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On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 3:38 PM, Gordon Henderson <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Jul 2010, Roland Tarver wrote: > >> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 2:53 PM, Gordon Henderson >> <gordon+dcglug@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, 19 Jul 2010, Gordon Henderson wrote: >>> >>>> No www.devon.gov.uk for now... >>>> >>>> Aparently they have a "power surge" earlier today. >>>> >>>> Must have been a f'ing good one to blow up their UPSs and protection in >>>> their data suite. No DCC computers can be used right now - no remote >>>> sites, >>>> no remote access. Nothing. >>>> >>>> Wifey is most un-amused. >>>> >>>> Imagine not having an off-site backup for a corporate web site as >>>> important as devon.gov.uk ... >>>> >>>> Imagine not being able to use any computer in DCC right now... >>> >>> Oh, and everyone has been told not to use the phone either! Not that they >>> can call anyone as the phone-list is kept online... > >> Nightmare! > > Yes. You now have 3000+ people who can't do their job. This is costing DCC a > stupid amount of money an hour in terms of lost work. > > Their website is still not online and wifey has been told not to expect full > restoration of services until 11am tomorow. > > I guess that whoever built their data centre for them did a poor job. All > their desktops seems to have survived the power cut and subsequent "surge" > so why didn't the data centre? I want to see nothing short of a mushroom > cloud over their data centre as an explanation... Normally I'd not care > less, but this is my council tax money that's being wasted here. > > Did someone mention building a data centre in the south west? Lets do it > and get DCC as customer No. 1 ... > > Ah, looks like the website is back - well, almost... Click on a link and I > get: > > WebEngine error: Could not open database connect: ORA-12541: TNS:no > listener [SQLConnect failed to attach to the target server. ] > > Ho hum... > > Gordon > > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq > Perhaps you should submit a bid/suggestions? Roly :-) -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq