Hi Derek, You are not crazy, Yes, I noticed out of the hundreds of servers we operate, alot of issues during the solar flare period. For those net ops who are new to solar flare issues; here are some interesting links of late: http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-02/16/c_13733621.htm http://topwirexs.com/technology-space-weather-trouble-gadgets-to-cable-inter... http://www.eham.net/articles/25489 http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/02/23/3145837.htm http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2008/10jan_solarcycle24... Feel free to meet up with me, I love talking solar storms (need a lead bunker)... -- /Warm Regards,/ *- Ben Simpson**(CEO, Director) * - Hosting Direct Limited ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Auckland: 09 280 4135 Email: ben(a)hd.net.nz mailto:ben(a)hd.net.nzWellington: 04 974 8139 Web: www.hd.net.nz http://www.hd.net.nz/Christchurch: 03 281 8106 Fax: 09 280 4134 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ High Speed Internet | Dedicated Servers | Web Hosting | Domain Names Site Builder | Backup Solutions | Colocation | Reseller Hosting | ADSL Server Management | IPSEC | VPN | SSL Certificates | Affiliate programs & more! *P****Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail* /CAUTION: This email is confidential. If it is not intended for you please do not read, distribute or copy it or any attachments. Please notify Ben by return email and delete the original message and any attachments. Any views expressed in this email may be those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Hosting Direct Limited./ On 24/02/2011 17:11, nznog-request(a)list.waikato.ac.nz wrote:

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Message: 1 Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2011 15:02:26 +1300 From: Derek To: nznog(a)list.waikato.ac.nz Subject: [nznog] Solar Flare Message-ID:<4D65BC32.1050105(a)stuntkiwi.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; Format="flowed"

Hi All,

Just curious has anyone had any suspicious disturbances to servers/equipment in the last week?

Had an odd memory issue causing a server to self-restart earlier today, although running ECC memory with the news of a solar flare recently it had me thinking.

Cheers, Derek