haynes Jr. imposed a stiff financial sanction - Packard and Cason are to pay MGE 30% of Packard's gross revenue since July 31, 2004.
Three days after the contempt finding, lawyers for both sides in the 2 1/2 -year-old case told Haynes they were preparing to settle and expected to resolve their dispute soon.
Neither Cason nor his lawyer could be reached for comment Monday, but based on Cason's previous statements, the contempt penalty, if carried out, would top $30 million. Whether the amount will be modified in the settlement now being finalized could not be learned.
In any event, the contempt finding has dealt Packard and Cason a setback in one of two legal battles they are fighting against much bigger companies.
Based in Verona, Packard services large uninterruptible power supply equipment - battery-powered systems that kick in immediately after an electrical failure and keep vital equipment running. MGE manufactures the systems.
Since entering the service business four years ago, Packard has grown from fewer than 10 employees to about 235. In an October interview, Cason said the firm's 2006 sales should total $65 million, up from $41 million in 2005.
MGE sued Packard in May 2004, alleging it had, without authorization, obtained MGE software and an MGE data disk containing trade secrets. Later, MGE added Cason as a defendant.
Packard and Cason denied any wrongdoing. They claimed MGE's software functioned only to force customers to get service only from MGE, and as such violated antitrust law.
In July 2004, a federal judge ordered Packard to stop using the MGE software and data disk and to surrender all copies of them. Last week, Haynes ruled that Packard and Cason hadn't complied with the order and found them in contempt.
The pending settlement in the case probably involves a licensing agreement, said Stephen E. Kravit, a Milwaukee lawyer specializing in complex litigation. Under such an arrangement, Packard would pay MGE for use of its software.
MGE, whose North American headquarters is in Costa Mesa, Calif., is a unit of France's Schneider Electric, which last year posted about $14 billion in sales.
Meanwhile, a similar case involving Packard and Cleveland-based Eaton Corp., another manufacturer of uninterruptible power supply equipment, continues in federal court in Illinois.
Cason, 34, was Packard's sole owner until about two months ago, when he sold a majority stake to Power Plus, an Anaheim, Calif., company that provides temporary electrical power to customers in California, Nevada and Arizona.
A representative of Power Plus could not be reached for comment Monday.
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