You don't need a flood.
Back in the 70s the Australian Bureau of Statistics
had their CDC collection of mainframes and tape
libraries in the basement. The building was well above
flood levels.

A sewerage pipe cracked in a higher level and 6 inches
of sewerage collected under the false floor.

Strange thing is how long it took the operators to
complain.

Regards
John Edwards

--- Allan Chalmers <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> You're not being paranoid.  Paranaoia is an imagined
> fear of danger.
> At a former company, we had a data center in
> Reading, PA, nowhere near
> a river that might over flow, but during a storm
> someone decided to
> release water from a reservoir.  End result - seven
> feet of water in
> the computer room.
>
> Major Credit Union in San Francisco has a Honda pump
> running full time
> keeping underground river out.
>
> If you've got two or more floors, don't ever let a
> computer center get
> built on the ground floor.
>
> Check with off site storage and disaster planning
> companies for
> support.
>
> --- "Black, Cory" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > If I'm being paranoid just tell me.  My employer
> is
> > moving next year to a
> > building that is now under construction.  The
> powers
> > that be have decided to
> > put the data center in a room that is on grade
> level
> > rather than 1 level up,
> > as it is now. Does anyone know where I can find
> > information on flooding
> > potential, etc. to present to management about the
> > dangers of a grade level
> > data center?
> >
>
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