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April 18, 2018, the sound of a gas extinguishing system destroyed numerous hard drives in servers in a data center in Sweden. According to media reports, the company was operated by Digiplex. Systems from the Nasdaq Nordic stock exchange platform and two Scandinavian banks were affected.

Due to the hard drive destruction, Nasdaq Nordic stock exchange trading in the Scandinavian and Baltic states (except Norway) could not start until around midday on April 18, 2018, which was several hours late, reports heise online.

silencer for FirExting®

Knowing that modern hard drives are very sensitive to vibrations due to their high density, the WAGNER Group developed a silencer for its FirExting® gas extinguishing systems some time ago: SILENT. 

The specially designed nozzle silencers can reduce the sound pressure level from 130 dB (A) to as little as 92 dB (A). WAGNER is the first manufacturer to have developed a VdS-approved solution that can prevent data loss in the event of an extinguishment.

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