*Source: Information Week (
http://www.informationweek.com/manag...ID=201202385)*
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When the lights went out in San Francisco last week, data center operator 365 Main's backup power generators also failed. Now the company has identified the cause of the problem: an engine monitoring and control component known as a Detroit Diesel Electronic Controller, or DDEC.
In a statement released Wednesday, 365 Main said that following the power outage last week, three of its 10 Hitec backup generators failed to complete their start sequence because of a memory problem in their DDECs.
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