Connectivity Problem Temporarily Halts Trading on About 240 NYSE Companies

June 12th, 2009

Multiple redundant data links and servers…

Nothing to see here.

Via: Reuters:

A loss in server connectivity that caused the New York Stock Exchange to halt trades in about 240 companies has been restored, Ray Pellecchia, spokesman for NYSE Euronext, said on Friday.

Pellecchia said the exchange was not planning on canceling trades in the affected stocks, which included General Electric, Bank of America, and Exxon Mobil.

“Everything has reopened for trading,” said Pellecchia.

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One Response to “Connectivity Problem Temporarily Halts Trading on About 240 NYSE Companies”

  1. thucydides says:
    June 12, 2009 at 5:53 pm

    … but multiple redundant hardware never stopped *people* from doing stupid things.

    “Gee, let me commit this change on ALL the devices. That shouldn’t hurt anything. La la la, hey look it’s 5pm, time to leave for the weekend!”

    ….

    (fifteen hours and three conference calls and thirty-some-odd pissed-off woke-in-the-middle-of-the-night people later)

    “Hey look, wonder what dumbass over in Ops did THIS. Shit. No wonder. Hold on, let me back it out…”

    ha-ha-only-serious.

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