A friend of mine wrote a paper on the effects of cosmic rays on memory errors in data centers a few years ago[1]. He also posited they had effects on hard drive reliability.
The first thing I thought of when reading this article is whether the increased shielding from the water reduced the impact of cosmic rays on the hardware.
The first thing I thought of when reading this article is whether the increased shielding from the water reduced the impact of cosmic rays on the hardware.
[1]: https://www.cs.toronto.edu/~bianca/papers/ASPLOS2012.pdf