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## [Data Center Outages, Vol. 3: Human Error](/knowledgebase/blog/2014-11-25-outages-vol-3-human-error/)

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Author[Ken Hill](#)

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An additional common cause of outages is human error. A number of miscalculations at the hand of employees can lead to an outage, costing many companies far more than they can afford to pay or lose. What are the most common examples of human error? Incorrect configuration changes—networks, servers, SANs Incorrect backups Load balancing misconfiguration and errors Firewall misconfiguration...

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