On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Karl Denninger <karl@denninger.net> wrote:
> Dave Crooke wrote:
>> My reply about server failure was shwoing what could go wrong at the
>> server level assuming a first-class, properly run data center, with
>> fully redundant power, including a server with dual power supplies on
>> separate cords fed by separate UPS'es etc. ....
> Never had a motherboard short out either eh? China makes really GOOD
> electrolytic caps these days (I can show you several SERVER CLASS boards
> that were on conditioned power and popped 'em, rendering the board dead
> instantly.)
>
> Murphy is a bastard.
You know about the whole capacitor caper from a few years back, where
this one plant was making corrosive electrolyte and a huge number of
capacitor suppliers were buying from them. Mobos from that era are
terrible. Caps that expand and burst after anywhere from a few months
to a few years of use. ugh.
