Somebody form a certain large network vendor actually blamed problems with their kit on cosmic rays causing memory corruption...
-- Leigh Porter Jay Hennigan wrote: > > Andre Oppermann wrote: >> >> Audie Onibala wrote: >>> Yesterday on 04/16/07 between 3:00 - 3:45 PM we had sporadic >>> Internet problem. Our ISP's are Sprint and Qwest. >> >> Around that time there was quite a bit sunspot activity and the moon >> had an unusual position too. The NOC contacts of your ISP's probably >> may be of more specific help. But make sure to ask them for their >> networks SPF (sunspot protection factor). That's an important metric >> to qualify their network reliability. > > Are you sure it was sunspots? My NOC contacts were seeing substantial > memory corruption due to cosmic rays. > > > -- > Jay Hennigan - CCIE #7880 - Network Engineering - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Impulse Internet Service - http://www.impulse.net/ > Your local telephone and internet company - 805 884-6323 - WB6RDV
