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Fire declared in OVH SBG2 datacentre building

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Re: Fire declared in OVH SBG2 datacentre building

#92
post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Bacula has some really cool features for cloud backups. https://bacula.org

Ow what an unfortunate name. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baculum

It just means "stick" in the original Latin!

Re: Fire declared in OVH SBG2 datacentre building

#96

I can't see anything about a fire suppression system mentioned? Doesn't OVH have one, except for colocation datacenters? A fire detection system using eg. lasers and Inergen(or Argonite) for putting the fire out is commonly used in datacenters. The gas fills the room and reduces the amount of oxygen in the room so most fires are put out within a minute. The cool thing is that the gas is designed to be used in rooms w…

Are fires common in data centres? Specialized fire suppression tech seems to indicate that they are.

Re: Fire declared in OVH SBG2 datacentre building

#99
post #93

Honestly just for the memes. https://isovhonfire.com

Did this already exist or was this thrown up insanely fast.

whois[0] shows it was registered on March 10, so thrown up insanely fast.

[0] https://who.is/whois/isovhonfire.com

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