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[bryant]

This disaster is why I wouldn't ever work at a hospital. I get sufficiently stressed worrying about my company losing money. Losing lives -- no. I respect hospital sysadmins immensely.

It's not a very technical article, but still interesting. The point about the importance of the network in disaster recovery planning is essential. slashdot claims the problem was due to a spanning tree fault, although this more technical article seems to indicate a congestion problem. Hard to say.

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[rmd.livejournal.com]

I get sufficiently stressed worrying about my company losing money. Losing lives -- no.

oh god yeah. i'd hate to think that someone's lives were relying on my networks. GAH! what stress!