[VoiceOps] Sandy Watch

Matt Yaklin myaklin at g4.net
Wed Oct 31 22:11:28 EDT 2012


Here is some info I was reading earlier today and thought
people on this list might enjoy reading it if they have not
already.

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?t=1205042

http://slashdot.org/topic/datacenter/nyc-data-centers-struggle-to-recover-after-sandy/

matt

On Wed, 31 Oct 2012, Shripal Daphtary wrote:

> Major issues out of 75 broad with Windstream paetec. We have had no did's
> inbound from the for 24 hours. They are completely dark in that location.
> Mind you they are not just ny did's. they're nationwide did's 
> 
> First of two updates from Windstream all day
> 
>  
> 
> NY2 has been OOS since approx 8:30 last night. As a result of the storm
> surge Monday night, basement of the building that NY2 & NY3 are in, flooded.
> Late yesterday afternoon, the pump that moves diesel fuel from the basement
> to where our generators are located on the 18th floor, failed. Shortly
> thereafter, our generators ran out of fuel and shut down. Batteries to NY2
> lasted 2+ hours while we unsuccessfully brainstormed alternative solutions
> to getting fuel to the 18th floor. Keep in mind, there is no power in this
> building and most if not all of the emergency lighting is no out, so
> flashlights are primary lighting. NY2 is also where majority of connectivity
> feeds through, to include some connectivity to Newark, so when the batteries
> ran down, we lost not only NY2, but effectively lost NY3 and some
> connectivity to Newark.
> 
> NY2 5E switch 16th floor
> NY3 Soft switch 4th floor
> Generators. 18th floor
> Basement. Fuel tanks
> 
> We are currently working on 2 solutions in parallel:
> 1. Procuring a fuel lift pump and 200' of high pressure hose to pump our own
> fuel from ground level to 18th floor generators. Prime and restart
> generators, charge batteries for 30 min and begin rebooting equipment.
> 2. Contracted with local vendor to do something similar for us
> 
> Since they are both sub-optimal solutions, we are working both
> simultaneously to improve of chances of success. Best case is early
> afternoon restoration.
> 
> Building management, who is responsible for providing fuel to us continues
> to pump out the flooded basement in order to expose pumps, assess situation
> with intent of permanent repair/replacement of the main pump
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my mobile device.
> 
> On Oct 31, 2012, at 8:34 PM, "Hiers, David (DS)" <David.Hiers at adp.com>
> wrote:
>
>       How are things going out there?  We're seeing pretty broad
>       failures in both termination and origination with Verizon.  If
>       we route calls out Level3, we can at least call out.
> 
>
>       Thanks,
> 
>
>       David
> 
>
>       ________________________________________
>
>       From: voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org
>       [voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org] On Behalf Of Jared Geiger
>       [jared at compuwizz.net]
>
>       Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 2:35 PM
>
>       To: voiceops at voiceops.org
>
>       Subject: Re: [VoiceOps] Sandy Watch
> 
>
>       Looks like TATA NYC1 and 2 came back up. Telia went down.
>       Belgacom is
>
>       back up but taking the Washington -> Paris route instead of the
>       NYC ->
>
>       London route.
> 
>
>       Novatel in NYC went completely down. IPs aren't even being
>       advertised in BGP.
> 
>
>       On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 11:51 AM, Jared Geiger
>       <jared at compuwizz.net> wrote:
>
>             We're connected to 2 others. The one in NJ seems up
>             and we're
>
>             connected to London as well. Looks like the path
>             across the Atlantic
>
>             is fine.
> 
>
>             On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 9:41 AM, Colin Brown
>             <zavoid at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>                   If your connected with Tata hopefully
>                   your connected to at least one of the 13
>                   other gsxes they have.
> 
>
>                   On Oct 30, 2012, at 9:34 AM, Jared
>                   Geiger <jared at compuwizz.net> wrote:
> 
>
>                         1) Looks like TATA NYC1 and
>                         NYC2 GSXes are down.
>
>                         2) I got an email saying
>                         Telia only had 6 hours of
>                         power left at 6 AM
>
>                         Eastern, so they may go dark
>                         as well at noon.
>
>                         3) Our IP routes to Belgacom
>                         are broken and die in NYC on
>                         nlayer,
>
>                         Cogent, and Abovenet.
>
>                         4) Looks like Hypercube in
>                         NYC is down.
>
>                         5) Reliance is going down in
>                         NYC
> 
>
>                         It seems all of our other
>                         trunks are up.
> 
>
>                         On Tue, Oct 30, 2012 at 2:37
>                         AM, Hiers, David (DS)
>                         <David.Hiers at adp.com> wrote:
>
>                               Nothing too
>                               surprising so
>                               far...
> 
>
>                               There seems to
>                               be pretty strong
>                               correlation
>                               between flooded
>                               areas with no
>                               electricity and
>                               unregistered
>                               devices.  I
>                               probably don't
>                               need to drop a
>                               650 into a fish
>                               tank to see if
>                               the issue is
>                               reproducible,
>                               but it is oddly
>                               tempting.
> 
> 
>
>                               David
> 
> 
> 
>
>                               ________________________________________
>
>                               From:
>                               voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org
>                               [voiceops-bounces at voiceops.org]
>                               On Behalf Of
>                               Hiers, David
>                               (DS)
>
>                               Sent: Monday,
>                               October 29, 2012
>                               11:58 AM
>
>                               To:
>                               voiceops at voiceops.org
>
>                               Subject:
>                               [VoiceOps] Sandy
>                               Watch
> 
>
>                               Hi,
> 
>
>                               Is anyone seeing
>                               any storm
>                               related issues
>                               yet?  I've got
>                               the expected
>                               drop in calls as
>                               the NE shuts
>                               down, not much
>                               more on the
>                               radar.
> 
>
>                               I'll be
>                               watching/updating
>                               this list (and
>                               outages) tonight
>                               for any
>                               significant
>                               events.
> 
>
>                               Thanks,
> 
>
>                               David
> 
>
>                               PS:  Having your
>                               machines prepped
>                               for disaster is
>                               good, but what
>                               about your
>                               people?  All
>                               that expensive
>                               gear might not
>                               be not worth
>                               much if you've
>                               got no one to
>                               operate it when
>                               the big one
>                               hits.  After
>                               all, even first
>                               responders don't
>                               respond if doing
>                               so would imperil
>                               their
>                               families... are
>                               your people
>                               wired in to
>                               ready.gov?
> 
> 
> 
>
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