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Things That Go “Bump” in the Data Center

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Telling tales of data center horrors this Halloween

October 31 is coming up soon, so it’s time for costume parties, haunted houses, and your favorite scary movies. Halloween stories are frighteningly fun during parties or wrapped up in a blanket at home—we all love a good Dracula or Frankenstein tale!

In the spirit of Halloween, we may tell stories of things going “bump” in the night, but nothing’s as terrifying to tech pros as things that go bump in the data center.

To celebrate Halloween this year, we want to know your scariest, most goosebump-inducing data center fears and anecdotes that not only scare you this season, but year-round. Did you have a mishap with a chiller, HVAC, generator, or branch circuit? Or did something outside the data center affect your ability to conduct business as usual?

Tell us your scary stories and how you fought against these spooky tales by Friday, October 11 and we’ll put 250 THWACK points in your account.

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  • The Bumpin' Plump Dump

    I remember something that went "bump" or rather "dump" in the night. It may not have been a larger DC, but while doing some routine maintenance on a remote location at our CAN I noticed the door leading to the outside of the network closet was mysteriously illuminated from the bottom most portions. The light was rather bright so I knelt further down to investigate....To my shock a hole has rusted through! However minuscule it may have been still enough for mammalian intruders of a certain small size. Once my gaze was off the door imperfection I was thus more shocked to see a size-able pile of what could only be described as semi-solid puddling like mound. I contacted the appropriate people to dispose of the suspect animal excrement. The perpetrator is still at large and may never see true justice. Our theme today...ensure your network locations are properly secured.

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  • The Bumpin' Plump Dump

    I remember something that went "bump" or rather "dump" in the night. It may not have been a larger DC, but while doing some routine maintenance on a remote location at our CAN I noticed the door leading to the outside of the network closet was mysteriously illuminated from the bottom most portions. The light was rather bright so I knelt further down to investigate....To my shock a hole has rusted through! However minuscule it may have been still enough for mammalian intruders of a certain small size. Once my gaze was off the door imperfection I was thus more shocked to see a size-able pile of what could only be described as semi-solid puddling like mound. I contacted the appropriate people to dispose of the suspect animal excrement. The perpetrator is still at large and may never see true justice. Our theme today...ensure your network locations are properly secured.

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    Exhibit B

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