I was working at a teaching hospital and every night one of the vax systems and it's database whent down. I would get a call and be able to login with no problem. Staying one night I found the cleaning lady unplugging the vax to plugin her vacuum. Problem solved:-) sent from my Windows Phone Bill"shrek" thater Oracle DBA Shrekdba@xxxxxxxxx "Oh boother said Pooh 'lock phasers on the hefalump. Mr.Piglet meet me in transporter room three" From: Dustin Hayden Sent: 3/15/2013 9:03 AM To: jeremy.schneider@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l Subject: RE: 1 minutes: best downtime story US military email hub in Heidelberg Germany out for most of a day. Reason for outage was operator it the read only button on the disk drive cabinet with his knee when he leaned up against it. This one is my favorite but did not happen to me personally. Over 3 million dollars worth of destroyed equipment in Communications Center in Korea when someone asked "what does this lever by the door do?" as the pulled it. The lever pulls the pins of 24 thermite grenades positioned over the equipment in case the position is being overrun by N. Korean forces. -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeremy Schneider Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 5:07 PM To: oracle-l Subject: 1 minutes: best downtime story Hey all - I'm writing a paper about top causes of downtime. As one component of research, I'd like to get some input from you! One minute, two sentences. First sentence: describe what went down. Second sentence: describe why. (I have to categorize all of these.) Everyone should have at least one downtime story so I'm hoping for a lot of feedback! Answer about any technology - database, operating system, etc. Thanks! -Jeremy -- Jeremy Schneider Pythian Consulting Group Chicago +1 312-725-9249 http://www.pythian.com -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l