Tag: failure

Networking

BlackBerry outage caused by 'switch failure'

By Stewart Mitchell | Oct 13, 2011 | Comment Now

Auto failover bombs, too.

Networking

Vocus loses power at Sydney data centre

By Ry Crozier | Aug 29, 2011 | Comment Now

Weekend outage occurs during scheduled test.

Networking

Amazon's botched backup causes cloud chaos

By Liam Tung | Aug 17, 2011 | Comment Now

Admits software bug also caused it to delete storage snapshots.

Networking

Vocus Melbourne data centre blacks out

By Ry Crozier | Dec 10, 2010 | 3 Comments

Updated: Second generator only a week away.

Telco/ISP

BigPond emails still await delivery to some

By Nate Cochrane | Sep 22, 2010 | Comment Now

Swirls with discontent from last week's outage despite Telstra assurances.

Telco/ISP

'Everything back to normal', says BigPond

By Nate Cochrane | Sep 17, 2010 | 6 Comments

But Telstra won't circulate incident report explaining four-day email outage.

Storage

EMC SAN at centre of state meltdown

By Liam Tung | Sep 1, 2010 | Comment Now

SAN failure paralysis.

Storage

IBM bungled IT storage repair, says bank

By Ry Crozier | Jul 14, 2010 | 2 Comments

Routine component swap ends in seven-hour outage.

Networking

Google explains Apps data centre failure

By Iain Thomson | Mar 10, 2010 | Comment Now

Honest assessment of February outage.

Telco/ISP

aaNet hardware failure knocks out webmail

By Ry Crozier | May 22, 2009 | Comment Now

Users of EFTel-owned ISP aaNet will have to wait several hours to receive all their emails after a “major hardware failure” cut off webmail access since early Thursday.

Networking

Primus admits to blackout at Melbourne data centre

By Ry Crozier | Apr 20, 2009 | Comment Now

Primus Telecom has admitted to a power outage in part of its Melbourne data centre Saturday, citing the “bad luck” of being between phases of a multi-million dollar upgrade to ...

Networking

No outage in data centre, says Primus

By Ry Crozier | Apr 20, 2009 | Comment Now

Primus Telecom has this morning angrily denied suggestions that its Melbourne data centre went down for up to eight hours on Saturday afternoon.

Networking

Primus reveals cause of data centre blackout

By Ry Crozier | Mar 17, 2009 | Comment Now

Primus has revealed for the first time that an ambient temperature above 35°C, power cuts and a single diesel generator all contributed to the Primus data centre outage in ...

Hardware

Primus customers explore options after data centre blackout

By Ry Crozier | Feb 13, 2009 | Comment Now

At least two Melbourne data centre operators claim customers affected by the Primus blackout last week are re-evaluating their options as they seek assurances over redundancy ...

Telco/ISP

ISPs sweat on Primus data centre power failure report

By Ry Crozier | Feb 2, 2009 | Comment Now

ISPs await confirmation of the cause of a blackout at Melbourne’s Primus data centre yesterday amid speculation over the effectiveness of its redundant systems.

Telco/ISP

Self-regulation failure forces Conroy to lay down NBN law

By Ry Crozier | Dec 18, 2008 | Comment Now

Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has criticised the Australian telecommunications sector for its inability to ‘cooperate, have a discussion or reach a common ...

Hardware

Hardware failure chief cause of disruption

By IT Week | Apr 1, 2008 | Comment Now

Hardware failures remain the most common cause of IT service disruptions, according to business continuity firm Sungard Availability Services, accounting for more than a third ...