Fire in Data Centre of Twente University, Netherlands
for all incident watchers: [Update 20/11/2002 12:30] At this moment the ICT-heart of the university of Twente is burning. The so-called TWRC-building houses the central systems of the university, all servers and PCs will be lost and various affiliated institutes are without Internet connectivity. [...] Hosting and colo company Virtu, the neighbour of the university, has provided an IP adress for the University. Further announcements are made available on http://srv1ut.utwente.virtu.nl/, a abbreviated copy of the university website. [Update 12u30] Op dit moment brandt het ICT-hart van de Universiteit Twente uit. Het zogeheten TWRC-gebouw huisvest het centrale net van de universiteit, alle servers en pc's gaan verloren en diverse geaffilieerde instellingen zitten zonder internetverbinding. [...] Hosting- en colocatieprovider Virtu, de fysiek buurman van de universiteit, 'heeft een machine en een IP-adres ter beschikking gesteld met medeweten en op verzoek van de universiteit. Op deze wijze kan de UT toch mededeling wereldkundig maken via het web', aldus een zegsman van Virtu. De site is een gestripte kloon van www.Utwente.nl. pictures: http://webcam.traserv.com/thumbnails/index.html http://images.fok.nl/upload/utwentebranddichtbijgroot.jpg websites [in Dutch]: http://www.planet.nl/pmm/0,1674,101_1501_1277175,00.html newslog with pictures: http://frontpage.fok.nl/news.fok?id=23971
NANOG, Wouter van Hulten wrote:
[Update 20/11/2002 12:30] At this moment the ICT-heart of the university of Twente is burning. The so-called TWRC-building houses the central systems of the university, all servers and PCs will be lost and various affiliated institutes are without Internet connectivity. [...] Hosting and colo company Virtu, the neighbour of the university, has provided an IP adress for the University. Further announcements are made available on http://srv1ut.utwente.virtu.nl/, a abbreviated copy of the university website.
Besides that the University of Twente at Enschede (UTwente) and various affiliated institutes lost many resources, SURFnet completely lost their PoP in Enschede, inclusing 10 customer connections. All routing and switching gear went up in flames. Because of this the following institutions will not be reachable for some time: * University Twente (UTwente) (130.89.0.0/16) * Saxion Hogeschool Enschede (145.76.0.0/16) * Instituut voor Leerplanontwikkeling (SLO) (192.87.212.0/22) * ITC Enschede (192.87.16.0/24, 192.87.172.0/24, 192.87.173.0/24, 192.87.174.0/24) * Telematica Instituut (195.169.16.0/23) * Open University Deventer (145.20.114.0/24, 145.20.77.0/24, 145.20.95.0/24) * Open University Enschede (145.20.112.0/24, 145.20.75.0/24, 145.20.93.0/24) UTwente has dedicated a new building for ICT, and in this building the new SURFnet PoP will be built. New routing and switching gear is on its way to Enschede now, and our infrastructure suppliers are working hard to get our fiber and copper into the new building. Our current expectation is to be up and running again before the upcoming weekend starts. __ Erik-Jan Bos Manager Network Services SURFnet Utrecht, The Netherlands
NANOG, Yesterday I wrote:
Besides that the University of Twente at Enschede (UTwente) and various affiliated institutes lost many resources, SURFnet completely lost their PoP in Enschede, inclusing 10 customer connections. All routing and switching gear went up in flames.
Because of this the following institutions will not be reachable for some time: * University Twente (UTwente) (130.89.0.0/16) * Saxion Hogeschool Enschede (145.76.0.0/16) * Instituut voor Leerplanontwikkeling (SLO) (192.87.212.0/22) * ITC Enschede (192.87.16.0/24, 192.87.172.0/24, 192.87.173.0/24, 192.87.174.0/24) * Telematica Instituut (195.169.16.0/23) * Open University Deventer (145.20.114.0/24, 145.20.77.0/24, 145.20.95.0/24) * Open University Enschede (145.20.112.0/24, 145.20.75.0/24, 145.20.93.0/24)
UTwente has dedicated a new building for ICT, and in this building the new SURFnet PoP will be built. New routing and switching gear is on its way to Enschede now, and our infrastructure suppliers are working hard to get our fiber and copper into the new building.
Our current expectation is to be up and running again before the upcoming weekend starts.
The SURFnet PoP in Enschede was rebuild yesterday and today and connectivity was established between the Enschede PoP and rest of SURFnet at 10:30pm localtime (21:30 hrs UTC) on Thursday. Except for the Saxion Hogeschool Enschede and Telematica Instituut all connectivity to the customers has been restored. Connectivity with the two remaining customers will be restored as soon as local loop problems to these sites are fixed. This is expected on Friday or shortly thereafter. __ Erik-Jan.
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Wouter van Hulten