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Re: FAA Crash Apparently on Windows Network

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____/ nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on Wednesday 27 August 2008 20:17 : \____

> In addition to Tuesday's disaster, there have been earlier crashes in
> the "National Airspace Data Interchange Network":
> 
> <Quote>
> According to an internal FAA document, the system, called the National
> Airspace Data Interchange Network, crashed on Thursday and caused in
> 134 departure delays. The Salt Lake City system also took over but had
> problems with the high queue level, the document said. The system also
> failed in June 2007.
> </Quote>
> 
>
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/26/AR2008082602203.html?hpid=sec-nation
> 
> Network apparently runs on Windows.  From "FAA Modernizing National
> Airspace Data Interchange Network with Stratus ftServer systems":
> 
> <Quote>
> The FAA is implementing the Stratus servers, which use Intel Xeon 2.8
> MHz large cache MP processors and support the Microsoft Windows
> operating system, at control centers in Atlanta and Salt Lake City.
> </Quote>
> 
> http://www.stratustechnologies.com/news/2005/20050314a.htm
> 
> Research by PJ on groklaw.

That was obvious from previous reports about last year's incidence. See reply
to Richard.

> Tuesday's failure originated in Atlanta.  I wonder DFS had anything to
> do with it.  Maybe it crashed while he was busy posting Linux horror
> stories.

Or maybe he spilled mustard on his <strike>shirt</strike> boxers. He works in a
garage.

- -- 
"There's a lot of Linux out there -- much more than Microsoft generally signals
publicly -- and their customers are using it..." --Paul DeGroot, a Directions
On Microsoft analyst.
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