Archive for the ‘power reboot’ Category

How Facebook Fixed the Site – They Turned It Off and On Again

Friday, September 24th, 2010

Surprisingly, there are a lot of different computer problems that can be solved by a simple reboot … that’s why switched PDU units and remote power reboot switches are such a vital part of most network equipment racks these days …

An unusual database problem at the giant social networking site could only be cured by taking the sort of action you normally take with a misbehaving PC

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