Toyota blames factory shutdown in Japan on ‘insufficient disk space’

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1. >The Japanese carmaker said the stoppage on 29 August at all 14 of its domestic plants occurred after servers that process orders for vehicle parts broke down following a maintenance procedure carried out the previous day.
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   >During this operation, “data that had accumulated in the database was deleted and organised, and an error occurred due to insufficient disk space, causing the system to stop”, Toyota said on Wednesday.

2. More on this subject from other reputable sources:

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   – Nikkei Asia (B): [Toyota says lack of disk space shut down all of its factories](https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Automobiles/Toyota-says-lack-of-disk-space-shut-down-all-of-its-factories)
   – Deccan Herald (C): [Toyota says plant shutdown last week due to server malfunction](https://www.deccanherald.com/business/companies/toyota-says-plant-shutdown-last-week-due-to-server-malfunction-2674689)
   – tomshardware.com (C-): [Toyota Shut Down 14 Factories Due to ‘Insufficient Disk Space’](https://www.tomshardware.com/news/toyota-shut-down-14-factories-due-to-insufficient-disk-space)
   – Mainichi Shimbun (C+): [Toyota says production halt caused by server malfunctions – The Mainichi](https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20230906/p2g/00m/0bu/031000c)

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3. Have they tried just plugging in another USB hub and a 1 GB flash drive in it? Worst case scenario fall back on floppy?

4. The fax machine ran out of paper!