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Sysadmin shut down server, it went ‘Clunk!’ but the app kept running

imanidiot Silver badge

Re: DEC Engineer

@Adam Foxton,

I don't think you disagree with me actually. Breakers SHOULD be clearly labelled that's not what I'm saying. But even with clearly labelled breakers, it shouldn't be an outside contractor unfamiliar with your setup that does the actual switching. If it's YOUR mission critical stuff, YOU should be doing the switching.

I'm absolutely NOT advocating for "security by obfuscation" or anything. Even people familiar with how stuff works that could find the right breakers in their sleep shouldn't have to rely on memory to find the correct switch at 3am on a monday morning (or any other time of any day).

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