AMD EPYC Rome CPUs Stop Working After 1,044 Days of Uptime
A timer bug causes AMD's chips to crash after about three years unless they are rebooted.
A revision guide for AMD EPYC 7002 "Rome" server processor reveals that a chip core could hang after 1,044 days of uptime (approximately three years). The revision notice, which was issued in April 2023, st... Read more
Okta hits new cloud reliability landmark
Okta officially announced that its customers would enjoy 99.99 percent uptime at no extra cost. The cloud-based identity management company has reached a new level of reliability for its customers. While the enhanced level of cloud reliability will, undoubtedly, benefit all clients, it is a calcula... Read more
Microsoft wants to make Azure more reliable with new initiatives
The Azure cloud from Microsoft has a very high availability. Last year, the cloud service had an uptime of 99.995 percent. But that's not enough: CTO Mark Russinovich wants to further increase reliability with new initiatives.
Despite this high uptime, Azure had three unique and significant incident... Read more