Insufficient disk space halted Toyota's production (2023)arstechnica.com 20 pointsarter42 years ago4 commentsSaveHideCopy link On HNComments−arter4OP2yI'm sure that no one is perfect, not even huge companies, but I wonder how Toyota got to the point of not monitoring disk space.−EricE2yThey were doing database maintenance - it's not uncommon to need 2 to 3 times free disk space as the size of the database with some systems. Not that I have any personal disastrous experience with such things :p−bgun2yTaking the JIT philosophy a little too far I see.−londons_explore2yYou mean they couldn't get a just in time delivery of a few more gigabytes?!?
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I'm sure that no one is perfect, not even huge companies, but I wonder how Toyota got to the point of not monitoring disk space.
They were doing database maintenance - it's not uncommon to need 2 to 3 times free disk space as the size of the database with some systems. Not that I have any personal disastrous experience with such things :p
Taking the JIT philosophy a little too far I see.
You mean they couldn't get a just in time delivery of a few more gigabytes?!?